Post #266911 by Queen Kamehameha on Wed, Nov 15, 2006 11:51 AM

hi carving gods,

I have been amazed and mesmerized by the posts and all the cool carvings. So I finally made the plunge. I wasn't sure I would like it or be good at it, so I bought the new dremel 1100 cordless at lowes and gave it a try, over the laundry sink with the water dripping. :)

It turns out, I love this. I know from looking at the pieces I did, I do not know what I am doing, I tried a wooden egg, and a river rock from the yard. So I have some questions and would love some help.

• How to you get the pieces you all do so smooth and sharp edged?
• How do you make curves and circles and which tool does that?
• Is sanding by hand or with the dremel, and what tools do I need?
• are my hands supposed to hurt this much the next day?

Thank you all for the inspiration to try this. Here are my two attempts over the last few days, please let me know what you think as I really want to get better at this.

Amy