V-Tool: amzn.to/32o4Wnj Gouges: amzn.to/33ysXbm Carving videos: th-cam.com/video/PNKF5JTXAFU/w-d-xo.html How to sharpen a gouge: th-cam.com/video/z9VR1lK4WqM/w-d-xo.html
This is the best video I’ve watched for starting to gain carving skills. Simple, easy to understand, and I can use the hand tools I have in my bag. Thanks James!
@@snekjuce weird comment, I finished one last week. Going to try out different designs for the next one. Found it hard to get the paper to stick to carve through it so had to mark the lines in with a knife but it came out great!
My father taught me the leaves,flowers,eagle feet and peacock design. As a 15 years old it's not easy it takes a month or even a year of practicing.This pandemic I am now practicing in how to cleaning the area of the wood with basic tool and it's hard if someone that are not willing to teach you but my father gave me a lot of technique to make it easier.
Just found my moms old carving set and youre videos are already such a big help!! Sculpting has always seemed so fun and i can only imagine how cool it can be with wood!! Youre videos are really high quality and easy to understand and consume, i really appreciate that!!
I like your style, more people should make videos as informative as you. Very well done. You welcome newbies, and ease any second guessing they might have about stepping into a new skill
I'm preparing myself to start a carving project. Searched on youtube and the majority of the videos I found are of people using a CNC... thanks for the tutorial for someone who doesn't want (or can) invest in super expensive power tools. Cheers!
There's a couple things I've noticed that are rarely covered. One is with moisture content of the wood. Dried out wood is way harder to carve and certain woods makes it easier to have tearout and folded broken grain no matter how sharp your tools are. Yet green wood can crack up but is easy to carve. I've found that dried wood that I then leave out in the rain a while then carve once it doesn't feel wet anymore is best. The other is the types of wood to use. I've seen people carve wood that definitely isn't basswood yet carves like it is. I've bought yellow cedar lumber that is terrible to carve yet yellow cedar is what Native Indians carve with. I find carving hardwoods is better than softwoods especially with tearout and bits breaking off accidentally.
This really broke it down in a way I could understand & makes me realize I don't need a big set, just 3 or 4 can get you pretty far actually... great instruction! New sub!🖖🏿😎👍🏿
This was a fantastic tutorial! Your voice was so soothing, the techniques were easy to understand and clear! I can't wait to start carving my walking stick!
What a great video. I work with great colleagues in our local Men's Shed here in Dublin, Ireland. A lot of our projects like buddy benches for local schools, flower planters, so we're mainly wood working based. I've learnt so much since our shed started [2015]. Since we've an additional sheltered workspace I hoped we would expanded into arts & crafts. I've followed a few tube vids on carving and I reckon this is a line to follow and who knows other will learn just like me. Love Celtic knot work....this is my heritage
You make it so easy to pick up a tool and try doing it yourself! You're so encouraging and you de-mystify the subject, making it so accessible. I'm going to ask my neighbour for some of his scrap wood, dig out and sharpen the chisels, and get going! Thanks so much for this video 🤩
Great video, man! it's easy to understand and i really like how passionate you are when you talk. i still don't have money to try this lol, but i will watch this again when i can. thanks!
I'm a beginner carver I've started carving with a couple of knives and I'm also like chisels and you are giving some good looks on how or what to carve really cool Thanks 👍
I have always loved doing this. I said the same thing let your mind do the work. I never had a kit to do this only a pocket knife. But I just bought a full carving kit and can't wait to see where it leads me 😁. Oh and this was a very good video, going to start a weave and other carvings on a walking stick for my ole man for salmon fishing. Thanks 👍
Wow, I cannot thank you enough. I am about to start my first ever knife handle for a seax blade and I've been looking for ways to embellish it. As a novice wood carver with limited budget and tools, this is pure gold. Cheers to you good sir!
Im trying to find new hobby and thinking of wood carving, this vid really help. Love your commentary and word of encouragement, my motivation has definitely increase after watching this. Thank you.
Wanted to start carving some designs but no experience whatsoever. Your simple approach and reassurance about not being afraid is quite motivating. Thanks & cheers,
This video changed my whole attitude about carving. You are great at teaching! (I subscribed immediately.) I used to carve ivory as a jeweler, with a Foredom, and I loved it, but I left that skill behind years ago when I got out of the jewelry business. I've been wondering if it would apply to carving wood, since I'm now in possession of exotic wood scraps that I would like to make things out of. Watching this got me excited- which is exactly the feeling I had back when I first started carving fossil walrus tusks. Thank you so much for your clear teaching and attitude. Looking forward to watching your other videos!
If you live near one, stop by a Harbor Freight, they have a couple of fairly simple chisle sets, pieces of which I still use 6 years later, they're excellent for beginners. Also, I never could figure out what to use that V chisle for, so THANK YOU, oh my gods I've just had it sitting on a tiny frame like an oddity.
I recently had a patient who was into spoon carving. He brought me a sloyd, hook, and a piece of cherry to turn into a spoon. After years of being interested in these things, that little push has me itching for more. Glad to have found your channel and looking forward to picking up some new tools!
I'm a new subscriber after watching this video. I learned more from this video than any other routes to learning how to work with hand tools I've tried. Thanks!
Very nice presentation and instruction for those who are new to the craft. To prevent blowing through, use a straight blade and make stop cuts and/or stop early and approach from the opposite way. Cheers.
I am a custom knive maker and did similar work on knive handles.Started also with chisels,but use now a dremel tool with different rotating milling heads and its so much faster and so much more detailed,especially on smaller scale carvings.Thank you for showing from Portugal
Fantastic video! I started carving wind spirits and now after watching your video will give carving designs a try. Thank you. Fredrick Malinowski, Yacolt Washington
This is really gonna help me with my Viking/Celtic style Mandalorian armor. Very informative and answered the exact questions I had. Definitely going to subscribe
Love this video and I am right now trying to do this for the first time😃 I loved the last bit about the trees and it hit me, you remind me so much of Bob Ross in the way you made this video and the instructions to just enjoy the process. Much respect from Sweden👍💪
A great inspirational tutorial ! This carving reminds me of a natural material around for decades - linoleum - who you would LOVE as it includes Linseed oil. We ( as children ) used to sit and carve squares of it using V-groove chisels - so those of us over a "certain age" ( remember when the Monkees were in the charts ? ) already HAVE those types of cutters. Of course, when we had "carved", we could "ink up" our linoleum blocks and produce prints from them. When electronic publishing came along, that destroyed the need for graphics generated from blocks. So it is GREAT to see this inspiration from yourself to get those cutters out again from the bottom ( uncarved as yet ) drawer, and to try it on some undecorated wood. Next time that I am featuring as the defendant in a court case, I'll take my cutters and have a go at decorating the defendant's box in the County Court - do you think that the judge will be suitably impressed ? The only thing that I'd do differently than yourself would be to sit down to do this, whereas you prefer to stand... So a big THANK YOU for covering this inspirational topic !
thanks Phill. that sounds like a fun past time. I do often sit if I can do a lot from the same angle, but with curving lines I find it easier to stand so i can walk around the work.
@@VagoniusThicket Yes ! I've just tried a lino tool with a V-blade and a wooden handle, that dates from the 1950s. It doesn't make huge indentations. The wood has to be held firmly. Two hands may have to be used ( depending upon the operation ). Lino was ( is ? ) sturdy material, that required a good deal of force to scrape gouges into, so is probably rated somewhere between softwood and hardwood. I say that "yes" you can carve small lines into wood with lino carving tools. You may like to take a look at an "Instructables" article entitled "Creating, Cutting and Printing Your Own Woodblock" by "rbanks". When using lino carving tools you need to go slowly and as gently as you can. This method will create fine detail, as you say, and meanwhile using woodcarving tools, having thicker steel blades, for the deeper cuts. If you have some, give it a try ! All the best !
Starting on a magnetic knife holder today. Knotwork on the outside frame, inside dug out to make room for magnets. First woodworking project ever. Cheers!
New subscriber after this video. Thank you for the instruction and inspiration. One thing that I found to temporarily stick paper to wood is a 3m "lo tack" spray adhesive. It's easy to remove, yet tacky enough to work with. It has to be low tack though.
Great video, thank you so much! I really enjoyed when you mentioned that something like this will never be within reach until you try it, it’s a great motivator to try getting started with a project like this. Watching this has made me decide that it’s probably a good time to sharpen up my tools and get started myself! You’ve more than earned my subscription sir, and I can’t wait to see what other projects you make videos about in the future. Best of luck! :)
The price of carving tools went up in the last year. They seem closer to 45. For what I paid 34 for in 2019. Hopefully they will come back down. Great video enjoyed. One thing I still buy 3 or more of them a year. Well worth it.
Most all the companies have several lines of carving tools and some are the high-end premium and some are the low end. And then it depends greatly on the actual tool Some of the gouges are far more expensive than some of the smaller tips.
When I used to have time to play I would carve things to give away to friends. I never was never able to look at something I made without seeing the small flaws that either no one else could see, or that they were too kind to ever say anything. I never thought of trying to use them to get people to buy crap on Amazon so I could make a few pennies... I guess the motivation really does make a difference.
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Carving videos: th-cam.com/video/PNKF5JTXAFU/w-d-xo.html
How to sharpen a gouge: th-cam.com/video/z9VR1lK4WqM/w-d-xo.html
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Any tips for new ppl sir someone who likes none power tools way and likes in depth work sir
Happy little trees. Nice Bob Ross reference. Loved the video and I gave it a thumbs up and subbed!
@@jakecarter2775 nope
“This will never be inside your skill until you give it a try” you are fantastic!
thanks!
i read your comment as "never inside your skull...", had me pause for a moment.
@@MrColophonius but it will be inside your skull
It would have never occurred to me to attempt this with straight chisels. Thanks for the tip!
This is the best video I’ve watched for starting to gain carving skills. Simple, easy to understand, and I can use the hand tools I have in my bag. Thanks James!
thanks Chris. glad I could help!
I love seeing the different techniques and tools used in wood carving. Every artist has their own unique style.
looking forward to making all my picture frames ornamental AF
you're not even going to do one
@@snekjuce weird comment, I finished one last week. Going to try out different designs for the next one. Found it hard to get the paper to stick to carve through it so had to mark the lines in with a knife but it came out great!
@@saraht855 you came out great
@@snekjuce tf is wrong with you, why do you want to spread negativity
@@saraht855 they deleted it because they noticed how shitty it was..whatever it was. Good luck! Curved carving tools are even better
Great video and you have a very good teaching voice. Makes me want to start wood carving. Greetings from Africa.
My father taught me the leaves,flowers,eagle feet and peacock design. As a 15 years old it's not easy it takes a month or even a year of practicing.This pandemic I am now practicing in how to cleaning the area of the wood with basic tool and it's hard if someone that are not willing to teach you but my father gave me a lot of technique to make it easier.
congratulations
Just found my moms old carving set and youre videos are already such a big help!! Sculpting has always seemed so fun and i can only imagine how cool it can be with wood!! Youre videos are really high quality and easy to understand and consume, i really appreciate that!!
I like your style, more people should make videos as informative as you. Very well done. You welcome newbies, and ease any second guessing they might have about stepping into a new skill
I love that you do this. Celts, Danes, Egyptians--people everywhere like to add some flare. Because it looks cool, it's fun, and--y'know, why not?
I am moved by the genuine enthusiasm in this video. It has empowered me to try carving sooner, rather than later; a miracle in motivation.
Thanks!
You are the first person to send a thanks! that means a ton!
"It'll never be inside your skills if you don't try it "... so true! Thank you...that's the kind of stuff to get an old guy inspired, love your work!
I bought a harbor freight carving set months ago. I never thought I'd be able to figure out how to get started with it until now. Thank you!
I'm so grateful for you, thank you for this video! About to try this with my teenager, spending time carving and listening to audiobooks. 😊
I really enjoyed your video, you are a super teacher, thank you.
There's something special about watching a master work at his craft. Beautiful
I'm preparing myself to start a carving project. Searched on youtube and the majority of the videos I found are of people using a CNC... thanks for the tutorial for someone who doesn't want (or can) invest in super expensive power tools. Cheers!
Great video!! I super appreciate your “Can Do” spirit. My response to “I can’t do …..” is “Have you ever tried?” Thank you
I really enjoyed this. I'm a great fan of Mary, as well.
There's a couple things I've noticed that are rarely covered. One is with moisture content of the wood. Dried out wood is way harder to carve and certain woods makes it easier to have tearout and folded broken grain no matter how sharp your tools are. Yet green wood can crack up but is easy to carve. I've found that dried wood that I then leave out in the rain a while then carve once it doesn't feel wet anymore is best. The other is the types of wood to use. I've seen people carve wood that definitely isn't basswood yet carves like it is. I've bought yellow cedar lumber that is terrible to carve yet yellow cedar is what Native Indians carve with. I find carving hardwoods is better than softwoods especially with tearout and bits breaking off accidentally.
This really broke it down in a way I could understand & makes me realize I don't need a big set, just 3 or 4 can get you pretty far actually... great instruction! New sub!🖖🏿😎👍🏿
I am truly enthused by your positivity and skill - thank you! I will try and make something now!
This was a fantastic tutorial! Your voice was so soothing, the techniques were easy to understand and clear! I can't wait to start carving my walking stick!
I'm going to give this a try when I get a chance. I really like the looks of the Celtic knots.
Something that doesn't take much time or much skill! I'm in!!!
I a totally newbie and your encouragements were most needed , Thank you so much.! Much obliged.
Thanks. Looking forward to seeing what you make.
What a great video. I work with great colleagues in our local Men's Shed here in Dublin, Ireland. A lot of our projects like buddy benches for local schools, flower planters, so we're mainly wood working based. I've learnt so much since our shed started [2015]. Since we've an additional sheltered workspace I hoped we would expanded into arts & crafts. I've followed a few tube vids on carving and I reckon this is a line to follow and who knows other will learn just like me. Love Celtic knot work....this is my heritage
I just was gifted my late grandfather’s carving tools so I got a lot of cool tools I have no clue what to do with them can’t wait to learn from you
You make it so easy to pick up a tool and try doing it yourself! You're so encouraging and you de-mystify the subject, making it so accessible. I'm going to ask my neighbour for some of his scrap wood, dig out and sharpen the chisels, and get going! Thanks so much for this video 🤩
Looking forward to seeing what you make.
Great video, man! it's easy to understand and i really like how passionate you are when you talk. i still don't have money to try this lol, but i will watch this again when i can. thanks!
Happy little trees, nice shout out to bob
I'm a beginner carver I've started carving with a couple of knives and I'm also like chisels and you are giving some good looks on how or what to carve really cool
Thanks 👍
Liked how you start using an inexpensive Aldi chisel.
I have always loved doing this. I said the same thing let your mind do the work. I never had a kit to do this only a pocket knife. But I just bought a full carving kit and can't wait to see where it leads me 😁. Oh and this was a very good video, going to start a weave and other carvings on a walking stick for my ole man for salmon fishing. Thanks 👍
Wow, I cannot thank you enough. I am about to start my first ever knife handle for a seax blade and I've been looking for ways to embellish it. As a novice wood carver with limited budget and tools, this is pure gold. Cheers to you good sir!
Good luck on your seax blade handle 🙏🏻
Good to watch and easy to follow- I really don't understand how 81 people could dislike..what's to dislike?
Great presentation..thanks!
I think I can do this. You rock man! Thanks!
Great, easy to follow and very encouraging - thankyou!!!
great video
Im trying to find new hobby and thinking of wood carving, this vid really help. Love your commentary and word of encouragement, my motivation has definitely increase after watching this. Thank you.
Wanted to start carving some designs but no experience whatsoever. Your simple approach and reassurance about not being afraid is quite motivating. Thanks & cheers,
Thank you for the lesson. Learned a few new tips and can’t wait to try them out. New subscriber from North Carolina.
This video changed my whole attitude about carving. You are great at teaching! (I subscribed immediately.)
I used to carve ivory as a jeweler, with a Foredom, and I loved it, but I left that skill behind years ago when I got out of the jewelry business. I've been wondering if it would apply to carving wood, since I'm now in possession of exotic wood scraps that I would like to make things out of. Watching this got me excited- which is exactly the feeling I had back when I first started carving fossil walrus tusks.
Thank you so much for your clear teaching and attitude. Looking forward to watching your other videos!
If you live near one, stop by a Harbor Freight, they have a couple of fairly simple chisle sets, pieces of which I still use 6 years later, they're excellent for beginners.
Also, I never could figure out what to use that V chisle for, so THANK YOU, oh my gods I've just had it sitting on a tiny frame like an oddity.
I recently had a patient who was into spoon carving.
He brought me a sloyd, hook, and a piece of cherry to turn into a spoon.
After years of being interested in these things, that little push has me itching for more. Glad to have found your channel and looking forward to picking up some new tools!
I've always found hand carving daunting, but you made it seem super accessible. I'm gonna give it a go over the weekend and see what I can do. Thanks!
thanks! have fun with it. just be warned it is a deep rabbit hole to fall down.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo Thanks for the warning!
I'm a new subscriber after watching this video. I learned more from this video than any other routes to learning how to work with hand tools I've tried. Thanks!
thanks that means a lot. let me know if you ever have questions. we love to help otu.
Thanks for sharing your skills and motivation
Very nice presentation and instruction for those who are new to the craft. To prevent blowing through, use a straight blade and make stop cuts and/or stop early and approach from the opposite way. Cheers.
Yeah I learned this, do the outside lines first, then it's pretty forgiving
Thanks for this video. Wood carving seemed intimidating until I watched this video. I can’t wait to give it a try!
Looking forward to seeing what you make!
I am a custom knive maker and did similar work on knive handles.Started also with chisels,but use now a dremel tool with different rotating milling heads and its so much faster and so much more detailed,especially on smaller scale carvings.Thank you for showing from Portugal
Ima be honest with you. We want hour long videos of you doing this with and without talking. Its hypnotic watching you work.
I actually did that a wile ago. It was a fun time in the shop.
Thank you for all you do!!! I have been watching for many years now!!!! Thank you for the encouragement that you bring.
thanks! that means a lot. We will keep them coming!
Thank you for the vid!
Fantastic video! I started carving wind spirits and now after watching your video will give carving designs a try. Thank you. Fredrick Malinowski, Yacolt Washington
Great video James. Certainly helping me be more comfortable in adding carvings to my work.
Really inspiring!! I am in the process of making a clock out of a slab of walnut, I will used what I learned on this video.
This encouraged me to jump in and try carving some simple designs it some of my wood working projects.
Thanks. Looking forward to seeing what you make!
I have always steered away from this as being too difficult, but I'm giving it a go this weekend. Thanks for the tips and demonstration. Best wishes
Have fun. And be careful it can become addictive.
This video is so clear and easy to follow.
very nice work. The Chisleing i enjoyed.
Waaaahhh this is cool actually i just started collecting tools for wood csrving,, thanks for this vid and words
This is really gonna help me with my Viking/Celtic style Mandalorian armor. Very informative and answered the exact questions I had. Definitely going to subscribe
Bloody hell that's an inspiring video!
This is perfect for where I'm starting. I am grateful for you sir. Maybe some day I can share my creations with where my learning started.
Very encouraging, thank you
What would be a good V Tool to start with; angle & size? 🤔...(I followed your link but the $46 tool did not indicate its angle or size). Thanks 😊
I like the Celtic weave, can't wait to try this.
Such an enjoyable demonstration. Thankyou for the inspiration and humility you put into your videos. 😊👍🙏
Just subscribed. I got a chisel set reciently gonna start practicing soon
Sweet. Looking forward to seeing what you make.
Great stuff, thanks! Do like the jump in you can do it encouragement.
Awesome video so clear and easy to follow along, I learnt a heap and enjoyed it immensely well done 👍🏼
I rarely get excited but this time I certainly did, Thanks for making this great video ^^
Glad I could help.
Love this video and I am right now trying to do this for the first time😃
I loved the last bit about the trees and it hit me, you remind me so much of Bob Ross in the way you made this video and the instructions to just enjoy the process.
Much respect from Sweden👍💪
You might like this one then. th-cam.com/video/akr6RzodDtk/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much, I now will do my own!
Love the video sir I like it when ppl use hand tools not power back to basics :)
A great inspirational tutorial ! This carving reminds me of a natural material around for decades - linoleum - who you would LOVE as it includes Linseed oil. We ( as children ) used to sit and carve squares of it using V-groove chisels - so those of us over a "certain age" ( remember when the Monkees were in the charts ? ) already HAVE those types of cutters. Of course, when we had "carved", we could "ink up" our linoleum blocks and produce prints from them. When electronic publishing came along, that destroyed the need for graphics generated from blocks. So it is GREAT to see this inspiration from yourself to get those cutters out again from the bottom ( uncarved as yet ) drawer, and to try it on some undecorated wood. Next time that I am featuring as the defendant in a court case, I'll take my cutters and have a go at decorating the defendant's box in the County Court - do you think that the judge will be suitably impressed ? The only thing that I'd do differently than yourself would be to sit down to do this, whereas you prefer to stand... So a big THANK YOU for covering this inspirational topic !
thanks Phill. that sounds like a fun past time. I do often sit if I can do a lot from the same angle, but with curving lines I find it easier to stand so i can walk around the work.
Can you use Lino cutters on wood for small details ?
@@VagoniusThicket Yes ! I've just tried a lino tool with a V-blade and a wooden handle, that dates from the 1950s. It doesn't make huge indentations. The wood has to be held firmly. Two hands may have to be used ( depending upon the operation ). Lino was ( is ? ) sturdy material, that required a good deal of force to scrape gouges into, so is probably rated somewhere between softwood and hardwood. I say that "yes" you can carve small lines into wood with lino carving tools. You may like to take a look at an "Instructables" article entitled "Creating, Cutting and Printing Your Own Woodblock" by "rbanks". When using lino carving tools you need to go slowly and as gently as you can. This method will create fine detail, as you say, and meanwhile using woodcarving tools, having thicker steel blades, for the deeper cuts. If you have some, give it a try ! All the best !
Very talented will give it a try with power carver
Thank You!!! Looking forward to trying this!
Starting on a magnetic knife holder today. Knotwork on the outside frame, inside dug out to make room for magnets. First woodworking project ever. Cheers!
Sweet. Sounds like fun.
This one was brilliant! I need to get into this. Thank you very much
Great vid and tips! Thanks for the encouragement, I will try this on some leftover pallet wood.
amazing, im about to start!!
Brilliant positive video, thank you
New subscriber after this video. Thank you for the instruction and inspiration. One thing that I found to temporarily stick paper to wood is a 3m "lo tack" spray adhesive. It's easy to remove, yet tacky enough to work with. It has to be low tack though.
Great video, thank you so much! I really enjoyed when you mentioned that something like this will never be within reach until you try it, it’s a great motivator to try getting started with a project like this. Watching this has made me decide that it’s probably a good time to sharpen up my tools and get started myself! You’ve more than earned my subscription sir, and I can’t wait to see what other projects you make videos about in the future. Best of luck! :)
The price of carving tools went up in the last year. They seem closer to 45. For what I paid 34 for in 2019. Hopefully they will come back down. Great video enjoyed. One thing I still buy 3 or more of them a year. Well worth it.
Most all the companies have several lines of carving tools and some are the high-end premium and some are the low end. And then it depends greatly on the actual tool Some of the gouges are far more expensive than some of the smaller tips.
Thanks mate helpful video👍😁
Cool very helpful lots of fun and looks to meke
Thank you for the knowledge
When I used to have time to play I would carve things to give away to friends. I never was never able to look at something I made without seeing the small flaws that either no one else could see, or that they were too kind to ever say anything. I never thought of trying to use them to get people to buy crap on Amazon so I could make a few pennies... I guess the motivation really does make a difference.
thanks dude great vid
Very inspirational video, many thanks. Subscribed!
I love the irony. The advertised before this makes and sells "custom signs and plaques" . Great explanation of your method.
LOL nice. I love it when those come together!
Made some of that and it was very fun and looked very good.
unbaweevable, nice job
Nice tutorial! well done
Great video! Thank you!!