Stone Carving: Q&A + Gallery... - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Fri, Jun 1, 2007 9:03 PM On 2007-06-01 16:07, kiwishaman wrote: Picked up my diamond burrs this morning - man those things are tiny! I got a pack of 20 - cheapies, but I figure good enough for this novice to start with (dont want to wreck good ones on the first try). But what I dont know is: which one do you start with? the round ones? I suppose the idea is to just try out all the different burrs and see what they do? Good advice above from BenZart. Im afraid you do yourself no favours with cheap burrs Kiwi; you wont wreck good quality ones very easily & poor quality ones will self-destruct all by themselves in no time. Still, if it gets you carving I guess anything is better than nothing - at least you'll enjoy the difference once you move up. Best of luck Bro! Tama :)

On 2007-06-01 16:07, kiwishaman wrote:
Picked up my diamond burrs this morning - man those things are tiny!

I got a pack of 20 - cheapies, but I figure good enough for this novice to start with (dont want to wreck good ones on the first try). But what I dont know is: which one do you start with? the round ones? I suppose the idea is to just try out all the different burrs and see what they do?

Good advice above from BenZart.
Im afraid you do yourself no favours with cheap burrs Kiwi; you wont wreck good quality ones very easily & poor quality ones will self-destruct all by themselves in no time. Still, if it gets you carving I guess anything is better than nothing - at least you'll enjoy the difference once you move up.

Best of luck Bro!
Tama :)

Post #310423 by Tamapoutini on Fri, Jun 1, 2007 9:03 PM