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

[Watson Family]

At 10:51 AM 13/12/2005, you wrote:

>>I'd be grateful for advice on this : I want to carve into the outside of a

>>turned wooden bowl


I think Pauls advice to use a laminate trimer is probably the best.
If you are going to fill it with resin then why go deeper than 3mm.
If you must go deeper then you could run the second cut with a 3mm ball in 
the dremel.
The 3mm shaft on the mill should follow in the groove that you cut with the 
router.and resist the wandering that you would get if you went over a 
second time with the router.
If you were happy with a shallower groove then a 2mm tungsten cutter will 
go 2 to 3 mm
deep in one pass.
Good luck

Peter

Woodcarvings and Wildlife Sculptures
http://www.watsonwoodcarver.com