Woodcarving Workshops delivers intimate, high quality, video-based woodcarving instruction from Master Woodcarver author and instructor, Chris Pye. Members have full 24/7 access to hundreds of lessons from technical advice, such as sharpening carving tools, to woodcarving projects that range from simple reliefs, through lettering and ornamental carving, to carving 'in the round'.
I watched this video a while back, and a short while afterwards, I was at a flea market. It was closing time and I was walking back to my vehicle to leave, and a vendor was covering up their stuff with a sheet, and I spotted a small rusty old gouge. I asked if they would take $3 for it, it's all I had left. They excepted. It was hard to read, but said, "W M Jackson & Co Shear Island works. The internet says it's old and English. The other side says cast steel. I broke the broken handle off of it the rest of the way, and soaked the blade and ferrule in Evapo rust. Then hit them with my wire brush. Cut the counter bevel with my slip stones, just like you said, (that thing was hard) and sharpened the other side with my Tormek 8. And then made a new handle for it on my lathe. I copied the shape of the old handle, and used the original ferrule, but I made it out of spalted maple. I know that maple isn't ideal for a tool handle, but I wanted to see what it would look like.
I get so into your carving that at time’s without realizing it I’m blowing away your chips… You are truly a Master at your work… MiiGretchen for sharing
Hi can you tell me where you get your wood from please, I’ve just bought my first carving tools but I’m struggling to find decent size bass wood, Thankyou.
Great video would love to join, but as a pensioner, it's just too much with the current strain on finances with prices increasing, shinkflation as well with no price reduction often increases as well. With the Aussie $ as low as it is, the exchange price is high for us. I'll keep watching your youtube videos. Would help having a listing of tools here once for those who can't sign up for financial reasons. The last thing I'd want to do is sign up for a month, download as much as I could, and then ask for money back. Wishing you all the best. Have a great 2023 xmas and a healthy and prosperous 2024 New Year.
Uau👏👏👏, que lindo trabalho, parabéns, você explica super bem, e olha que nem entendo muito inglês, mas somente pelo modo que você mostra, gesticula eu compreendi muito bem, parabéns pelo lindo trabalho e pela ótima maneira que explicou.
Hello, there is a nice historical context to the three rabbits in a circle. If you want, you can search in Google for “Christian Trinity symbol” or “three hare window in Paderborn”. Maybe you have a function for translating.
@archiehebron8944 - Thanks for that point. I think I didn't make it clear in the video but I frequently dip the hacksaw blade in the water as I grind it, to keep metal cool; I never let the metal get more than hand warm.
@@woodcarvingworkshop1 I wondered about that as I watched. I know that I use a high speed grinder and my tools frequently get a small amount of bluing but that's no trouble as long as I don't shock them.
Thank you. I am a huge fan. I have all your books and I've utilized them quite a bit. I really appreciate your style of woodcarving education. The intricate photos and close up details of your tools and techniques are most helpful.
My god it's so frustrating to try and make my tools perform like yours. I can get pretty sharp but no where near as good as yours are. I dropped one of my best u gouges onto concrete which broke off parts of the edge. I have tried to make a new bevel and thought I'd succeeded until I used the chisel and snapped off bits of the edge in the wood I used it on. I went too fine. It looked ok but obviously wasn't at all. I think I'll take my chisels to a professional sharpener and pay him to get them all back to a proper state. It doesn't help that most of my chisels were bought used and hadn't been well looked after by the previous owner. They are all high quality chisels though so that is something at least.
Hello master, Since my English is not good, I did not understand much of what you said. Can you tell me the most suitable types of wood that are suitable for carving? What is the best type of wood? thank you
shahramvedaei8573 - For this style of carving, you need a plain , tight-grained wood. here i am using Jelutong, but you could use, Limewood, Basswood, Brazilian Mahogany, Walnut, Birch - that sort of thing. With open-grained woods, such as oak, the small parts tend to break off, especially where the fibres are short. Hope this helps!
