That is a lot of time and patience, on the first attempt I would have probably jab the thing on my thumb and broken the damn plate... You sir.. have skills
omg....ive done this its a mess i have talent it timber and many things but u r making this look easy ....its brutal....toooo hard u r within .2 or a millimetre...talent i commend u
Im in my mid 50s and decided to learn wood carving and chip carving. I hear Bass wood is pricey so I was wondering what other wood would be good for practice. I have some pine but think it may be the wrong type. I have the knifes, just need to work on making it work. Nice job on the videos.
Hi with regard to the knives thank you for letting me know where I can buy them please advise as to the cost for the knives, how many knives do you recommend that I need?
Its mesmerising watching you, great work Will your book be available in international markets in the future? I would be interested in buying a download version if it came available, Kindle or Google books?
+Michael J King Hello Michael, I'm glad you enjoy watching my videos! I considered producing a downloadable version and will give it some more thought with your comment. Thank you.
quite beautiful work what kind of woods can you carve using this method? it looks so soft what about you patterns how do you transfer the pattern onto the wood
There are woods in your part of the world for chip carving. I will have to contact my Italian friend and find out the species and name. Email me from the My Chip Carving website if you want more carving wood information. In the US we carve primarily basswood but also carve butternut, aspen, white pine. We do ship basswood internationally if you'd like to order from the My Chip Carving Store. Marty
Basswood is not very expensive and is the recommended wood to learn on. Pine is okay but it does have hard spots and is more difficult to carve than basswood.
I've been to your website store and plan on purchasing a couple plates to carve. My question regards the patterns, and where can I get these - in particular the one you are demonstrating in this excellent video? Thank you for sharing!
Many patterns are available for download from the Pattern tab at mychipcarving. With a Platinum Membership you can download all for free. If the pattern you are interested in is not available, please contact me and I will create it and add it to the Patterns so you can have access to it.
Until recently, all my patterns were hand drawn. I'd tried some software but didn't find anything I liked that was easy to use. Just recently I found the perfect pattern drawing software for creating chip carving patterns. There's a free trial available in the My Chip Carving Store / Layout. Check it out or call me at 866-444-6996 for more info.
what type of wood are you working on? The knife is really sharp, but the wood also soft. I am planning to carve a picture into the korpus of an electric guitar - that would be lime wood. Is that suitable for chip carving?
Hello GangiGangan, I am carving northern grown basswood (linden). Lime wood is good for carving as well. I believe it may be a bit harder than basswood but the carvings I've seen in lime wood are magnificent.
MyChipCarving Thank you for your fast reply - I just saw - lime and basswood seems to have the same translation to german: Linde. So they seem to be very similiar.
Almost like you have to see "through" into the wood a few millimeters and feel the positioning and pressure of the blade. Amazing how you could spend $5000-$10,000 on a 5-axis CNC router that could never achieve this type of human detail.
to be able to produce something so beautiful must give you immense please really beautiful where could I buy this type of chip carving knives I have never seen them here in Cyprus
Hello Philip, Yes, chip carving does provide great pleasure. I designed these chip carving knives and sell them exclusively in the My Chip Carving Store. We do ship Priority Mail to Cyprus. Marty
