Richard Raffan

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Richard Raffan is a retired professional woodturner in Canberra, Australia, known internationally since the mid-1970s, first as a turner, and from 1985 for h...

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Richard Raffan turns a scrap of firewood.

Richard Raffan turns a chuck-mounted screw chuck.

Richard Raffan's simple vases for novice woodturners.

Richard Raffan turns green pistachio.

Richard Raffan turns a box with five feet for the 39th. 4-Ways project.

Richard Raffan first box using threaded inserts in Douglas fir.

Richard Raffan turns a very green hardwood sleeper offcut.

Richard Raffan turns a lidded box-elder pen caddy .

Richard Raffan turns a funnel, renewing membership of the funnel club.

Richard Raffan turns two file handles.

Richard Raffan turns very green hardwood — a sleeper offcut.

Richard Raffan completes a distorted roughed bowl.

Richard Raffan on the nitty-gritty of sanding and finishing a bowl.

Richard Raffan turning claret ash.

Richard Raffan turns pistachio green and thin.

Richard Raffan turns a handled bowl for the 38th 4-Ways project.

Richard Raffan restores an old tool handle.

Richard Raffan turns a pistachio log into Wavy Bowls.

Richard Raffan dust collection

Richard Raffan turning box elder burl.

Richard Raffan turns two crossgrain boxes, one in-fitting lid, the other fits over.

Richard Raffan hopes to turn a flitch into bowls, ends up with scoops.

Richard Raffan turns firewood into an oyster box.

Richard Raffan completes a splitting roughed-out bowl.

Richard Raffan turns a cereal bowl.

Richard Raffan rough-turns 10 blackwood acacia bowls in real time.

Richard Raffan revisits slabs cut 3 months previously, now splitting.

Richard Raffan days that don't go as planned create learning opportunities.

Richard Raffan turns a twig pot for the 37th. 4-Ways project.

Richard Raffan turns a spinning top using a ½ spindle gouge.