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First bowl/cup/ I dunno
Tracker0721:
Wanted to try the whole bowl/cup carving thing. Took a dremel and belt sander to a wrench and carved a handle for it. Tested it today on some birch and it worked great! Only issue was when the birch defrosted the rotten bits just crumbled away. It carved like soap when it was frozen.
Tracker0721:
Big chunks in the shaving pile were the sides of the cup that literally crumbled off once thawed.
stuckinthemud:
Maybe a bit late this time, but I stabilise spalted timber with cyano or watered-down PVA as I carve it - there is literally no wood in the rotten sections as the mould has 'eaten' it
stuckinthemud:
Love the hook knife idea by the way, may have to steal that one day
Tracker0721:
Yeah once I peeled the bark off I saw it was spalted. Only a couple feet up though and then it’s nice. I’m thinking I may cut some up into blanks for handles and try my hand at stabilizing them.
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