This is the first of six videos showing what happened to blanks I cut from the slab in • Richard Raffan convert... . You see all the turning in real time and some nifty chucking for turning the base. The pot is 60x60mm, 2⅜-in x 2⅜-in.
Another great video ! I was given some cedar and some tulipwood branches recently and thought I’d be waiting two or three years before I could use them. Not any more ! There are sections big enough to give this little project a go. And I’d never thought of using powerful magnets to gauge depth. Genius ! Thank you for inspiring me 😊
I like this piece. In my own turning I’ve shied away from using green wood and letting it naturally warp, mainly because I didn’t want someone (not a turner) to think that was the best I could do. Such a silly reason, but confession is good for the soul. Now I feel like I have a license to make something other than shiny symmetrical objects. Thanks for the lesson.
I am SO very grateful for the series of videos that you have been making!! How I WISH that these had been available when I was beginning to turn some 23 years ago. Thankfully, I DID have your several books.
I never think of making little things on the lathe but the more I watch you Richard, my curiosity is growing. Making bigger bowls is my goal but they take so much time, especially if you’re a twice turn turner like myself. I get bored too easily so I think I’ll try a few small pots or cups in the future.
Bonjour Richard. Je trouve votre tournage superbement réalisé ,le résultat final est magnifique. Vous donnez l'impression de tourner dans du beure .L'orme ,les outils ou bien les deux ?Chapeau et merci .En plus vous expliquez parfaitement et tout est clair.👍
Nicely done Richard. Interesting idea of using the magnet for depth measurement. I like the little pot shape. Would have liked to see it with the three feet. I love the way the shape changed as it dried out. Thank you for sharing. Have a great 2024 and stay safe.🙂🙂
That's what's all Vicmarc and some other manufacturers' jaws do, but the diameter being gripped has to be right for the jaws you're using as in my Jaws not Marking the Wood video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DV2T6oJgCi4.html
Many thanks for the thought, but dont want an air compressor. I've rarely had room for one and now I'm in my 80s I'm trying to downsize. I've nowhere to keep one and they're noisy and there's enough noise as it is.
The only thing predictable about drying green wood is the beautifully unexcepted shape it reveals. We think we have an idea where the wood will go but there is always a surprise in the end. Your elegant design allowed the wood to show it's stuff. Will you continue to microwave this piece or let it air dry before you get your "finishing socks" out?
No is the short answer. Apart from spillikin sticks and a few spatulas I've turned very very few spindles for 50 years. Blanks for those were usally seasoned but didn't have to be. 40 years ago I was supplied with seasoned blanks for 10 chairs and a pair of beds.
Here in the midwest US, we have multiple species of Elm each with unique wood characteristics. I am very curious about the particular species of Elm you are working with. I have used green American elm for warped pieces because it has very stringy grain and dries thin turned without cracking. What species of Elm is your piece? Thanks
I'm told that specific elm tree was Ulmus Parvifolia, (as distinct from U. Procera) & was grown in a well watered area next to a sheep pen, about 1km from the Murrumbidgee river
I'll turn green things from time to time and I always get splitting and cracking I never get just warping. is there anything to do about that. or is it just piece to piece?
Even density of timber helps and no prior splits in the blank. Some woods distort much more than others. Amongst my favourite distorters are oaks, casuarinas, banksia, madrone, eucalypts.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I turn a lot of walnut, you can see my profile picture is a live edge walnut that turned out beautifully. The only problem was it was wet (very wet) I was getting splashed as I turned it. Since it's dried it's all but fallen apart in the bottom.
@@CharnavinT.Charnuvanik Walnut is usually pretty stable so there might have been micro splits from the heartwood you didn't spot. I usually have the the ith near the top of green turned bowls and pots.
As I start turning I tell you it's 2000rpm. I can vary the speed electronically and might have but I don't recall. There's usually no need working on this scale.
