I used a rotary tool in my early days of carving. I haven’t used it in years for a variety of reasons. While I am a bit of a purist and a tad old fashioned most of my reasoning comes from experience. It does not speed up the carving process as fast as one might think, in some cases it can add to the time. The bulk of netsuke carving time comes from the middle and later stages of carving where there are seldom few appropriate occasions to use power tools. I have carpal tunnel syndrome, so even a high-quality unit with a separate motor is too difficult for me to control and worsens my symptoms. I care more for quality than quantity. Whilst I do make some money from this, I don’t do it for the money. If I did, I would have set up the most efficient and profitable workshop years ago. 💰 The absolute top carvers in netsuke only use power tools in limited circumstances. Some might use them in the beginning to speed up the rough carving, but it only saves a negligible amount of time. The few that use them in later stages of carving are using them for very specific techniques. I also use all my senses with carving (with the exception of taste), the vibrations I feel and sounds I hear between tool and material are immensely important. One does not get that kind of feedback from power tools. I have contemplated acquiring a bandsaw, but I take enough chances with the chemicals I work with to add a bandsaw to the mix. The only power tool I wish to acquire is a lathe as I have a lot of surplus boxwood that is not suitable for netsuke carving but would make lovely turned objects. Otherwise, it is a matter of preference. Thank you for watching! 😄
I haven’t covered Tagua nut much as a material so feel free to ask questions. I don't actually purchase Tagua nut from Australia, I'm sure there are good suppliers here I just haven't had a good look. I shop around a lot as Tagua should be fairly inexpensive, but a lot of suppliers do rip people off. There was a supplier in Australia on eBay charging $40 dollars a nut. This was about 5 years ago which was just ridiculous, I did not purchase it. Shortly after that I was able to get really large Tagua nuts from a shop in England, but they are now closed. They were just under $10 AUD a nut, really cheap. My most recent Tagua nut purchase was from an Etsy store in Scotland, the nuts were listed as medium and cost around $20 AUD a nut. A good carving size for me but I prefer slightly smaller netsuke at 2.5-4.5 cm. The average netsuke made today is about 4.5- 5-7 cm which would be an XL or XXL sized Tagua nut at that store. Unfortunately, they are not trading anymore otherwise I would have provided a link. My advice would be to shop around, try eBay and Etsy. Try every now and then. I can currently see a decent listing from the US but the shipping is not worth it. This one is not too bad and the shipping is a little better, unfortunately it is still outside of Australia: www.etsy.com/au/listing/1702479680/4-large-natural-tagua-nut-whole-nuts?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=whole+tagua+nut&ref=sr_gallery-1-38&content_source=0ff9c35ce80511c6820805f231214ce292f774fa%253A1702479680&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1 I have not used this shop, but the reviews are good. If I were to buy Tagua nuts right now today, I would try the aforementioned listing. Customs opened my last shipment of Tagua nut, they found no issues and sent it to me. But it did add a little delay, so you know. Until you remove the skin, it is almost impossible to gauge the quality, so on rare occasions you may get a dud. They will have a stronger than usual sweet smell and will appear yellow as if stained by tea. It is a bit of a lucky dip. I have heard of people finding the nuts rotten deep inside, I have never observed this before. I am sorry I could not be of more help. Thank you for watching!
@@tinadriskell4469 At the time of this video I purchased most of my tools from "Japanese Tools Australia" (www.japanesetools.com.au) it is a store in Sydney Australia. I don't know if they deliver outside of Australia. In the video I am mostly using Powergrip tools. They are a begginer set more suited to general wood carving. You may be able to get them off Amazon. There are better begginer tools out there. I wouldn't spend too much or too little. You just need something until you make your own tools. The tools with the ash-brown handles are a set I purchased from Japanese Tools Australia. I think they are called "Tomo". They were sold as a netsuke carving set. They are, however, simply small wood carving tools, not remotely specific to netsuke carving. The tools with the reddish-brown handles I made myself. I make almost all of my own tools these days. I still get saws, files, and sharpening stones from Japanese Tools Australia Best of luck!
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Excellent work, but dude you need a dremel and a flex shaft. You could really multiply you output of carvings.
I used a rotary tool in my early days of carving. I haven’t used it in years for a variety of reasons. While I am a bit of a purist and a tad old fashioned most of my reasoning comes from experience. It does not speed up the carving process as fast as one might think, in some cases it can add to the time. The bulk of netsuke carving time comes from the middle and later stages of carving where there are seldom few appropriate occasions to use power tools. I have carpal tunnel syndrome, so even a high-quality unit with a separate motor is too difficult for me to control and worsens my symptoms. I care more for quality than quantity. Whilst I do make some money from this, I don’t do it for the money. If I did, I would have set up the most efficient and profitable workshop years ago. 💰
The absolute top carvers in netsuke only use power tools in limited circumstances. Some might use them in the beginning to speed up the rough carving, but it only saves a negligible amount of time. The few that use them in later stages of carving are using them for very specific techniques. I also use all my senses with carving (with the exception of taste), the vibrations I feel and sounds I hear between tool and material are immensely important. One does not get that kind of feedback from power tools.
I have contemplated acquiring a bandsaw, but I take enough chances with the chemicals I work with to add a bandsaw to the mix. The only power tool I wish to acquire is a lathe as I have a lot of surplus boxwood that is not suitable for netsuke carving but would make lovely turned objects. Otherwise, it is a matter of preference. Thank you for watching!
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I totally agree with what you've said. I just assumed you hadn't tried power carving. You do amazing work.
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Thanks for the great video!
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I'm not sure if you've mentioned it before but where can you purchase Tagua nut/vegetable ivory in Australia?
I haven’t covered Tagua nut much as a material so feel free to ask questions. I don't actually purchase Tagua nut from Australia, I'm sure there are good suppliers here I just haven't had a good look. I shop around a lot as Tagua should be fairly inexpensive, but a lot of suppliers do rip people off. There was a supplier in Australia on eBay charging $40 dollars a nut. This was about 5 years ago which was just ridiculous, I did not purchase it. Shortly after that I was able to get really large Tagua nuts from a shop in England, but they are now closed. They were just under $10 AUD a nut, really cheap.
My most recent Tagua nut purchase was from an Etsy store in Scotland, the nuts were listed as medium and cost around $20 AUD a nut. A good carving size for me but I prefer slightly smaller netsuke at 2.5-4.5 cm. The average netsuke made today is about 4.5- 5-7 cm which would be an XL or XXL sized Tagua nut at that store. Unfortunately, they are not trading anymore otherwise I would have provided a link. My advice would be to shop around, try eBay and Etsy. Try every now and then. I can currently see a decent listing from the US but the shipping is not worth it. This one is not too bad and the shipping is a little better, unfortunately it is still outside of Australia: www.etsy.com/au/listing/1702479680/4-large-natural-tagua-nut-whole-nuts?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=whole+tagua+nut&ref=sr_gallery-1-38&content_source=0ff9c35ce80511c6820805f231214ce292f774fa%253A1702479680&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1
I have not used this shop, but the reviews are good. If I were to buy Tagua nuts right now today, I would try the aforementioned listing. Customs opened my last shipment of Tagua nut, they found no issues and sent it to me. But it did add a little delay, so you know. Until you remove the skin, it is almost impossible to gauge the quality, so on rare occasions you may get a dud. They will have a stronger than usual sweet smell and will appear yellow as if stained by tea. It is a bit of a lucky dip. I have heard of people finding the nuts rotten deep inside, I have never observed this before.
I am sorry I could not be of more help. Thank you for watching!
@@netsukebyscotta.aschauer3421 Thanks a lot for this info. I was wondering about customs as well so glad to hear it's not been a huge issue for you.
Where do you get your tools?
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At the time of this video I purchased most of my tools from "Japanese Tools Australia" (www.japanesetools.com.au) it is a store in Sydney Australia. I don't know if they deliver outside of Australia. In the video I am mostly using Powergrip tools. They are a begginer set more suited to general wood carving. You may be able to get them off Amazon. There are better begginer tools out there. I wouldn't spend too much or too little. You just need something until you make your own tools.
The tools with the ash-brown handles are a set I purchased from Japanese Tools Australia. I think they are called "Tomo". They were sold as a netsuke carving set. They are, however, simply small wood carving tools, not remotely specific to netsuke carving.
The tools with the reddish-brown handles I made myself. I make almost all of my own tools these days. I still get saws, files, and sharpening stones from Japanese Tools Australia
Best of luck!
what is the material?
Tagua nut, also known as vegetable ivory.
@@netsukebyscotta.aschauer3421 interesting, thank you