Mastercarver tools - Tiki Carving

T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Fri, Oct 14, 2016 8:00 AM On 2016-10-13 20:10, 4WDtiki wrote: Interesting, BigT. How are you using that, with the blade 90 degrees to the wood, or can you lean it down at a low angle? Are you using it without a guard? hey 4wd! You can use it at any angle really. I have some pics below of a moai i'm working on. I made the angled cuts above and below the mouth using the blade at sort of a 45 degree angle. Also cut the flat parts of the face with the blade nearly flat, working in from the nose out to the edge of the face. I flattened the back of the tiki also using the blade nearly flat like a planer. It's really hard to cut whole chunks out at a time, so it's mostly about shaping with that blade. You can make straight cuts just like a circular saw blade as well.

On 2016-10-13 20:10, 4WDtiki wrote:
Interesting, BigT. How are you using that, with the blade 90 degrees to the wood, or can you lean it down at a low angle? Are you using it without a guard?

hey 4wd! You can use it at any angle really. I have some pics below of a moai i'm working on. I made the angled cuts above and below the mouth using the blade at sort of a 45 degree angle. Also cut the flat parts of the face with the blade nearly flat, working in from the nose out to the edge of the face. I flattened the back of the tiki also using the blade nearly flat like a planer.

It's really hard to cut whole chunks out at a time, so it's mostly about shaping with that blade. You can make straight cuts just like a circular saw blade as well.

Post #769439 by TheBigT on Fri, Oct 14, 2016 8:00 AM