[Woodworkers] Power Carving

Ron Odum rodum233 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 9 17:15:18 PDT 2021


Thanks for the heads up! I want one!

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 6:43 PM Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I've got the Ryobi power carver and found it was hard to control. Of
> course, it doesn't help that the blades that come with it aren't high
> quality nor are they super sharp.
>
> My carvings were never as good as yours, though. Nice work.
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
> http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com
>
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:44 AM Gary C Williams via Woodworkers <
> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>
>> I turn reproduction French bread/cheese boards and carve flowers around
>> the outside edges.
>>
>> For the sake of reference this one is approximately 15" in diameter.
>>
>> The background is lowered thereby allowing me to raise the leaves.
>>
>> I'm thinking of trying some sort of power carving device and I am
>> wondering if anyone has done any power carving? If so, what do you use?
>>
>> I've also thought about the possibility of using a wood-burning set to
>> accomplish this, but I don't think it would have the same depth of detail.
>>
>> I've got a little Dremel rotary tool but I am not sure that will be
>> sufficient to do what I want to accomplish.
>>
>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gary Williams
>>
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