This past Tuesday I made my first sawdust. Which may not be that great for carving purists, but for me it was awesome.
History: Many years ago, (I was in the 3rd grade if memory serves correctly), a salty old woodcarver came to my school and did a presentation on his craft. Generally he did carvings of sailors like this -
He gave us all blanks (we could choose which one we wanted from like 3 different ones) and a finished one to use as a guide. Unfortunately I gave my finished one to a niece,nephew or cousin long ago. For whatever reason, I have held on to the blank for many many years. Every once in a while I have tried whittling on it with my grandfather's old dull pocket knife. As you can see in the pictures of the blank:
Well on Tuesday, while unpacking a box, I found it and decided to try out my Dremel on it. Since I have only used my Dremel to saw off rusted bolts, I thought this was a good WW application. I put in one of the straight cutting bits and went to work. The blank is not very big (see some of the in progress pics for scale), so I clamped it to the countertop(my only bench at the moment) in the garage or for certain angles, I put it in the vise of my benchtop drill press. (Got to work with what you have right?). I have already learned alot about how to burn the wood and hog out too much in one area :rotflm:. I don't have the flex shaft, so I am doing all this by holding the Dremel in both hands. I have take a break from this project to start my reindeer yard art, but I will go back and post more pics when the Shop Dog is done. Here are my in progress pics:
Thanks,
Will
History: Many years ago, (I was in the 3rd grade if memory serves correctly), a salty old woodcarver came to my school and did a presentation on his craft. Generally he did carvings of sailors like this -
He gave us all blanks (we could choose which one we wanted from like 3 different ones) and a finished one to use as a guide. Unfortunately I gave my finished one to a niece,nephew or cousin long ago. For whatever reason, I have held on to the blank for many many years. Every once in a while I have tried whittling on it with my grandfather's old dull pocket knife. As you can see in the pictures of the blank:
Well on Tuesday, while unpacking a box, I found it and decided to try out my Dremel on it. Since I have only used my Dremel to saw off rusted bolts, I thought this was a good WW application. I put in one of the straight cutting bits and went to work. The blank is not very big (see some of the in progress pics for scale), so I clamped it to the countertop(my only bench at the moment) in the garage or for certain angles, I put it in the vise of my benchtop drill press. (Got to work with what you have right?). I have already learned alot about how to burn the wood and hog out too much in one area :rotflm:. I don't have the flex shaft, so I am doing all this by holding the Dremel in both hands. I have take a break from this project to start my reindeer yard art, but I will go back and post more pics when the Shop Dog is done. Here are my in progress pics:
Thanks,
Will
