Really interesting Mary. Was the Oak in this project air dried? Could you comment on using air vs kiln dried wood? You seemed to be able to move your gouges/chisels through the Oak with relatively little trouble... amazing! 🙂
Thanks,
Bruce
Thanks Bruce. This was a basic piece of kiln dried oak purchased from Lowes. Both red oak and white oak take a lot of physical effort and control, but can be carved with sharp tools. Please put this question about kiln vs air dried on the forum and I'must sure you will get some great conversation about it. I have not had much opportunity to carve air dried wood.
Mary, I love your classes! Sometimes I watch them over and over to get up the nerve to do my own carving. Thank you. I noticed that I have not received your monthly nor your weekly newsletters for a couple of months. So, I am signing up again. Diane Calvello
Hi Steve,
The main reason the corners become rounded is because the rotation on the stone is too aggressive. It is curving past the radius of the curve of the gouge. The #3's are difficult because there is not much rotation to cover the entire bevel.
Hi I've carved this out of basswood cut the doughnut totally out . I'm waiting for the local gypsy to place and adequate curse on it then I'm sending it to you Mary : ) . Should have listened to reason why Butternut was used my Bad. How much are curses these days? Anyway redoing in Butternut Thanks Mary this method of close camera work on the carving is great for us with low vision.
Hi Clifton,
You can make a fully 3-dimensional donut! Actually basswood will work fine for this project - you just need to make sure the grain is going horizontally so the arrows make sense. Carve a dozen donuts!
Absolutely brilliant in all ways. An expert with amazing communication skills, making everything so easy. These are the best instruction videos and I have seen hundreds in many different subjects. You are a true professional, loving what you do and it shows from start to finish. I would like to wish you the best in all you do as you are having, I am sure, such a positive impact on many people's lives. God bless! I would have loved to continue taking lessons from your many videos but, unfortunately, I cannot at this time. So grateful to you!
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