My carving tools

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A member asked me what tools I used to carve lettering and I couldn't find the old post about it so here is a new one. And some pictures of carving an N into 15 pound Cora foam HDU.

The pic with the fingers shows how the flat back of the chisel indexes itself on the previously carved part of the letter.

The club in the first pic is my carver's mallet. It looks like it would be hard to use but it's really great for tapping on chisels when the letters are too far from the edge to just push them by hand.

I have some other chisels and stuff but these are the ones needed to carve these letters. Note that I am carving through a plotter cut vinyl mask. When it's time to paint the sign it make it pretty easy to stay inside the lines. (The panel is pre-painted )

 

[OlsonSigns601]

What do you use the billy club for and is that blood on it?

 

[geb]

What does the wooden, baseball bat looking tool do? Thanks for showing the pictures.

George

 

[neato]

Thanks for taking the time to post those pics. That's a great help.

 

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The bat is my carver's mallet. Yes, that is blood.

 

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You're welcome Philip. I was getting tired of keeping my balance anyway...

 

[SignManiac]

Adrian, I'd love to see how you carve your O's

 

[piccadillysigns]

Thanks for posting, Nice Photography too.

 

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Adrian, I'd love to see how you carve your O's

Smart ***.


:ROFLMAO:

 

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For O's I use the v tool shown and the bent one, 3rd from the right. Or a box cutter.

C'mon up... I'll give you a demo. Better yet... fly me down there this winter...

 

[SignManiac]

Adrian you're welcome down anytime. Can give you free room and board if that helps!

 

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I can bring a sleeping bag and camp out on the pool table.

 

[Gino]

I can bring a sleeping bag and camp out on the pool table.

Don't forget the free Cor-X airplane ride while you're there. You'll get a free one......... I'm sure......






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[V-ENGRAVE]

The bat is my carver's mallet. Yes, that is blood.

Hey Doc, it sure look like fish bonker!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/79497272/fish-bonker-in-red-oak

 

[SignProPlus-Alex]

Amazing. Thank you for keeping hand carving art alive.
A those regular angle chisels? Or they were reground?

 

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They are cabinet chisels. I have ground them to a sharper angle than the hardware store grind. They don't need very strong edges for carving foam.

 

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Hey Doc, it sure look like fish bonker!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/79497272/fish-bonker-in-red-oak

It is actually a "Priest"... for reading a fish it's last rites, but it makes a dandy mallet.

It can be used to great effect on miscreants and is even more powerful if used with magic words "or else".

 

[mrchips]

Proof once again, that it's not the tools that make the craftsman.

Joe,

Makin Chip$ and Havin Fun!

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

Thank you for sharing learned just by seeing this a little something.