Bryan whittles a ball in a cage. It's a fun whittling project that even a beginner can try. Most of the video is at high speed so people don't get too bored.
Hey man, thanks for doing this. My great grandfather had these all over his house, and many of them were attached to massive wooden chains hung all around. I'm sure this is not news to you, or to others on here, but I was always truly amazed by him, and by these things. I miss him greatly, and will be making these in honor of him. Also, in this crazy world, I would most definitely agree - the first step is DEFINITELY to "Block everything out"... Despite all my rage, I am still just a ball in a cage...
Thanks for your comment! Would be fun to see your great grandfather’s work. Once you get into it it’s very relaxing and becomes easier to block out everything else. Nice Smashing Pumpkins reference too. 😀
I've been working on doing the chains, I think it's harder to do than the ball in a cage. But both are good conversation starters. People can't believe you cut it all out of one block.
awesome vid ...but just a psa .. if you make the thing as big as the whole piece of wood be very verrrrry careful to not have your fingers in the carved out parts while holding onto the piece and working ....i had to go to the hospital to get stiches and just cut myself again bc of not being careful enough so don't repeat my mistake!!
This project is awesome I'm going to try to make this for my brother-in-law . Who bought me whitling and carving tools for Christmas. I want to make him this for his birthday. I know that it would blow his mind. Then maybe for my birthday he will buy me more cool tools. Thank you for making this video. I think everybody who posts on RU-vid is extremely brave to put themselves out there for criticism or positivity. One day maybe I will be this brave Cheers
Enjoying the vid so far man, just some slight input. I'd suggest when recording do the initial recording as per usual, then do a separate voice recording taking about the piece you're working on such as the techniques, steps you're taking to achieve the desired design, maybe some tips about working with certain woods, exc. Otherwise I totally love the vid man, keep making more.
Hello Blubberboy18, thanks for watching. I'm using a roughout knife that has a little over an inch and half long blade. The knife was made by Helvie Knives. I like this particular knife because it seems to be just the right size for most things I work on. Here's a link to the website if you're interested. helvieknives.com/collections/knives
High, thanks for the reply and the info/ web site, had a look already and guess what ? everything is out of stock :-( untill Jan 2021. Also the same with Nick Westerman and a few others, little bit annoying really. But thank you anyway, have a great New Year buddy. Les.
Thank you for watching. I apologize for the lack of instruction, was going for a more general overview than a step by step video. Perhaps one day I’ll make a more in depth video of the ball in a cage. Thank you for your comment.
The ball in the cage is Good, But, how cool are those knife handles ??? Did you make them yourself ? Or buy in store or online ?? Never seen any like that before. Good luck, cheers, Les.
Great project, but just fast forwarding through 99 percent of your work is not helpful. We don’t mind nor are bored by some occasional moments of explanation.
Oh man you gotta try it. With your talent I’m sure you can come up with something great. Check my channel out when you have some free time you can see my lures.
Oh, I thought u wasn't gonna fast forward that much!😧 It would've been really nice for u to show your technique on carving the rest of it after u did the first 4 sides in the beginning... How u start on the ball for example.🤔
This would have been an incredibly long video or series of videos if I didn’t fast forward or cut a bunch out. Figured fast forward was better than cutting out. I guess if you need a step by step guild you could probably take a class somewhere. I learned by diving in and doing it. Hoped this little video would give folks some incentive to dive in and try it themselves. You should give it a try!
Well this was worthless. You showed the stop cuts on one side, then did your fast forward bit. I thought just to do the other three sides, then show us the next set of cuts/technique. Noooo. You just blasted thru until done, and said “there you go”. Didn’t learn a thing, and got a siezure to boot.
