[Paul_Guraedy]

Glad to see power carving being given an area of its own. I have nothing against carving with handtools; but, using them when power would be simpler (such as roughing out) is not for me. I doubt that I have ever carved anything using either method exclusively. It will be nice to have an area concentrating on the "dark side" of woodcarving.

[Lynn O. Doughty]

What? Power Carving? BLASPHEMY!!!! Keep this up and they'll be asking for a Chainsaw category next! If this keeps up I'm going to have to take my Linoleum knife and all my widgets and go over to Yahoo!!

(Only kidding....I've got two Fordum's, a Dremel, and a Sears Craftsman Power Grinder. But I'll never admit it! )

[BobD]

I've always been a firm believer in using the best tool to get the job done! For me, it's more important to get the image in my head to appear in the wood than it is to worry about what tools I'm using. For me, the tools are an extension of me, so I don't feel bound into using any specific tools.

Ian Norbury uses whatever tools he needs to to get his image into wood, and, according to his book, Woodcarving Tools, Materials, & Equipment, even Chris Pye uses an Arbortech power chisel and disc grinder!

Bob

[Irish]

This is a thread area that I will be reading closely. I know so very little about power carving besides that fact that at one end of the carving tool is an electrically plug.

I am sooo ready to listen and learn.

Thank you Alice, Thank you BobD.

Dark side, Paul??? I thought it was the dusty side

Susan

[Ashbys]

Nice ,

I am gone for a couple of days and they change the boards.

Should be a great addition, to ask questions and learn from. Now of Have a new place to show some new items , Well maybe not. Power can of course mean so many different things .


Looking forward to seeing more information here as I just started programing a robot to use a foredom

Ash

[Nancy-ID]

Alrighty!!!!! Great idea Alice & Susan. Thanks Bob for adding this. Pssss . . .Susan! I assume since you do lots of reliefs that you use lots of chisels and gouges? (whisper) There are power gouges! They work real slick and easy

bob: sounds as though you are an Ian Norbury fan. Me too! Oh what I would give to do stuff like him. I do have an idea that I had for a long time but I'm scared It involves a human head! It would be titled something like "The Cycle" or ??? The one single head would transform from a very young girl to an older woman. Sort of like, the features going clockwise would change, blending into each other. Hmm, seems like a good idea but . . . It would most likely be all done with power or at least most of it

[BobD]

Nancy...that sounds fascinating!!!!! I'd love to see that!!!

Bob

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Brassafrattinmockinoid! all that power carvin' is causing global warming! I see Al has a bunch of that global warming all over the ground!

[oldbearx2]

Power carving yes, I do most of my wildlife with power and hand carve the caricatures and realistic humans. On another note, I followed the repair tip for the broken Foredom flex shaft that was in the last issue of Woodcarving Ills. What a great idea, repaired it over two weeks ago, still running strong. This will be a welcomed addition to the site. Thanks Harold

[susieq]

This place is begining to feel a lot like home.....
I love both types of carving, started with gouges and chisles and worked them exclusively for a few years. I still think that folks should learn to carve with them first and then try power if they want.

Power carving is still hand work. When I sit with a handpiece in my hand and carve for 6 or 8 hours, I consider what I have done to be hand carved. I didn't throw it on a duplicater, or a machine that you punch a few buttons and magically it carves a pre-set design for me.... You still have to work LONG hours on a piece with your Foredom or Dremel, making adjustments and corrections as you go, just as you wood with gouges. I happen to be obsessive about fine detail and that is where power carving excells.
But I can't see me ever selling my set of gouges either....
Thanks Alice, thanks Susan....great new thread
susieq