This was the main reason for my recent Vicmarc Shark Jaw inventory expansion. And this is also what he demonstrates with, although in this video he does not state the Vicmarc brand. But it is widely known, and no secret from him, that Vicmarc is the brand he uses. Other mfr's jaws may perform similarly (or possibly not).
View: https://youtu.be/DV2T6oJgCi4?si=5LKYV1hJN8wIiPW8
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Raffan video- using chucks without marking the wood
- Thread starter Steve Tiedman
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Those deep jaws can clamp further up the side of a bowl, all the Vicmarc jaws I have can clamp cloose to the bottom edge.
One of the best lessons I learned from Richard when I spent a week with him at Craft Supplies.
I really appreciate the way Richard is giving back to the woodturning community with his new hobby, making woodturning videos.
Great video. Well demonstrated and explained. Thanks for sharing.
I know what you mean, but he's been giving TO the woodturning community since the VHS days. (I still have one of those tapes on a shelf in the basement. I watched it a lot, not just the learn, but as entertainment as well. Now, if I only had a VCR once again...)
We all should be collecting bits of our favorite turning woods and send it to him as thanks. Maybe toss in a fresh 1/2" spindle gouge, and a 3/8" bowl gouge or two.
I agree, Richard Raffan is very generous with his information. IMO he is the best woodturning instructor on YouTube. I really like his get on with it attitude. So many others drag it out so long. They are good turners, I just don't have the patience to watch them. He does take his videography seriously. I. His old VHS Turning Projects you can hear him giving the camera crew directions. One of the camera operators at the Utah Symposium said he was very picky about the camera work when he demonstrated.
I was watching one of his videos the other day, and I think he was making boxes. He had one where the first tenon was a bit too small. He commented some thing like, "oh well, the next one up will do". Some thing I have yet to do....
robo hippy
robo hippy
Might have meant tun off that tenon and start a new one slightly larger diameter.
Thank you again for making the Robo Rest.
Thank you again for making the Robo Rest.
I have found Richard in person after all the teaching sessions etc is readily approachable and will continue to pass info if asked or just go along with the topis at hand. The relaxed format he has is very much who he is all the time.
It really is miraculous that Richard could have had such an immense impact on people learning woodturning and yet have no big ego or apparent ambition.
I'm betting his youtube videos are keeping him busy, along with mentally and physically exercised, being in his 80s now. I hope I'm as fortunate.
Enjoy Yourself...
View: https://youtu.be/MBMp085x5-Q?si=3tb3o-K7dFoAdPiR
Enjoy Yourself...
In a world of shallow online influencers making money from little more than their charm and bravado it is a very nice thing to have Richard's ongoing contributions from his deep experience and expertise in woodturning.
There is no artifice with Richard, what you see is who he is. He loves to teach and share his expertise and we are the beneficiaries of that. I spent ten days with him onboard one of the Norwegian woodturning cruises a few years ago and on those you not only get to see the demonstrators very regularly in action but also get to have many conversations with them over breakfast, morning tea, lunch, dinner and supper...
I enjoyed the long conversations with him as much as his demos, not that I don't always enjoy seeing him in action. Richard is one of the few woodturners I can have a conversation with who has been turning for as long as I have, but he has turned a lot more than I ever will and he is one of the few that has made his living as a studio woodturner. Anyway, Richard is one of the few woodturners that I can have a conversation with about the development in woodturning gear and techniques over the last 55yrs. And, because he has been around most of the well known woodturners and tool manufacturers over that time, he tells you stuff you would not hear about from anyone else...
I think that Richard's series of online videos is a very generous contribution to the woodturning community. Long may they continue!
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I wonder how many here still have VHS woodturning tapes. I know I have some next to the stack of DVDs.
I've found the same. I haven't been in a class but he did a demo in the Crossville TN in 2010 and was impressive in his knowledge and presentation and quite willing to answer questions or provide clarity. What an enjoyable evening. Much different from those with overactive egos!
He even autographed a couple of the books I brought with me:
I've mentioned this before, but I basically learned woodturning from his book Turning Wood and Darlow's book Fundamentals of Woodturning. Read the books, learn the ways, do all the exercises (starting with spindles) - you won't have any choice but to develop the skills to turn anything! Especially when I can find them used I buy extra copies of some of these books to loan or give to students. (I just bought my 4th copy of Fundamentals from Amazon.)
I love books. It would probably take a hundred videos to cover the information in one book. And it's hard to highlight passages, write in the margins, and put sticky notes in videos.
JKJ
Books and Videos, If it were not for Richard Raffan and Dale Nish (the first 4 Woodturning Books I got) my journey may have been different. I met them both when I went to Utah to spend a week with Richard at Craft Supplies. From there the journey continued and more books and videos. Probably have 60 or 70 books and I have over 400 woodturning DVDs.