[Woodcarver] Re: Woodcarver Digest, Vol 612, Issue 1- how to carve grooves in the bowl

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Alex,

It's always nice to see your smiling face on here. I hope you and your 
family are well.

I also like your answer leaning toward hand tools but nothing besides a 
knife seems to be able to go 1/4 deep and only 1/8-inch wide and still keep 
the wings out the top so they don't accidently lift the top fibres. Even a 
45-degree V-tool doesn't do that ratio of width to depth.

Today I had very good luck with that Rotozip and the drywall cutting bit in 
Cherry. It was very easy to control. I had to make 4 passes to get to that 
depth without burning it but it looked great. 4 passes doesn't take that 
much time.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Bisso" <albisso at bresnan.net>
To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Re: Woodcarver Digest, Vol 612,Issue 1- how to carve 
grooves in the bowl



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> I am going to chime in here.  If I had that task to do there is no 

> question that I would do it with hand tools using a very narrow "u" tool 

> or narrow angled "v" tool.  A 60 degree Dockyard micro "v" tool any 

> similar tiny "v" or "u" tool would do.  IMHO it is much easier to 

> accurately control a small hand tool than any power too.   You just have 

> to pay careful attention to the grain and constantly change directions to 

> keep the turns smooth.  I imagine that the tip of a fine detailed knife 

> would also come in handy. Also, you might be able to match the curve of 

> some "u" tools to the puzzle pieces which could help do them neatly.  You 

> might also make a little scraper to help clean things up in the end.  Good 

> luck - sounds tedious but it should be interesting.

> Alex Bissop

> Billings, MT

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