From your description, I assume that you have tried and discarded as not helpful the pyrography technique of using heat to transfer the laser printer toner to your surface. If my guesstimation is incorrect, then this technique may be worthy of some investigation / experimentation. Benefit would be no nasty fumes, risk is that you might end up "burning" the surface.
Looks fantastic! I have one I’m wanting to do similar to this but use either leaves or flowers. It may be to thin but may try it just for practice.
Thanks David? Got a maple leaf piece in progress as well.
Looking forward to this one.
Hughie, the second picture is very beautiful. How did you carve those curved lines—did you use a bent chisel? I have a book by Liam Flynn, and he made pieces like that using exactly that kind of tool. You have to calculate everything perfectly. I imagine it must be frustrating when the last curve doesn’t line up and you have to squeeze it in so it doesn't stand out too much.Well the budget may effect the outcome some. But I have a selection files both engineering and rifler files. I generally buy the low end of the market Chinese files as wood kill files. OK if you want real quality the Swiss make needle files at around $200AUD per set 6-8 or so. Plus I have several Dremel's with a wide variety of burrs. carbide,HSS diamond etc. Ideally high speed is the way to go if you're doing small intricate stuff 100,000+ Oh and patience, soft wood has different characteristics to hard wood , the idea is to mess around till you find a species you like . My avatar is fairly common to what I do, Solomon Island Queen Ebony or Tubi around 4" square
Hope you have a quick recovery, Ted. We can't go too long without seeing some of your new work!
Wishing you a speedy recovery and can’t wait to see the finished piece!
At least you have something productive to do. Here's hoping you heal quickly. My mother had a knee replaced in her 80s. "Getting old ain't for sissies", she said.
Amen!
This is a wonderful idea. Can we add descriptions with the pictures though, going through the steps you did to make your work; the easy and more difficult aspects; which tools you found best, etc.
Well kat there usually are plenty of pics of this thread. But there is a progress forum for the step by step process .
This is a wonderful idea. Can we add descriptions with the pictures though, going through the steps you did to make your work; the easy and more difficult aspects; which tools you found best, etc
Hi Ted, I am new to AAW, so sorry for a newbie question! But do you mean that there are 2 forums?
Welcome, questions are what we are all about. When you log into the forum you’ll see a list of categories. Scroll done to the project page. Some great tutorials in there. Enjoy!
I know this is an older thread, but wonder if using a clear sanding sealer under the color would keep the dark color from soaking in? Just curious because i was wanting to try something similar on some little bowlsFirst attempt at carving something on a HF. I was going to add flowers at the top and some color but figured I better not push it and just stick with weeds.
The lacquer showed some of the ink left in the grain so I may go back over the carving and make it a little deeper this week.
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Ted, was wondering about your thoughts on the BP50, am going to get the bigger handset but thinking the thinner one might be worthwhile for really fine work on smaller stuff. They all look like really nice tools.
Thank you, yea, im thinking the thin handle will be way easier on my hands, been having trouble with my hands either going numb or cramping up, not to mention the knuckles crack into a bent shape then dont want to open again, arthritic joints, oh so fun, makes some of the simplest stuff not so simple! Have been wanting to use some of the more bland woods i can get easily and in large enough quantities that i just cant pass them up, then paint them and relief carve some designs in them. Had a ficus branch break off a tree behind my moms house a month or so ago, huge branch, nice clear clean medium hard light colored wood,
