Richard Raffan escapes injury whilst turning cracked fiddleback redgum
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2024
- This blank should never have gone on a lathe. At the outset I fail to spot the split amongst the dirt and grime although it seems obvious in this video. I was lucky the blank didn’t fly apart when I started the lathe. Filling splits with epoxy is always risky.
This is another very important lesson about how to use tools and to avoid catches. Thank you Richard: you are an excellent teacher.
Superb lesson, Sir. One should never risk an injury over a piece of wood, no matter how much figure it may hold. I feel like it’s important to keep the grand scheme of things in mind when I’m turning. Thanks for modeling this behavior.
Appreciate seeing how you identified the problem and resolved it before it became a dangerous situation. It was really helpful seeing how you re-shaped the blank to take advantage of as much of the remaining wood as possible. The figure in the wood really produced a very nice looking result.
Thanks for showing the consequences of glue ups, good explanation of cutting and repurposing the bowl. The headline had me worried 😅 glad it turned out so beautifully. Love watching you work. Thanks Richard.
The more I watch your videos the more I appreciate the skill involved. Having bought a lathe in February I came across your videos quite quickly and I turned a scoop like you demonstrated thinking "that looks quite easy" Well I only had 2 chisels. A parting tool and an undercutting bowl scraper. The wood flew out of the lathe a few times but I did a presentable scoop which I was really chuffed with. Since then I have acquired way more chisels and chucks and I'm now turning some really nice pieces having studied your videos a lot closer than the first time around. All I can say is thank you for sharing your wisdom. I wish you still lived in the UK so I could come and watch you in person. Best regards Tim
Such a valuable safety lesson regarding the crack, thank you. Nowadays, I wear my JSP powercap (powered respirator/face mask) all the time, for this very reason, along with dust protection. Beautiful dish at the end too, very well done indeed. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing the experience. The smaller bowl is still beautiful.
Nice to see you where able to rework this beautiful piece of wood into a very nice bowl, or plate.
Videos jetzt auf Deutsch, absolut großartig. Ich werde mir jetzt alle Videos von Anfang an anschauen, lernen und verstehen, was sie immer gesprochen haben. Leider kann ich nicht gut englisch. Einer meiner Lieblingskanäle. Vielen Dank für Ihr Engagement.
Of all the turners I follow, your videos are my absolute favorite. Thanks for creating and sharing them. I hope to someday control my gouges as effectively as you. I work from a mid-sized lathe so your projects are perfect examples for me to study.
A beautiful dish, and a wise warning about the risks of filling cracks. Thanks for another educational and entertaining video.
A good save that turned into a very nice plate. Love the timber!
Thanks Richard for another delightful dish.
Thanks for the masterclass!
Thank you Jake.
Glad you are safe and produced a beautiful recovery! I still turn questionable pieces of wood (usually I turn what I can get my hands on) but I am always aware of the danger and stay out of the line of fire!
Lovely piece 👌. Safety first 👏. Merry Christmas.
always great watching your videos, learned a lot from you. thanks
Glad you didn't get caught by that chunk Richard. Even you seemed cautious of it because of your more delicate cuts. Beautiful plate and thanks. Cheers Geoff
I'm always cautious when it comes to wood spinning on a lathe. .
Now I'm hungry for pasta! I'm glad you were able to save as much wood as you did. Changing the center was something I did not think of but makes perfect sense. I'll put that in the memory bank for future withdrawal.
Another good reason to develop turning methods for bowls that don't require standing in the ejection area. It's a good argument for learning and using puch cuts, especially for roughing.
I've got a lovely piece of spalted Birch and person that gave it for me told me they sealed it. The splitting tell the different story. I'm going to carve into the splits and see if they're worth casting it in epoxy, but I'm starting to think it's firewood, rather than an injury. Thanks for showing and explaining your process.
Good save RIchard. Tasmanian Oak is indeed a Eucalypt.
A lesser "you tuber" would have continued turning that original blank until the crack failed and the chunk flew off. I'm glad you stopped and broke it off.
Well spotted Richard if that was to fly off at high speed It could’ve quite easily gave you the proverbial middle part. Safety first at all times. I’ve got a lovely piece of yew chucked up ATM with a similar looking crack or inclusion so I’ll have to proceed with caution 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 great work tuition and guidance 👍🏻
That crack would only have held if the right glue was used and clamped properly. Good decision to test it.
I was at a garage sale near Dickson and helped clear away a lot of the blanks that nobody wanted. A lot of it was splitty. I will take your warning and watch out.
That's where this blank came from.
@ you did a good job of selling me more than I needed.
Can you show/tell us how you round over the side of a scraper or skew so it glides easier over the toolrest. Do you use a benchgrinder or a file? Thank you!
I soften the corners of scrapers and skew chisel sides on a disk sander or linisher. You don't need much of a radius to have a tool sliding along a rest. It helps to have hardened rests that don't get pitted with use. If you have an ordinary steel rest, it pays to file it smooth regularly.
Excellent advice on cracks. I have filled things in the past but something like you had could only have been saved if the entire thing was immersed in epoxy and put into a pressure pot to cure. I’ve been watching your videos for over a year now and have been more picky about what pieces I turn. The cracked ones get sawn down to smaller blanks if possible or put in the fire. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks for sharing all your invaluable expertise, I had a close shave with a cracked piece the other day so this is quite prescient. Inspired by your twig pots I've made and sold quite a few this last few weeks so thanks again. Also I've just come by a large mulberry trunk, green as grass , 2m x about 500mm across. I'm thinking bowls bit also microwaved wobble pots. Any thoughts/tips on mulberry much appreciated. Many thanks once again for all you do and wishing you a merry Christmas 🎉
Many thanks. Much appreciated. I'm glad to be of some help. I can't help much regards the mulberry as I've not turned much of it. I'd be inclined to rough your bowls ASAP and if they move much with a couple of days I'd set about completing them as green-turned bowls.
Very nice, especially considering you lost a big piece of wood.
Tassie oak is generally, Mountain Ash
Just wanted to add my voice to fellow turners who start of with a blank and a great idea. And end up with a pile of saw dust and a piece of fire wood😞.