Best wood

[coolie]

Best Wood,Totara and Pohutakawa,if your ever in NZ

[RobArb]

noted, thats if i'm ever in NZ lol

[carver si]

just bought in a truck load of hemlock ,getting prety good results with it,carves up a bit like ceader .i find you can carve pretty much any wood with a chainsaw but i tend to avoid the really pithy stuff.

[RobArb]

Oak, Birch (this i like), sycamore and a bit of willow and alder...

 

took me 3 hours to do these 10... i seem to be stuck on shrooms at the moment though, want to try owls and acorns but have not got any decent sized would yet..

 

Whats the best way to get a smooth finish when carving? at the moment all mine are chainsaw finished with the edge of a moving chain (it looks like tiny mini ridges all over them)..

 

plus 'ow much do you reckon i could charge for these at a car booty or the like?

[Bart]

Nice shrooms Rob

For a smooth finish i just use an angle grinder with a sanding disc, price wise id say between £7.50-£30 depending on the size and type of wood.

[RobArb]

cheers bart, on another note whats the best way to steady the wood when carving, to keep it from moving all over the place?

[Bart]

Had the same problem, got these Triton Superjaws a bit ago and think there great for smaller stuff.

[RobArb]

Ill look into those, woodfest is on next weekend so I might pop down and pick up some tips and hints

[ad15]

I sell most of my wood to 'carver si' instead of turning it into firewood! He reckons that for mushrooms then pretty much any softwood is best, and LOVES larch. Sequioa makes excellent bears- the colour is good. Ash he wont touch. For the sculptures of animals Macrocarpa, sycamore if it hasnt split, Yew, oak, walnut, beech..........

 

and there was me thinking I was your favourite....

 

thought the phone had been quite....