Wood Too Hard to Carve? Try This!
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
- When you're first starting out with wood carving or whittling, it's easy enough to use any old piece of wood you have lying around. Some types of wood, though, are far more difficult to carve than others.
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Common sense would indicate that simply soaking the wood for a while should make it easier to carve--and to an extent, that's true. However, as the wood dries, it can split and crack, potentially damaging your work of art.
In my opinion, the best way is to simply spray the wood with a 50/50 mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water. Just give the wood a few spritzes as you work, and you'll be surprised at how well it works.
Thanks for watching and if you'd like to help out the channel, give it a thumbs up!
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:01 Soaked vs Dry Test (Basswood)
4:36 Alcohol Spray Test (Basswood)
6:22 Soaked vs Dry Test (Ash)
8:10 Alcohol Spray Test (Ash)
8:47 Conclusion
Oh. You instruct us with a lovely, quiet voice. Becalmed, we stayed glued to the screen, instead of reeling to the next tab because we are being yelled at the whole time. Great work.
If by chance, you use Rum or Whiskey instead of rubbing alcohol. It works better at first, well until frustration takes a toll. Sometimes you start drinking your "wood softener" (that's what you tell your wife anyways). Makes carving fun thing to do alone in the woods, and sometimes ends in long naps, between projects.
Excellent video. Your audio is fine.
I have been carving a chunk of ash for a while. My hands are actually painful. I soaked it for a few hours in water. Cut like cheese till it dried.
I love the way you finish the videos. Very funny 😄. Thanks to take time to give us tips. I just starting whittling and I need these kind of tips.
The 50/50 mix is awesome!!
Thanks for showing us this good tip. Take care.
Thank you!
Good stuff .... thanks for the info and will check in soon... subbed and liked
This helps!
Stay for the outro folks!
Thank u for the information
I have a question, doesn't the wood arch /bend when i spray it with water
I am planning to carve a door made of beechwood
Will have to try this. Bought some Swedish basswood and it felt like carving oak.
Same. I’ve sharpened my knife and feel to be carving oak when it is basswood.
Lol I subbed cuz of your silly corner joke.
Thank you, that was an excellent and very informative and useful video. Well filmed also ! Best wishes.
What about mahogany wood will it work on that wood as it is a hardwood let me know please thanks
great vidio thanks...help for my beginner efforts. Just a hopefully helpful note though, I can hardly hear the audio even a full throttle.
At the moment I’m carving a tree spirit into a big chunk of ash. Very hard but rewarding 😊
Maybe a silly question, but I'm a new wood carver and im trying to make a handle for an old axe im restoring. Its a 24' handle and will spraying it with alcohol / water effect its usability as a tool afterwards? I want to use this as a spilting axe or to just chopoff kindling, so i'm not sure how much water would effect it
Would this work on year old wood dried ?
found the "ot" doesn't have the bevel of other carving knives; had to rework the bevel on mine; also shrade doesn't make this in a "left hand" version
Great video! Wish the audio was a bit louder, aside from that everything was great.
Thanks so much! Yeah, this one's audio was early in my learning experience. Future videos should be better!
Audio???
Is there a difference between "air dried" and "kiln dried" basswood as far as ease of carving is concerned?
Not necessarily, but kiln-dried wood does tend to have better grain consistency (at least, if it was done well) and be less likely to split. It's just easier to control heat and humidity in a kiln, which usually leads to a more premium carving material. But as far as actually pushing the blade through the wood, they'll be about the same.
Hope that helps!
@@WoodcraftersCorner Thanks for your quick and detailed response.
Excellent video. Please make your audio better.
Thanks for the tip! Is it coming out too quiet or hard to hear?
@@WoodcraftersCorner Hey bro. 🙂. Both. It’s got an echo too. It may help if you have the microphone closer. But still a good video. You gained a new subscriber!
@@Mark-yb1sp I appreciate it! Honestly, constructive criticism is very helpful. I'll work on it, and thanks again!
Insufficient audio level during demo, and on top of it you added totally unnecessary music Did you not review it before posting it?
Otherwise, great tutorial! Thanks.