Information About the Ron Wells Carving Knife Ron started carving caricatures in 1979. The first figure was carved with a friend’s carving knife, after which he read moraknive wood carving knife review. That night Ron did a second figure with his pocket knife. The next day he made his first carving knife and has been...
Carving chisels and gouges differ from cabinet chisels and other gouges in that they are usually somewhat thinner and are sharpened with a finer angle on the cutting edge. Some are intended for handwork only while others can be struck with a mallet and of course are never struck a metal hammer. They have thinner...
In this article you will find a list of basic tools that you need for a beginner woodcarver.
The half-circle cutters made from files are easy to harden. The hardening is done in two operations. During the first, the cutter is heated to a cherry red glow in a gas burner or other method. A well-cleaned kitchen gas torch is quite suitable for heating such cutters. The heated tool is quickly lowered into...
A semicircular chisel is more popular with the carver than a straight chisel, especially in the width of a little finger. Practically it is enough to have four or five semicircular chisels of different radius of curvature and width of blade, i.e. sloping, medium, steep. Two small chisels can be successfully made by yourself from...
Flat chisels are available in stores. If the quality of steel or the size of flat chisels does not suit the carver, then a flat file or personal files can be used with complete success, starting with the narrowest one. They are sharpened without preliminary annealing (by heating) on a sharpening wheel or a water...