I love your videos and have learned quite a bit from watching them. I have been given some wood that I never used but I didn’t make a video and run it down. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you richard...you use scrapers more then any one I have watched...the ones I have are nothing like you use...but I have been more confident to use them now...and that is a very nice purple heart plate.
The figure came out well on the camera Richard. Though we have seen you make square plates before, I would have loved to have seen that as a square plate. I would have enjoyed that video as well. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and skill.
An interesting chatoyance, visible even on camera. I admit to developing an odd fondness for that stripey sock and to looking forward to its appearance.
I got some Purple Heart years ago and after cutting it up for a box I noticed that it was brown inside, thinking I’d been duped, the next day it had turned purple, I guess it oxidized. I mill redwood a lot and it is on the blond side at first, and it gets a lot more red if exposed to light or just air
When you chucked the plate for hollowing you commented on not tightening the jaws too much. I suspect most turners (including myself) over-tighten the jaws. Any advice on the amount of pressure you use? I expect it somewhat has to do with how heavy the cuts are you're planning to make? Certainly when coring one needs to hold on tightly. But in general (especially when holding a foot one doesn't want to have to fix later) a loose grip (though not too loose) is best?
Thanks Richard for another inspiring video. I would have made a small bowl out of the original blank and lost the chance of getting two nice turnings showing off the beautiful quilted grain of the wood blank. The idea of cutting the blank in half as you did wouldn’t have occurred to me before. Thanks for opening my options for several blanks I have waiting on the shelves. I also liked the video of cutting down the cracked blank into many nice little blanks for other than pens and bottle stoppers. I appreciate all the time you put into all you informative videos. BTW: What brand of sand paper are you using? I like the large grit numbers and the color coding. Thanks again. Cheers, Tom
The abrasive is Colour Coded Grit www.veneerinlay.com.au/product-category/sandpaper/emery/. If you’re in North America, I’m told it’s stocked by Craft Supplies USA.
Had I hollowed from the other side I've have ended up with even less figure in the final piece. However l am tempted to skim out a bit more from the inside to get a bit more quilting.
I always enjoy your videos and as a novice turner I learn a great deal from them and from your books which I have bought. Looking at upgrading to a Vicmarc lathe and it appears to me that you use a VL150 a lot of the time? Is that your main lathe or do you use one of the more powerful models? Thanks.
I've downsized from a Vicmarc VL300 and the VL150 is all I have. I wanted limit myself to 300mm diameter so I wasn't tempted to collect timbr for larger diameter projects. At one time I had two VL300s, one short bed, one long bed and five VL100s for teaching. Since 1979 I've used and demonstrated on a lot of lathes and most of the popular brands. Of those Vicmarc remains the most user friendly I've worked on.
Richard, what is the best material to fill a small void in a piece I am turning. Wood glue and sawdust has been the norm. But what is best to be turned. Love your work. Thanks
CA glue cracks up after a few years, so I use 5-minute epoxy mixed with African blackwood dust. (I hoarded plenty decades ago so don't expect you to have that readily available.) Coffee dregs are a popular substitute or kids powder paint - anything fine and dark looks okay in a split.
You are amazing, with your help I have hugely reduced my time to turn a bowl. I'm making 200 soup bowl for a charity soup festival. I may not make money, but gaining huge experience and getting much faster. Question I have the same bandsaw but I keep losing my blades. When i set up the bandsaw after a bladechange it workx well, but after a few days of work the black knobs become loose. If it's the back support loose it allows the blade to be pushed back and the blade comes off the wheel. I use hands to tighten, how do you keep yours tight? Thanks Dave
You probably need to talk to Laguna or a dealer. I've never had a problem with the blade tracking and keep the tension on all the time except when changing a blade. I did have problems with the guides coming lose. I now tighten these using pliars for extra leverage and that seems to have solved the problem with the upper guides. I find the lower guides very difficult to get at without removing the table so they tend to be loose, which isn't ideal.
There are so many woods that are easier and more pleasurable to work. I've ended up with a purple plate whose figure isn't half as good as it appears on the video.
Mr. Raffan, this is a bit off topic at the moment…the question is the issue of using a “burr” on a gouge, or honing the edge and slipping the flute? Are there applications for both, or are these simply turner’s choice?
I usually hone a gouge flute before grinding using a roll of abrasive. You see this at 2:50 in ua-cam.com/video/7nHgJ5aFOrc/v-deo.html Shaping and Sharpening a Spindle Gouge. I onoly hone a gouge or skew chisel bevel when using them for shear scraping or scraping. A small burr is soon knocked off with the cutting and you have an edge which looks somewhat serrated when magnified, but it does remove a lot of wood and leave a pretty good surface off the tool.
This purpleheart came from Trend Timber in Sydney. It's widely available through woodturning supply stores and speciality timber dealers in North America and Europe as turning blanks.
I love your videos and have learned quite a bit from watching them. I have been given some wood that I never used but I didn’t make a video and run it down. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely, Richard! 👍👍👏👏🤪👌
Glad you stopped sanding when u did- no need to go further! Killer!!👍👍👏👏👌👌👌👌
Hi Richard. Glad to see you are still at it.
Thank you richard...you use scrapers more then any one I have watched...the ones I have are nothing like you use...but I have been more confident to use them now...and that is a very nice purple heart plate.
Beautiful quilting Richard, what i get from your videos is your thought process and simple approach to making something beautiful. Thanks Geoff
Lovelly video sir, love the lip on inside to be able to reverse.....
Great little plate...
Dry beautiful Richard.
The figure came out well on the camera Richard. Though we have seen you make square plates before, I would have loved to have seen that as a square plate. I would have enjoyed that video as well. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and skill.
Many thanks. I'm sure there will be another square plate given that I'm not much of a turner for 'projects'.
Lovely piece. Was good timing and great lunch time viewing, thanks RIchard, now I'm off to get some more fencing done.
Lovely plate Richard
Take care
Cheers
Harold
Beautiful plate!
Great video, stunning piece. Thanks for sharing.
An interesting chatoyance, visible even on camera. I admit to developing an odd fondness for that stripey sock and to looking forward to its appearance.
great job
I got some Purple Heart years ago and after cutting it up for a box I noticed that it was brown inside, thinking I’d been duped, the next day it had turned purple, I guess it oxidized. I mill redwood a lot and it is on the blond side at first, and it gets a lot more red if exposed to light or just air
When you chucked the plate for hollowing you commented on not tightening the jaws too much. I suspect most turners (including myself) over-tighten the jaws. Any advice on the amount of pressure you use? I expect it somewhat has to do with how heavy the cuts are you're planning to make? Certainly when coring one needs to hold on tightly. But in general (especially when holding a foot one doesn't want to have to fix later) a loose grip (though not too loose) is best?
It's akin to turning off a tap when firm is all that's required to stop the flow of water. You don't have to crush the washer as well.
Very nice! I am surprised how little foot is needed for holding in the jaws. I’ve always gone quite deeper.
Thanks Richard for another inspiring video. I would have made a small bowl out of the original blank and lost the chance of getting two nice turnings showing off the beautiful quilted grain of the wood blank. The idea of cutting the blank in half as you did wouldn’t have occurred to me before. Thanks for opening my options for several blanks I have waiting on the shelves. I also liked the video of cutting down the cracked blank into many nice little blanks for other than pens and bottle stoppers. I appreciate all the time you put into all you informative videos. BTW: What brand of sand paper are you using? I like the large grit numbers and the color coding. Thanks again. Cheers, Tom
The abrasive is Colour Coded Grit www.veneerinlay.com.au/product-category/sandpaper/emery/. If you’re in North America, I’m told it’s stocked by Craft Supplies USA.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Thanks. I’ll check. Cheers, Tom
So glad you are doing this videos. My husband & I both love them. Is boiled linseed oil food safe. Thanks
My understanding is that all finishes are food safe once cured.
Hope you are happy and well. I’ve been greatly benefiting from your videos but have noted a bit of a lapse…
I was surprised you didn't turn it the other way around, with the more figured side facing the top of the plate. Still turned out nicely though.
Had I hollowed from the other side I've have ended up with even less figure in the final piece. However l am tempted to skim out a bit more from the inside to get a bit more quilting.
Richard, I think your skills are such you could refinish it in the past.😅
I always enjoy your videos and as a novice turner I learn a great deal from them and from your books which I have bought. Looking at upgrading to a Vicmarc lathe and it appears to me that you use a VL150 a lot of the time? Is that your main lathe or do you use one of the more powerful models? Thanks.
I've downsized from a Vicmarc VL300 and the VL150 is all I have. I wanted limit myself to 300mm diameter so I wasn't tempted to collect timbr for larger diameter projects. At one time I had two VL300s, one short bed, one long bed and five VL100s for teaching. Since 1979 I've used and demonstrated on a lot of lathes and most of the popular brands. Of those Vicmarc remains the most user friendly I've worked on.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning thank you 😊
Richard, what is the best material to fill a small void in a piece I am turning. Wood glue and sawdust has been the norm. But what is best to be turned. Love your work. Thanks
CA glue cracks up after a few years, so I use 5-minute epoxy mixed with African blackwood dust. (I hoarded plenty decades ago so don't expect you to have that readily available.) Coffee dregs are a popular substitute or kids powder paint - anything fine and dark looks okay in a split.
👍👍👍👍👍👌👌
You are amazing, with your help I have hugely reduced my time to turn a bowl. I'm making 200 soup bowl for a charity soup festival. I may not make money, but gaining huge experience and getting much faster.
Question
I have the same bandsaw but I keep losing my blades. When i set up the bandsaw after a bladechange it workx well, but after a few days of work the black knobs become loose. If it's the back support loose it allows the blade to be pushed back and the blade comes off the wheel. I use hands to tighten, how do you keep yours tight?
Thanks Dave
You probably need to talk to Laguna or a dealer. I've never had a problem with the blade tracking and keep the tension on all the time except when changing a blade. I did have problems with the guides coming lose. I now tighten these using pliars for extra leverage and that seems to have solved the problem with the upper guides. I find the lower guides very difficult to get at without removing the table so they tend to be loose, which isn't ideal.
@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Many thanks, I will now use pliers to tighten the guides up. I will also contact laguna. Cheers Dave from Portugal.
Hi Richard. What kind of oil are you using. Love all your videos. Thankyou for doing them.
This is boiled linseed oil.
"...Purple Heart, something I wouldn't normally bother with too much." Why (not)?
There are so many woods that are easier and more pleasurable to work. I've ended up with a purple plate whose figure isn't half as good as it appears on the video.
Mr. Raffan, this is a bit off topic at the moment…the question is the issue of using a “burr” on a gouge, or honing the edge and slipping the flute? Are there applications for both, or are these simply turner’s choice?
I usually hone a gouge flute before grinding using a roll of abrasive. You see this at 2:50 in ua-cam.com/video/7nHgJ5aFOrc/v-deo.html Shaping and Sharpening a Spindle Gouge. I onoly hone a gouge or skew chisel bevel when using them for shear scraping or scraping. A small burr is soon knocked off with the cutting and you have an edge which looks somewhat serrated when magnified, but it does remove a lot of wood and leave a pretty good surface off the tool.
One of my least favorite woods, due to its DUSTINESS!!!! What an irritant!
Excellent work, sir!
I cannot agree more. It's not a wood I enjoy working and I won't be looking for more.
what kind of dust colection do you have?
That is a beautiful piece of wood!!!
If the person that sent it to you sees this comment, can you contact me? I need some of that wood lol
This purpleheart came from Trend Timber in Sydney. It's widely available through woodturning supply stores and speciality timber dealers in North America and Europe as turning blanks.