Here is a link to my site where the patterns are if you'd like to give it a try. Thanks for your support! www.spiralsbysteve.com/new-style-shells.php Also please subscribe and click bell to turn on notifications if you like my content.
Shells, to me, are the most beautiful items I own, and your talent has blown me away. I have begun to try my hand at making your designs. I think I am going to need 10 years too🎉
Thank you so much for making these videos. I am 100% disabled and woodworking has given me a way to be productive. I learn so much watching your videos.
This is pretty mind blowing stuff. So good of you to share this with all of us. You've inspired so many people. I personally am still suffering from "shell shock"! Beautiful work. You're a humble genius Sir. God bless.
I saw your stuff a decade ago. I saved your links in the old computer that is somewhere now in the landfill. Scrolling through YT your conk shell appeared! I recognized it immediately! I won't be making that mistake again. Beautiful work, Steve. It's really amazing!
Man...your awesome. I have your book and made about twenty shells for my wedding for each table. Everyone was in awe over them. Moreover, I think your name came up about twenty times. I’m currently working on a perrywinkle design. This new shell you’ve came up with is amazing Steve. Thanks for the inspiration.!
Your mind is really amazing. I started making spirals with dowels after seeing your work a few years ago. I don’t know how you keep coming up with something new all the time. I love it. Keep it up.
As you said, "welcome to my dirty shop." It does not take away from your creative genius. Sometimes I feel really dumb when I see what other people can make. I went to your website and looked at some of your other Nautilus shells. The woods and color are true art. Real beauty. When I saw this Conical Spiral shell, I could not imagine how you made it without a great deal of carving work. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic Steve. I am still perfecting the art and haven't made an ammonite yet, but I shall be buying these plans for sure. You have put a whole new dimension to my woodworking projects in my retirement. Thank you for all the inspiration you have given me.
@@Steve.Garrison No I wasn't. I have a hard time with the spiral blade. Of course, I don't use it enough to get really good with it. But the ease that you went around the piece and the straightness of the cut was really good. Made me want to practice more!
I have been interested in woodworking for about 3 years now, but i've never seen a final product like this, it is truly amazing and i hope one day i'll have the tools and mastery to make something similar
Just subbed my man. Not only brilliant work but your tip like the sand paper strips are priceless. Not sure why it took several vids to make me hit that button you and your work are inspirational.
@@Steve.Garrison thanks for the response. I do a lot of scroll chess sets and the strip paper really knocks down the "stragglers" and gets me where a small file just cant
@@timothymatthews7028 Try taking a narrow strip of cloth backed sandpaper about 1/8" wide and twist it. Then you'll have abrasive on all sides. Really handy for tight spots, and the edge won't cut in.
Hey just bustin your balls man. I was just really disappointed that I didn't get to see the final assembly, I was really into the video, and it was like a great movie with a bad ending, or just left hanging.
I don't even have a scroll saw but I'm inspired by your awesome work and instructions to get one at some stage. There must be a safer way to hold the work piece to the jig. I don't have much confidence in the cheap hot glue I have access to.
Thanks. The hot glue holds very well, and I have never had a failure with it. It actually takes a fair amount of force to pop it loose from the corian face. That is until it meets a drop of acetone, and then it comes right off. Any other work-holding method I can think of gets in the way. I'll stick with hot glue :)
Splendid video Steve thanx!! I am a new subscriber and I regret not finding your channel earlier. Your technique is amazing and your engineering is flawless. I went to the website for the carving bit you use. I will be getting some of your plans and the carving bit,
Thumbs up on the video...I like how you got right into it rather than boring me for ten minutes talking before you got to the tutorial. Do you have a link to the rotary chisel you use?
@@wendysomerville9830 Thanks! It becomes easier when you have a use for it. Math and art don't mix for a lot of people. I like combining math, art, and nature. I also like helping people. Makes me feel good that I can teach people something they truly enjoy and benefit from.
@@wendysomerville9830 I believe it's a half inch thick. Just needs to be thick enough to not become weak when you cut the grooves for the release tool.
Very clever Steve and beautiful art pieces as a result of your skills. I have two suggestions/comments. For the jig you use on the table saw, would a guide on the top and bottom that slid along the grooves in the saw table top work? Or would that not work as it might restrict your ability to cut different sized wedges? My second comment is on your special wrench to release the wedge glued to the jig. I noticed you prised it loose from the narrow end - is it possible to come from the top edge - I could see me trying that and damaging that narrow edge - and then teaching the neighbourhood kids words they shouldn’t know. If you get my drift. Love your work - I’m not a scroller but you have tempted me to have a go. Cheers from Gary in Australia.
Thanks, Gary! The jig needs to be adjustable from side-to-side in order to cut wedges of different thickness, the thin edge needs to be sharp instead of truncated. Also, the excess thickness is cut out from the middle of the board - each board yields two wedges while only fastening the block to the jig once. The release tool can be inserted from either side, it presses evenly against the bottom of the groove and surface of the wedge. It will leave a slight indentation as a line along the width from the pressure needed to break the bond with the hot glue instead of concentrating it on a single point damaging the thin edge. I have messed up a few while learning by using too much hot glue, it can pull chunks out of the surface of the wood. You should try it.
Steve outstanding work. After much trial and error I still struggle to get smooth even finishes with the Dremel - what is the "favorite chisel" you mentioned? So far my shells don't resemble yours but I wont stop till they do. Thanks for your work and plans. Kent
Thanks, Kent! You'll get a better finish sanding with strips of sandpaper like I use in the end of the video. Here's the bit I use: rotarychisel.com/products/x-small-round-cut-profile-a-ct100a
Steve, much inspired by your work and have made a couple of shells my self. Your new rotary chisel looks just the job Is there any chance you could post a link to it. I have searched for it but cant find one that looks like the one your using. Many thanks.Tom.
Cheers! Thank you. I was looking at some real shells and wondered how I could make them out of wood, I thought about it for a long time. Finally it came to me. I credit the good Lord above.
Just found your shell work and it's pretty amazing! I've done wood turning and furniture making, and just about everything else, but this is something I've not seen before. Thanks for sharing! Incidentally, I notice you were using printed patterns glued to the wedges. Are you obtaining those from a website somewhere? Definitely would have watched 30 minutes of step-by-step assembly, carving and finishing on this one. Really nice result! Congrats!
Thank you. These are made with my own patterns that I sell on my website. I also have an older technique. Next time I will put more detail in assembly and finishing. www.spiralsbysteve.com/new-style-shells.php
Thanks. The segments are glued together one joint at a time to become halves, then the halves are lapped flat to eliminate any error in the 180° angles before they are glued together.
Steve Garrison well that was fantastic! I really want to give it a try! I’ll start with circles cross sections to make a horn. I wonder how will it come out. I’m super curious now :-) great job. If I am successful I’ll look into getting one of your plans. :-)
