Any woodcarvers out there

[bigsallysmom]

I hope when I finally get on the road I can take my wood carving stuff with me.  Anybody else taking theres?

 

[Terry]

Well, kinda. My wood carving consists of making wood signs with routers. i have a small set of carving tools for clean-up of the routed signs but not really for carving.

 

[Wild_E]

I do, but there is no money in carving.<br>So many carvers out there now, with so little price points. Although I know some are faster than others, even then though it would take you most of a week to carve some of the things I have seen that sell for $45 - $100, that is no way to make money.<br><br>Doing signs now, sells fairly well.<br><br>Now my comments turned it into the money ways, I do love carving and love staffs and carving, so good luck. I find it very relaxing and stress free to do carving myself.&nbsp;

 

[user 423]

Would carving tools take up much space or weigh very much?&nbsp; I'm wanting to dabble in smaller sculptures made from scrap metal and found objects but some of the equipment can be pretty heavy. Vise,torch,anvil,hammers,etc.

 

[Wild_E]

I would invest in a good swivel mount, pipe capable &amp; jaw vise. Big words for a swiveling, pipe and regular vise, worth its weight in gold. That would be the only heavy thing.<br><br>Wood tools for carving, fit in a small tool box, the wood is the bigger and heavier.<br>Wood sign carving, router, sign making tool that you buy goes over the boards. You can also carve the letters by hand.&nbsp;<br>Everything would fit inside a plastic foot locker including the wood unless it was staffs or quarter staffs. All in all not much and not heavy except for the vise. The vise can also be used for other things, you may also mount it on a hidden hitch bar, store out of the way, or just keep it there all the time, locked of course.&nbsp;

 

[Wild_E]

you can not use wood carving tools on even soft metal!<br>you would need metal chisels and such.

 

[TheOjibway]

I build native crafts out of wood. Hand carved beads for jewellry, wooden war clubs, and many other traditional crafts and tools. When I start my travel adventures I hope to build wooden crafts and carving by also gathering from nature. porcupine quills, flint, wood, mineral paints.

 

[Patrick46]

did you cats happen to see the carving a friend of mine does that posted on another thread??<BR><BR><IMG style="WIDTH: 561px; HEIGHT: 421px" class="spotlight bbc_img" alt="" src="https://sphotos-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/168488_488602082308_793101_n.jpg" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><BR>yeah....it's a ladder rack for his shop truck!!...<BR><BR><IMG style="WIDTH: 561px; HEIGHT: 421px" class="spotlight bbc_img" alt="" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/164029_488602322308_4825315_n.jpg" rel="lightbox"><BR><BR><BR>I kin only find the word.... <EM><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium">Breathtaking!!!! <IMG class="emoticon bbc_img" src="/images/boards/smilies/eek.gif"></SPAN></STRONG></EM>

 

[user 423]

That's some nice work there. Love that woody.

 

[rokguy]

<em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">Very nice Morris ? English shooting break. Or Woody as you call them. Nice.</span></strong></em>

 

[Wild_E]

Breathtaking is a very good term to use!<br><br>There is money in signs, an this fellow looks more than than good!&nbsp;

 

[rokguy]

<em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">Considering the stone carving hand tools I use everyday I wouldn't think wood carving tools would take up any extra space.</span></strong></em><br><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">In fact my entire tool bag is about the same size as a sports bag. Certainly using just hand tools simplifies the whole process. You wouldn't want to be carrying around some Aussie hardwoods though.</span></strong></em><br><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">I often use my trucks tray as my carving workbench while I'm on the road.<br></span></strong></em><br><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">My Tungsten chisels neatly wrap together in my apron you can see in the background here.<br>Geoff</span></strong></em>

 

[Patrick46]

Rokguy...<BR><BR>I've always had a fascination with rock carving, especially as when the wife &amp; I go traveling, onna the things we like to check out is old graveyards. <BR>She's&nbsp;seriously into old English roses, (and graveyards have lots of old varietys that are hard to come by) and I love checking out the old marker stones...especially the one's with nice calligraphy and filligree. There are so many outstanding examples out there....and from the dates on 'em, you KNOW that they didn't have any modern tools to carve 'em with. All done by hand!! <IMG class="emoticon bbc_img" title="Cool - " src="/images/boards/smilies/cool.gif"><BR><BR>What kind of rock are you carving in you pic above, and what do you like working in the most....and why??<BR><BR>Thanx!!<BR><BR><BR>(I realize that this isn't WOOD carving.....but 'eh!!!!) <IMG class="emoticon bbc_img" title="Wink - " src="/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif">

 

[rokguy]

<em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">Patrick,</span></strong></em><br><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">I'm carving Sydney Sandstone in the pic but love to carve granite and limestone as well. Better go back to the woodcarver subject or this post will be deleted.<br></span></strong></em><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;">Kate ?</span></strong></em><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;"><br></span></strong></em><em><strong><span style="color: #888888;"><br>Geoff</span></strong></em>

 

[twokniveskatie]

I dunno. The thread flows and is the same general subject so I am inclined to leave it as it is. Maybe I am just too sleepy....

The O.P. hasnt been around for about 6 weeks so unless we hear from them to the contrary, carry on. If at any point it seems like we need to divide it off we can, but carving of anything fascinates me and it will not be deleted.

 

[Patrick46]

Geoff, seeing that Kate is leaving the door open at this point (Thankyou Ma'am), I'm gonna ask a bit more...<BR><BR>maybe it's just the sandstone that I was using at the time, but I tried carving the stuff too, and found it to be too fragile. 1 wrong move and a whole big chunk would break off! <IMG class="emoticon bbc_img" title="Mad - " src="/images/boards/smilies/mad.gif">&nbsp;(maybe we've just got whimpy sandstone here in the U.S.)<BR><BR>as for granite and/or limestone, do you need to use special chizels for it?? I'd like to give that a try sometime, but wanna make sure I've got the right equipment.<BR><BR>I sure love the work that Michelangelo put out there!!<BR><BR><BR>Do you have a gallery where I can see more of your work?? I'm really curious about these bicycle and yacht sculptures...but you don't have any pictures of them on youir site!!

 

[Adori965]

I hope when I finally get on the road I can take my wood carving stuff with me.&nbsp; Anybody else taking theres?

I won't be on the road till Fall, but I plan on taking my hand tools, and rechargeable dremel.

 

[eDJ_]

I did a bunch of it when I was a kid.   Enjoyed it then and would enjoy it today.   When I lived and worked in Central Ohio,  this one young women I met there owned a Tobacco Shop. (mainly Pipe Tobacco & some Cigars)

I found out that she carved Pipes from certain kids of wood.  She made a lot of money selling them and even taught Classes in the evening at her Tobacco Shop. 

Stuff like this as an example:

 

[bullfrog]

I still carry carving tools but don't use them much except for faces or heads on walking sticks. Usually give them away because nobody has enough to pay what they are worth to make seems. eDJ there used to be an active carving club in Ashland Kentucky. I still have one of J. D. Clay's knives he made. I know he's gone just wondered if you knew if the club was still active?

 

[eDJ_]

No, but I get down to Ashland occasionally so I'll look into it. 

As a little kid I used to watch the old men sit on the park benches in front of the county Court House and "whittle" things.  They would bring 2x2's and make wooden chains out of them.  some would have a ball
at one end held by an Eagle's claw and lots of dazzling things.   My Great Grand Dad used to do a lot of it during the winter.  He made a lot of wooden tools for the Dairy Farm. (scoops for the feed bins etc)