Some basic bowl carving
Hello all,
I've been turning for several years now - bowls, pens, treen and whatnot and am hoping a few here can point me to some examples of some basic bowl carving. I have some rather plain maple and wish to gussy it up some with a bit of carving. I have a dremel and the basic carving tips that come with it. Now I am not looking for anything really fancy. I have seen some of the magnificent art pieces on the web and am duly impressed. However are there any examples of some really basic designs on bowls out there? |
Some basic bowl carving
Hi Kevin,
Check out Ernie Conover's book, "Turn a Bowl" It has some examples and is a good starting point. Good Luck, Dan "Kevin" wrote in message ... Hello all, I've been turning for several years now - bowls, pens, treen and whatnot and am hoping a few here can point me to some examples of some basic bowl carving. I have some rather plain maple and wish to gussy it up some with a bit of carving. I have a dremel and the basic carving tips that come with it. Now I am not looking for anything really fancy. I have seen some of the magnificent art pieces on the web and am duly impressed. However are there any examples of some really basic designs on bowls out there? |
Some basic bowl carving
On Sep 19, 9:32*am, Kevin wrote:
Hello all, I've been turning for several years now - bowls, pens, treen and whatnot and am hoping a few here can point me to some examples of some basic bowl carving. *I have some rather plain maple and wish to gussy it up some with a bit of carving. I have a dremel and the basic carving tips that come with it. *Now I am not looking for anything really fancy. I have seen some of the magnificent art pieces on the web and am duly impressed. However are there any examples of some really basic designs on bowls out there? Take a look at Al Stirt's page: http://www.alstirt.com I took a one day class that he gave here in Dallas. He uses a Fordham (a high priced flexible shaft rotary tool) to do his carving. I have tried it with a dremel and it works fine - just slower and the tool heats up quickly. The interesting cross hatching is done with a bit that cuts three parallel tracks and fits in a dremel. I bought mine ($25) from him at the class. If this looks interesting, contact me and I will give you some step by step instructions on how it is done. |
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