[Woodcarver] Help again with tools!

[Mark Whillock]

Chris,

 

I have been relief carving for several years and have helped many carvers
get started using traditional tools with traditional techniques.

 

A basic set of tools for relief would consist of

1 - Small Shallow gouge - 6mm

1 - Larger shallow gouge - 20mm

1 - Medium Gouge - 12mm

1 - 11 sweep Veiner - 3mm

1 - V-Tool - 8mm

$80.00 - $150 USD Depending on the Brand

 

There will be others on the list who can comment on better on carving small
animals but you Ron Wells Knife is a great Start.

The next step I suggest is to add a small set of Palm tools. $40 - $80 USD

 

Where to buy?

I have great respect for the supplier's that contribute to this list and I
do not believe they will steer you wrong.  Buying tools from a non Carving
source is often risky.

 

If you would like more details on specific products please contact me off
list.

mark at woodcarverswarehouse.com

 

Thanks for the plug Joe!

 

Mark Whillock

Whillock Woodcarving

www.stubaidirect.com

www.woodcarverswarehouse.com

507-446-0752

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From: woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net
[mailto:woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:24 AM
To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net
Subject: [Woodcarver] Help again with tools!

 

Hi Ya Everyone,

Just wanted to say Hi! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods :)   I
think I have mentioned in the past on the Woodcarver Digest that I had
bought some carving tools from Ebay.  Well as it turned out when they
finally got here, all the people who warned me of this were right?  They
finally came and are terrible tools.  It is a set made by Hawk, cheap
Chinese junk I believe.  The tools are made of very very rough steel which I
have found aren't sharpening very well.  I am back to the beginning again
due to the waiting and the very poor tools. So I am wondering if I can get
some help again as good tools make good carvings?  If so, What tools should
I get to start trying to carve with?      Sharp tools being the key to good
carvings.  I am not sure which size of gouges, skews or V tools I will need
and possibly a stab knife and chip knife for relief.  I don't think I will
be doing any large carvings.  I would like to do some small to medium size
relief carvings and some "in the round" animal carvings that I have some
patterns for that will only be about 5 to 6 inches long and I believe
require layering of 3/4" boards of 3 to 4 layers.

    I guess the major problem for me is which sizes of tools to get.  Should
I be getting detail tools for the work I want to do for now? 

Again I am very confused as to where to go now as this debacle from eBay has
definitely set me back and have to start all over again. All I have is the
very awesome Ron Wells bench knife I got from Jan such a great knife.  I
don't have alot of money to spend as I have been off work doing the full
time Daddy thing with my son :)

I hope everyone who helped before will give me pointers once again    

   Hope you can get me started...AGAIN ;)

 

Chris Huggins

Collingwood, Canada

 

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