[Woodcarver] Burning hot and high RPMs

[aliceleorabriggs at comcast.net]

Thanks Daniel and Loren for your perspectives on burning. Both of you give me something to think about. I do burn very, very hot as I guess I am trying to do things that no sane person would do with a burner. Maybe I should carve more first in the areas that I also "draw " with the burner. I guess I am happiest when the tip cuts through wood as quickly an a pen moves across paper, so I can make rather calligraphic marks. I'm also working rather large, or at least it seems large to me, on 5' x 4' panels of 3/4 inch birch, so I need to burn large areas. I guess I am hoping that there is a burner out there that is intended to burn very hot. The Nibsburner is great except for the melting handpieces :), The handpiece never gets too hot to hold comfortably. I guess this brings me back around to one of my forst questions. In areas of a carving where I am using an intaglio technique I keep thinking that the 350,000 to 400,000 RPM tools that I occasionally drool over might be a better option . That is, Perhaps I could engrave the wood with a drawing and then fill the lines with some sort of umber pigment. This might have a look that is similar to the burned drawings. Just thinking out loud here, but have any of you used these super fast rotary tools? They seem to be in use for gun stock carving. One is called Turbo Carver. I really want to try one out, but am hesitant to invest the money  without any endorsements from professional carvers like yourselves. 

I love looking at everyone's work. What a variety! I don't have any shots of my one and only carving yet, but here is a site where you can see a drawing. It's a dental piece, I guess :). Well, goodnight. I guess I'd better get ready for another day. http://artistsregister.com/artists/AZ635
 Sincerely, Alice Leora Briggs
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