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12th November 2009, 03:53 PM #1Jack of all trades
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First go at carving
I have done woodturning for years but never tried carving. I would like to try and carve either a male or female torso as I have some nice timber to select from. I have an Arbotech Pro 4 woodcarver, mini carver and a dremel. Would like it to be around 5-600mm high. At this stage I don't want to buy any carving chisels. Any ideas on where to start, drawings, methods etc.
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13th November 2009, 10:11 AM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Boy AJ... you sure know how to ask a question! Not sure I can do as well with an answer though. Your Arbortec gear should see you past the 'roughing out' stage. It will depend on what bits you have as to how far the dremel will take you. They tend to be a bit underpowered for serious work but for a one-off, you might get away with it.
Can't see how you are going to get away with no chisels or knives unless you elect to adopt a more impressionist style rather than true to life but others may have some thoughts on that.
Under the circumstances, I'd advise contacting a club in your area and going along once to see some techniques put into practice at the very least. Its vastly more effective a learning experience if you can watch someone work for a while. You can get some info out of a book but its static and I don't think books can convey the detailed info that watching someone can convey.
If a club isn't possible perhaps someone can suggest a book or two or even a DVD for you. This site has a lot of great materail available. You might try browsing it to see if there is anything you think might help.
www.skillspublish.com.au/Skills%20Bookshop.htm
Good luck with it all. I'll be interested to hear/see how you get on.
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13th November 2009, 03:25 PM #3
Google "drawing torso", "carving torso", "torso tutorial" and you will find plenty out there. Its on my to do list as well but Im gonna play with me nuts 1st.
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13th November 2009, 08:26 PM #4Jack of all trades
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Thanks Fellas
I was thinking of doing the first one in an impressionist style , that way I don't have to be too accurate with the details. I have some nice pieces of Camphor Laurel which I will try. I'll let you know how it goes when I get a round tuit.
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13th November 2009, 09:55 PM #5
with the tools you have it can be done easy you can easy use one of turning chisels just make it sharp
you will need to do the nicer work with the dremelsmile and the world will smile with you
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13th November 2009, 10:26 PM #6
Just be real careful of the dremel Ive burned out three of them
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14th November 2009, 06:32 AM #7
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15th November 2009, 03:26 PM #8
Here's the link to the aforementioned WIP shots:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f10/fi...wip-2-a-89323/
Josh
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18th November 2009, 10:00 PM #9New Member
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19th November 2009, 05:34 PM #10Jack of all trades
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Hi Josh
Over tyhe years I've scrounged timber from all over the place. Once your friends know you are after timber, youy get5 some calls. I also had contact with the local tree fellers and they would let me know when they were felling camphor laurels etc and I would meet them at the site. Woodshows are also good.
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19th November 2009, 06:47 PM #11New Member
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oh right, yeah i got a couple mates who could help me out, im prety good mates with ken wraight, he might be able to help me out
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