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Old 09-15-2004, 08:14 AM
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Has anyone carved Tagua nuts? I was talking with the pyrography Sue Walters from Australia Sunday at the ICC (actually bought a burned tagua nut charm from her) and she said they carve well with diamond burrs. Has anyone done this?

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Old 09-15-2004, 08:20 AM
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Bob, I have 'sort of' carved tagua nuts....made bolo style retainers for crusher type hats. sliced the nut into thin 3/8' sections, then carved the Philmont brand emblem into them with a small carbide burr. worked real well as far as carving goes, but the durn things finally gave out due to getting wet from rain and sweat!

Still have a couple in my work box waiting for some inspiration!

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Old 09-15-2004, 09:28 AM
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I have two in my 'possibilities box' but haven't tried carving them yet. Here is a page with several galleries of carvings, burnings, turnings, and scrimshaws.

http://www.tagua2go.com/tagua_art_galleries.htm
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Yes Bob I have done many of them I do woodspirit faces on them and drill a small hole and put a leather thong through it.(No not that kind of thong) .LOL I give them away to kids at show as necklaces. They burn really nice, when I am finished I buff them with a scotch bright pad and put a low luster finish on them.
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Old 09-15-2004, 09:58 AM
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I have some slabs I bought from Sue....haven't burned them, carved them or otherwise destroyed them yet! Saving them for posterity I guess ??? :
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Old 09-15-2004, 03:01 PM
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What are the best bits to use? I have a dremel but really haven't used it that much, so I don't know really anything about the power carving. Is there a good site on power carving bits?

Bob
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Please check this:
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Old 08-06-2007, 06:32 PM
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I post something related at the following link Tagua Nuts
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Old 10-08-2007, 08:13 PM
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I hope you’ll enjoy this video about Tagua, The Ivory of Ecuador. It is in spanish only, but the scenes and footages are amazing. I promise I will post the english version, or at least with english subtitles very soon.

http://www.ecuadorianhands.com/blog-...ry-of-ecuador/

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