Richard Raffan turns a 3" square box elder bowl 

Thank you for yet another wonderful demonstration with a lovely end product. My grandchildren and I watch your videos in lieu of bedtime stories. Their father is a turner as well and we all often discuss types of wood and your techniques. You are influencing three generations!

Lovely little piece, Richard. I've shied away from square stuff because i found it so hard to keep them absolutely square. Lesson learned!

Gorgeous little bowl, slight asymmetry is always more pleasing in hand crafted items

Great use of a small piece of nice timber. You continue to set such a good example, thanks very much.

What the lathe has brought to my life is hanging out in a little shop making quality crafts, I’m turning into a Luddite!!😂

Very good, and lovely piece of wood. I see you have a nice new big block of wax, lol. I'm hoping our Apiarist brings honey and wax soon, this year the Bee's produced just over 50 kgs of honey, and last time he also gave me a big chunk of Leatherwood Wax, which smells wonderful, and is very pale so doesn't discolour the wood very much.

I inherited a round wooden bowl with lid. Inside there was a note that stated it was a sugar bowl, 250 years old. The note was dated 1939. It was my grandmothers handwriting. Any thoughts? Value?

Thanks yet again Richard for a nicely presented piece. I know that in many of your videos you make continuous small adjustments to the tool rest height. I haven't quite figured out exactly why each change happens. Some seem pretty obvious but others not so much. At least to me. Can you elaborate on that a bit in some future video?

Very cool, thanks.

Very nice the grain is great.

I appreciate your gracious continued willingness to share your skill with us. I am grieving for your eyesight challenges and am hopeful they are able to be improved!!!

Nice job and idea for small timber was wonder what Chuck and jaws you use

I love this

May I ask what type of pad that was you used for the sanding? Also, hoping your procedure goes well!

Thank you, I’m going to make one of those. Also Richard I’d like to wish you well with getting your eyesight fixed. Hope it works well.

Thanks again for the excellent video, my use of scrapers is increasing following your and Tomislavs examples. Having never used straight beeswax, I tend to exclusively use Ubeaut products, what would you recommend as a "maintenance" polish for the new owner?

Amazing little bowl. I love your videos, thank you for making them.

Richard, Very new concepts for me. I too love to do small, unique projects. Please keep sharing the the lesser known corners or your broad base of knowledge.

Lovely job Richard ! if you start off not knowing were you going you might end up somewhere else 😊

Nice piece of work Richard. Asymmetry can be OK at times. This is one of the times. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

I usually try for perfection but I agree with your view on this project...very nice.

Excellent use of a small scrap and such a beautiful finished project, thanks for sharing this Richard 😉

Perfect timing! I'm getting ready to make some small ring bowls out of cherry for our church Mother's Day presents. I think this will hit the spot!

Now I know why my square bowl was somehow looking "weird". And I never felt like using such a small piece of wood rather than putting it into the burn pile. The result is such a cute little piece! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Having watched dozens of your videos I did have a random thought that your could sell mismatched socks as merchandise… lol.. thanks for a new idea to try

Amazing what you manage to get out off wood I would despair at. Many thanks for another entertaining and educational video

Beautiful, thanks Richard for sharing

You are such an accomplished turner … I have two of your videos and watching you turn these little pieces is so fascinating and you do it with such ease … thanks for sharing your skills with all of us …😎

Bonjour Richard .De la précision et un ajustage aux petits oignons...avec vos explications me vais tenter ma chance pour reproduire ce tournage .Merci Richard et bonne continuation.👍

What a nice shape to show off a beautiful little piece of wood. Very nice.

What an interesting video, especially as it is the first time I’ve seen someone else use lathe mounted sanding pads. Thank you for inviting me round 🌞

Thank you for all the tips and tricks on turning a square piece. I really appreciate it.

I like. Great use of pretty scraps, and quick too!

What a delightful little bowl this is! Thank you for showing us how.

Beautiful little bowl Richard.

Nicely done Richard 👍 😊

I appreciate the instructional content.

Beautiful bowl 👏👏

I appreciate the sock.

Thanks

Fantastic RR!

Thanks!

could have seen that little bowl with an egg cup recess in the centre reminded me of a 60s tupperware design