Cheeky Girl's Carvings - Tiki Carving

CF Captain FOREMAN Member La Verne, CA Joined: Jul 03, 2008 Posts: 3	CF Captain FOREMAN Posted posted on Tue, Jul 8, 2008 4:53 PM Chisels are fine and dandy for straight edge work, butt to really good features without the aide of mallets and such, I'd suggest investing in the basic mallet tool set that is sold by Flexcut, I use mine extensively and the best thing about those tools is that you don't need a sharpen stone or grinder, they sell you a strop to maintain the polished edge and they can flex while you carve. Also to carve faster consider investing in the power carver that the company Arbortech sells, it's very noisy, butt you can really hog out wood with it, both companies can be easily found on the web. Happy carving! -Captain FOREMAN

Chisels are fine and dandy for straight edge work, butt to really good features without the aide of mallets and such, I'd suggest investing in the basic mallet tool set that is sold by Flexcut, I use mine extensively and the best thing about those tools is that you don't need a sharpen stone or grinder, they sell you a strop to maintain the polished edge and they can flex while you carve. Also to carve faster consider investing in the power carver that the company Arbortech sells, it's very noisy, butt you can really hog out wood with it, both companies can be easily found on the web. Happy carving!

-Captain FOREMAN

Post #392527 by Captain FOREMAN on Tue, Jul 8, 2008 4:53 PM