Love how you show how you use the bits and I ask you to please keep doing that as a new Dremel carver I'd can use all the help I can get . And showing the tips used
Thanks for sharing, beautiful job it looks so good! I've been carving for about a month now & I love it! I love to watch videos like urs bc I always learn something new. Definitely subscribing! Stay safe & take care!
It looks great and inspires me to try this more than anything else I've ever seen. Thanks for the the excellent tips on what bits you use. I suppose we can expect a person doing such work to mind such details. At what stage do you join the boards? And please tell us that the band-aid we see at about 3:55 is from non-woodworking activity. Thanks for doing this video. You rock.
Thanks David! I glued the three smaller boards together before I did the carving, then glued the carved piece onto the larger board. The bandaid was unrelated to woodworking !LOL
That was very beautifully done and the Video was excellent and nicely narrated... Step by step. Thank you for showing us this. 3 QUESTIONS: 1) How long did this process take, including the stencilling and carving the plywood board? ..2) What speeds did you use on your Dremel?... 3) Did you use a clear Polyuretnane for the finish?-- Would love to know these details?... Thanks again.
Thanks Jay! This one took me about 2 months from start to finish. When I’m carving in oak, my speed setting is pretty much always on 30. I didn’t put a finish because bit is meant to go with another piece that isn’t finished yet. I didn’t want to put a finish coat on just in case I wanted to add any black wax.
Hi I'm new to all this carving stuff. Actually first things first nice job really like it. I just wanted to ask when u switched bits to the aggressive bit to remove wood on the outside of the tree u left a bit of wood around edge and came back to it when you put smaller bit on. What I'm wondering is wouldn't it be easier and look better to do the whole trim detail before removing all the wood surrounding the tree.
I think it's up to you. I like to remove the bulk before I do the edges, just because I feel like I can see it better. If you like to get a nice edge then remove the bulk of the extra wood, that works too.
Thanks Ken. I remember I sketched it out on 4 pieces of printer paper taped together. If you like this tree, just take a screen shot of it and use it as a reference. I know I used something as a reference, but don't remember the specifics. I do know it took me a few days of erasing and perfecting the sketch.
There's gotta be a more efficient way to do the outsides. Have you ever tried to use an angle grinder? I think the dremel would be too tedious for me and I'd never finish lol
I believe the stuff in this video was 3/4". You can really use anything you want as long as you don't carve too deep. I'm sure many other craftsmen would not advise plywood, but I use what I can afford-lol
Thank you for getting back to me...I’ve been watch some of your other videos and they are amazing and very inspiring. I love how you describe and explain while we watch you work. I forgot to ask you do you have a preference to the type of plywood you use, (oak etc) , which do you find works best. Also I watched the video where you made the candle, I would love to have you make a video on how you hollowed it out (l confess I haven’t watch all of them so maybe you already have) thank you again.
@@sueswegman7779 Thanks Sue! Usually the soft woods are easier to work with- like pine or birch. I prefer to work with wood that isn't too grainy. I had to use oak for that particular project in order to match another piece, but oak can be a bit of a pain because of the grain. I considered doing a video on the hollowing out, but it would have been a terrible angle and very boring-lol. I started by drilling several holes into the aspen log, then removed the remaining wood with the dremel.
No, I don't use power carvers. I do my carving by hand only. I build custom hand carved log furniture. When the power goes out forever I will still be able to hand carve my furniture whenever I wish. She can't say that. To her credit she does do a great job. Keep up the great work beautiful.
@@sashaskapar2324 You drew the tree yourself? Wow nice. Really wish I'd paid more attention to my grandmother who was a professional oil painter. But I was always more of a crafter. So I plan to cheat & use stencils/printed things. It seems an awful lot like coloring & I love that. Thanks for the tips since I'm just starting. I haven't even started an actual project. I'm just playing around for the moment.
I taped 4 pieces of printer paper together and drew the design on that. I then went over the drawing with a permanent marker, so the ink would soak through to the wood.
im really not a fan of oak my main material is cottonwood bark with hand tools also devils club and with power tools hazelnut is cool but then i aint been makin big pcs
Hi Sasha, I have a question... When you carve the inner and outer terrain in the wood, how do you know they are all on the same highet? How can I control it and make sure the lower level is all in the same highet? Thank you
Hola , vamos a ver : plantilla para dibujar y una máquina para lo demás, porqué no lo dibujas sin plantilla y lo recortas con herramientas artesanas? le darías más valor...
