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  1. dervishcarving
    take teh bark off and you will have removed most of if not all of the eggs. i kinda like woodwasps to be honest. plus, when there are irritating visitors at my carving site when i am trying to work, a wood wasp will usually drive them off
  2. dervishcarving
    I was gonna say, Simon (Wisewood) is just down the road and a dam fine carver
  3. dervishcarving
    Get the ends painted asap mate... PVA paint or something...otherwise it might start to split if you can get a portable mill in itw ould be more efficient, chainsaw milling is a bit more wasteful (just 'cos the chain is thicker than a bandsaw blade)
  4. dervishcarving
    30 min speed carve?
  5. dervishcarving
    not me sorry, just had a couple of weeks carving in usa then a week carvign in wales, i need a carving-break for a few weeks. well... ok, days.
  6. dervishcarving
    speed carved pieces went from 35 - 250, depends on the piece. There were a few woodtuners etc there, maybe not all weekend. I think there were a couple of bodgers too but i didnt get a chance to walk round until sunday later afternoon as i was carving all the time. I guess there wil only be as many wood turners (or whatever) as show up, and i think they have to pay for a spot. weatehr was a bit crap friday but good most of the rest of the weekend. was glorious on sunday from about 11 onward which pleased the carvers. I love woodfest as a carver, its a great atmosphere, no stress, no hassle, great auctioneer, the wood is mainly good (i did say mainly) they look after the ones that camp (i grew up about 10 miles away and my folks still live tehre so i stay with them)... its a great event. I think teh auction prices were slightly down from last year overall but I was v pleased with what mine sold for
  7. dervishcarving
    try sanding and then filling some of the holes with coloured epoxy, maybe with wired up LEDs behind the epoxy....
  8. dervishcarving
    i wear in-the-ear earphones under earmuffs. works well playing from an MP3 player
  9. dervishcarving
    ive used the .043 chains over in teh states at a couple of comps/shows and they are...different. I prefer what i am used to but they do cut fine.
  10. dervishcarving
    indeed, Adam hobby farmer.
  11. dervishcarving
    i advise using decking oil to mu customers for chainsaw carved stuff. give it a good few coats (diluted with white spirit 50/50) and then a few coast undiluted and then apply regularly untill it no longer soaks in. then re-apply as neeed. seems to work well
  12. dervishcarving
    Simon archer is up that way (ish) too
  13. dervishcarving
    loving this one Si 3 weeks till woodfest!!!
  14. dervishcarving
    hey mate, welcome aborad. id have a good trawl back through the past 2 or 3 years worth of threads mate, HUGE amounts of info there. i suspect every queston you could think of has been asked by one of us in that time and then discussed at length. soem v experienced carvers here who are always happy to help
  15. dervishcarving
    i use a Norwood a lot but i cant remember what model it is. cuts up to 6m no problem. softwood and even gnarly lumps of Elm.
  16. dervishcarving
    are you looking for inches of feet in size? if its feet then I would suggest get it chainsaw carved. there are a couple of us here in Scotland who do chainsaw carving
  17. dervishcarving
    watched it and enjoyed it BUT... as a greenwood worker the arbotec was a little bit too far. powerdrill... ok, spindle-turner.. a bit much but old tech. but an adze would have been safer and not much slower. but eh knows his skills for sure but as for the long arty shots... sheesh! i was sick of them after 5 minutes. typical BBC unfortunately. directors and producers seem more important than the content half the time.
  18. dervishcarving
    One alternative is to put PVA on the end and let it dry untill he is ready and then turn it when its still a bit green. Turn it rough (to say 1cm thick) and then put back in the bag (or box is better) of shavings and it dry completely and then turn it round again. I do that sometimes and it works ok. Cherry does seem to like to split though
  19. dervishcarving
    the ones in my photo are unoiled. I tend to leave them in the shed (in the winter) to slowly dry before i oil them. They are now oiled ready for a local summer fete where my bodging group do a demonstration and sell some stuff. Unfortunately I cant mate it this year as I will be in the states at a couple of chainsaw carving events. Its a shame but I couldnt pass up on a chance to become an international carver Oh, and I oiled them with food-safe mineral oil. its not cheep (apparently) but its food safe and dosnt change the colour as much as other oils so i kinda like it The larget bowls are machine-turned (I dot that in teh winter when i get a chance), spalted beech, cherry and an elm burr
  20. dervishcarving
    i turn my bowls on a pole lathe so im turning green wood. I tend to keep them as long logs till i need them, just paint the ends to reduce drying. the bag of sawdust works quite well for slow drying though.
  21. dervishcarving
    Hope it goes well Si. with a bit of luck i can come carve next year
  22. dervishcarving
    wish i could help but other end of teh country to me
  23. dervishcarving
    a few bowls turned on a pole lathe. I kinda like mine smooth so i do spend a bit of time sanding (on he pole lathe) and then i burnish with wood shavings
  24. dervishcarving
    Mainly Ash. some beach and cherry when i can get it. the greener the better i always say. if im getting a spray of sap in my face as i turn, its green enough
  25. dervishcarving
    yup, i do a lot of pole lathe work, far more than powered lathe stuff. have done for about 2.5 years now not got any photos handy but will try to take some of my bowls before they get sold i like the pole lathe, its a far more relaxed way of working (and less scary than the powered lathe!) but there are limits on how big a bowl i can turn. after a certain size the momentum of the bowl overcomes teh friction of the power cord or it ssimply gets too dam heavy to turn comfortably dave

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