getting started

[ronaldmarler]

Greetings, I just joined this board and am hoping for some insight to woodcarving. Can I use a air driven chisel and get fair results?? looking forward to learning from anyone willing to offer advice..

[idigjars]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I've never used an air driven chisel except to add some special effects on projects. I know one instructor at our wood fair last summer was using one and he is a chain saw carver. If you have any woodcarving clubs in your area try and attend a meeting. You will get so much help getting started with whatever type of woodcarving you want to try. Safe carving and don't forget the safety gloves. Paul

[AlArchie]

If you are thinking of those "mechanic's" air chisles, I would think thy could be adapted to large carvings like the chainsaw carvers do. You'd probably have to make some of your own chisles and gouges. There are "mini models" that are electric powered and they seem to do quite well.



Al

[Donsexton]

Hello and welcome, from my experience thay don't cut any faster than quality full size mallet grade gouges. They are noisy and most of the profiles you will need to make yourself from other tools now thats not to say you can't get woodcarving gouges for air hammer just not many shapes. They work great for stone carving with tungeston points and carbid bush hammers combs and rakes with in line oilers. But for wood not my first choice not as fast as a chainsaw or a side grinder, not as useful as full size gouges. I will leave you with this yes it will do a woodcarving.