One Handed Carving? - Tiki Carving

M Monkeyman Tiki Socialite Vista, CA Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 2386	M Monkeyman Posted posted on Thu, Apr 9, 2009 9:07 AM Welcome to Tiki Central. I carve smaller objects that I can clamp to my workbench (not usually full sized tiki's). My workbench sits fairly high. About mid abdomen on me. If I carve in a soft enough wood.. I dont need a mallet at all. I hold the handle of the chisel with my right hand and rest the butt of the handle on my sternum, then guide the blade of the chisel with my left hand. I lean on the chisel to make a number of precise cuts and get really good results just leaning on the chisel. If you think your right hand can hold the handle of the chisel and you can clamp down your work.. then you very well may be able to carve proficiently. Rotary tools are sometimes tough to work with unless you are removing very small pieces of material and really lay the bit on its side... otherwise they tend to jump around a lot and require two hands to hold them steady.

Welcome to Tiki Central.

I carve smaller objects that I can clamp to my workbench (not usually full sized tiki's). My workbench sits fairly high. About mid abdomen on me.

If I carve in a soft enough wood.. I dont need a mallet at all. I hold the handle of the chisel with my right hand and rest the butt of the handle on my sternum, then guide the blade of the chisel with my left hand. I lean on the chisel to make a number of precise cuts and get really good results just leaning on the chisel.

If you think your right hand can hold the handle of the chisel and you can clamp down your work.. then you very well may be able to carve proficiently.

Rotary tools are sometimes tough to work with unless you are removing very small pieces of material and really lay the bit on its side... otherwise they tend to jump around a lot and require two hands to hold them steady.

Post #445909 by Monkeyman on Thu, Apr 9, 2009 9:07 AM