[Woodcarver] How to carve a deep , long , narrow , winding groove

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/12/2005 7:50:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
RbrtHillier at aol.com writes:

So......what would you recommend ? And if the Dremel  approach , which bits 
would you suggest ( and where do you source yours - I'm  in the UK )? If I 
botch the groove , I'll just turn another bowl , so I'm  prepared for a method 
which has its failures  , but I want to produce a  crisp and neat jigsaw effect .

I'd be grateful for any advice on this ,  apart from the obvious one - to 
give up ;>(      

Robert,
Poole,
Dorset,
England  



I think that after all the time you have into this project with your  
experimenting, you could have used a hand tool and been finished days  ago.   I 
suggest using a 3 mm veiner  or a veiner with an outside  measurement of 3 mm.  
Hopefully your wood is not too hard.  Draw the  pattern and incise it with the 
veiner.  It does'nt have to be perfect on  the depth because you said you will 
fill the trench with resin.  If it was  any other project, i would suggest a 
router but you are going to have to make a  jig to hold and turn the 
bowl......just making the jig would be harder than  doing the hand carving.
 
Maura carvin'  in  nyc
http://www.carvinginNYC.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/carvinginnyc
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