Another example of your amazing skills, nothing fancy just Woodturning at its best by a master, explaining everything that is happening straightforward and easy for people like me to watch in early my days I used to restore and make furniture but always wanted to learn wood turning. Hopefully now I’m retired watching you will help me achieve that one of my bucket list?
Everything you turn seems to turn out amazing ... Tx ! ... If you don't want to lean over the bed of your lathe to do the insides, just turn it in reverse and cut the back side of the inside. Works for me ... : ) ... love your stuff.
Richard, I enjoy all your videos, but this one I found to be especially enjoyable. For me it was just the right mix of technique, design and craftsmanship. We are all very fortunate to have someone with your skills and artistic eye who is willing to pass his expertise on to others who enjoy the craft. I hope you will continue sharing for many years to come
Richard, not only Do you have an amazing eye for detail, but you are constantly feeling your turning To feel the shape and thickness of the peace you are working on ,not everyone has that ability to feel the shape they are trying to achieve?
I want everything I turn to feel good as well as look good. Curves need to be smooth and the weight carefully distrubuted to create a truly satisfactory piece that does more than just look good. It needs to feel good when handled. That's why the form and balance are far more important than the wood grain if a piece is to survive generations.
Great vase Richard! The beads looked good but the vase without them is even better. Very interesting and educational watching the four of you turn your own things from one idea. Thought I might see a three-sided bowl from a cube but that would be the idea of a fifth. Thank you for sharing! Take care, Dave
You make it look so EASY! I get reminded of the story of an artisan being asked about his craft. He said,” There is not a thing I do that the average 12 year old couldn’t do…. With 50 years experience.” And that is very close to the truth.
You have an amazing eye for perfection I can relate to that myself and you explain everything to us all what is going on in your mind when you are working on a piece of turning brilliant
I turn wood hoping to leave something behind, a piece that my grandchildren might hold on too and pass along. You my friend are leaving a library of work, experience and knowledge. I hope you know what a great thing you're doing. I've watched so many of your videos, I hear you in my head when I'm turning... your like an old friend my friend! God bless you!
Like yourself I too aim to make stuff, mostly bowl and boxes, that will be used and survive generations. A few dozen of my bowls, boxes, and sets of spillikins are in major public collections, but I'd rather someone was actually using and enjoying them day to day.
That is a lovely piece. As always seeing you decide how to shape and design depending on the wood and the moment is thought-provoking. I watched this one last of the four and saw hollowing rigs in action there. It does seem to make it less hard work! And the dusthood dancing towards you certainly showed how much vibration it caused. The first jam chuck you used almost made it look like there was a large stopper, reminding me of an Etruscan wine jar and cup I once saw. Many thanks once more.
Very interesting. Really like the shape. This is the second of the four videos I've watched thus far. It is so interesting to see the different approaches you are all taking.
I think the beads had to go when you decided to make them proud. They didn't look too bad up till then. In the end, it's a good piece and a good video. Thanks.
I’d love to hear more about your dislike of uniform thickness. You say it isn’t interesting. Do you have a particular design idea you follow? A gradient perhaps? Or do you just not care very much about wall thickness and just thin it until you decide it’s ok? Love to watch you work. Thanks
I went through my thin-and-even wall stage 40-45 years ago. I got to really considering wall thicknesses when writing Turned Bowl Design (which became The Art of Turned Bowls when republished). Generally I find even wall thickness in a bowl or vase impressive as a technical achievement but rarely as rewarding to handle as a form in which the weight is unevenly distributed. I don't have any set rules for shape or proportions: I just worry away at the form until it looks and feels right at the time. Those I consider the best become the benchmark for future pieces.
In the end, the turner is probably the best and most critical of his work. The "look" is what gets it in someone's hand. But it's the feel that puts it in their heart. Would you agree with that statement?
@@donntisch365 Well put. I've watched people in galleries picking up bowls, including mine, and hanging on to mine whilst putting others down. So the feel and balance is very important even though we might not immediately understand what makes a bowl so appealing. Flashy grain doesn't make a bowl good, only briefly attractive.
Hi Richard Beautiful piece,great to watch you turning,and sharing your lifetime of experience,”4ways” what a great idea that was best entertainment to watch. Regards
I have an individual who trolls my live videos on TikTok, who claims to have trained with you in the 1970s. What I find hilarious is that I use the same techniques you do today, which he despises, and we get similar results. He's stuck in 1973, we're striving for a future fire woodturners to come.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning His name is Don something. He claims he was a student of yours - but there's no way to know if that's true. I just find it hilarious that he can't fathom other techniques exist.
you mention “I don’t want an even wall”. Could you say more about that? You like it thicker as you go down? In my limited experience I have heard to minimize the risk of cracking during drying and even wall thickness is best. Love your videos. Thanks
Roughing out very green bowls or other forms, an even wall and even density of grain make splitting less likely. Picking up a vase like this I expect to feel more weight towards the base so the wall thickens gradually from about 6mm at the rim to 14mm in the base. I commented on the wall evenness because so many turners seem to be preoccupied with thin and even wall thickness. I went through my thin-and-even wall stage 40-45 years ago, then got to really considering wall thicknesses when writing Turned Bowl Design (which became The Art of Turned Bowls when republished).
I wasn't aiming for ultra thin or an even wall thickness. I went through my stupid-thin stage around 1980. This varies from around 6mm at the rim to 14mm towards the base.
1. Spindle gouges are less expensive than deep-fluted bowl gouges. 2. Shavings never jam up in spindle gouge as they can in a D/F gouge. 3. I show that spindle gouge can be used on facework, contradicting the widely-held myth that spindle gouges should never be used for facework. It's only deep-fluted spindle roughing gouges that should never be used for facework.
The cutting downhill rule is for centrework when the grain aligned parallel to the lathe axis. This vase is cross-grain and therefore facework. I explain the difference in the Basic Stuff video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--cPfARpklVI.html
Teacher I want to ask about the direction of the lathe .my lathe which is an entry level lathe go the opposite direction .is it better for the clock wise direction ?
