Richard raffan tool

One problem with being an excellent and professional wood turner is that the things you take for grant it are new and unusual for the new woodturner. So you need to pay attention and se if you can pick up a tip of two to help you with your wood turning, whether you are an advanced woodturner or a beginner woodturner.

I hope you like the 2 videos. Better yet, I hope they help you become a better wood turner! For the new turners out there — this is more of a Master Class than a how-to for new turners. Raffan is so skilled that he makes difficult and catch-worthy cuts look easy; Those shearing and pull-cuts with the spindle gouge on the outside of the bowl are and I know from experience very difficult to emulate. Wish I was. As the youngsters say — Respect.

These are easy to use once you learn how to use them and will give you some great results. They are hefty tools and carry some mass so a newbie can control them, or a more experienced woodturner can extend further off the tool rest and get deep into your bowl, cut or other project.

For fine precision work to heavy-duty cutting. Tool Post Overall […]. This item can be shipped to United States. Tool Holding Capacity : 13mm. Holder Type : Standard Holder.

This is a Quick-Change Tool Post. Swiftray Theme Powered by WordPress. Quick Change Tool. Post Tagged with homemade , lathe , only , rest , steady , using , years. Then mark the length of the ferrule from the end of the blank photo 4 , using a pencil or skew chisel long point as shown here. Set calipers to the internal diameter of the ferrule and turn a tenon using a beading and parting tool or small skew chisel flat on the rest for a peeling cut photo 5.

This is best done in two stages. First cut a slight taper so the ferrule just fits over the end photo Before fitting the ferrule, use the long nose of the skew chisel into the corner, cutting across the fibres so if they are pushed up when you drive on the ferrule they will break away rather than build up against the bulk of the handle photo 8.

Many modern turning tools have a cylindrical or rectangular tang, whereas most other tools have a tapered tang. Cylindrical tangs are glued into a hole drilled using a similar diameter drill. For a straight tang that is rectangular or square in cross-section, use a drill slightly less than the maximum diagonal of the cross-section so the corners of the tang will bite into the side of cylindrical hole. Holes for tapered tangs should be stepped so the pointy end is supported and kept centred as it is knocked in.

Drilling can be done on the lathe. Mark the depth to which you want to drill with masking tape on the drill bit, then hold the handle as you wind in the tail-centre to drill the hole photo