Most enjoyable videos I've seen for a while. I have a thing for wood at the moment. My farther was a joiner, so I grew up amongst shavings and dust. Unfortunately he was not a good teacher and I was not a good pupil! I lost my dad a couple of years ago, and not learning anything about woodwork is a big regret. Listening to your tools cutting so beautifully takes me back to the chisel and smell of timber. I really appreciate the work you're doing, you are a good teacher and highly skilled. Hard on the body though, so be careful. I was a bricklayer, now disabled through silly things and not looking after my back it's in a bad way now. Anyway, I think you have inspired me to try something with wood. By the way, top mallet and axe work!
This is a really lovely message, thank you. I am so happy that you can reconnect with your father through making. Craft really is a beautifully holistic way of being present and mindful. I am so happy you can feel inspired to work with wood again. Thank you for reaching out. 🙏
I don’t remember happen chancing upon whatever video made me subscribe to your channel, this feels like the first time I’ve seen you. But I’m glad I did, great video man, very informative, relaxing to watch, fantastic minimalist but insightful commentary - you’re a natural teacher. Looking forward to seeing you tackle the outside. How do you sharpen those tools?
Perfect video tutorial, many thanks for creating it Samuel. I am going to watch it and watch it to learn as much as possible. I like your work! Keep it up! So far I have made a couple of spoons and three small wooden cups, but I would like to learn and have the experience to carve a kuksa cup. Greetings from Slovakia, Slavo.
Thank you! It really depends what hollow style you would like. I use 35mm - great for cups, but often struggle with bowls. 50mm is more appropriate for bowls
Absolutely. The same applies. I’d say that having a double edge makes one a bit more present in the making process as you don’t need to pause to swap tools… the overall carving seems s bit more fluid and intuitive
Hello! I now have a double edged too so I must confess that it has completely changed my hollowing style! I haven’t picked up either since getting it in the summer. Maybe I’ll revisit in the future
Hey this is really kind think you! I am glad that you can take something away from this. There will be more video tutorials I think. I strangely enjoyed making it! To sharpen I wrap some we and dry abrasive around a dowel and brush the inside.. then I strop a little for the outside. Thank you for your feedback! ❤
Bit of help please if you can, i bought a Beavercraft Adze 50mm, i do not think it's as sharp as it could be ? How would you sharpen it ? Would you concentrate on the inner edge , or the outer edge 🤔 . Cheers Les.
Hey there Les. Great question. So I would clamp it and brush the outer bevel away using an abrasive, attached to some kind of paddle. I’d begin by highlighting the bevel with a marker pen and then clamping in a bench, edge up. Be careful to notify anyone that also uses your space as I have seen this go rather south too. Now, if it is just to sharpen a factory edge, start with a grit of 600 wet and dry paper, pulled tightly and taped at each end of a paddle. Brush the paddle away from the edge, aiming to remove all of the marker pen. Before graduating to another grit on the same bevel, wrap the paper around some dowel and lightly brush from left to right on the inner edge to tackle any burr before replacing the paper with 800, 1000, 1500, 2000. Finally, strop the outer bevel and repeat the dowel method with 2000 on the inner. Hope this helps!
@samuelalexandershapes thank you for that 😊 🙏 will give it a go. I also thought that not to far back, on the inside edge it looked a little bit on the thick side ?? About 3/4" back from the blade edge, it seems to sweep out thick quite quickly. If that makes sense. Regarding work area, just me. Yes I've had a few cuts, yes get nagged by the wife, why do you want everything so sharp ??. ( have to be careful 🧐 on blood thinners) Finally, have a great Christmas 🎄 and New Year. Cheers Les.
@@lesliecrowther7004 Yes, adzes tend to be quite aggressive in their taper toward the bevel. It depends how they’re forged and with that steel but they usually are thick, if not for strength then for weight. A light adze is so so in-accurate compared to a heavier one that asks more of important muscle groups. There should be little to no risk of cutting yourself with the adze if you use it with two hands. I put my non-dominant hand under the wrist to provide little room for sideways movement, another anchor point. Like most, I’d say that the hazardous force required to drag or push a dull knife through wood is far more dangerous than an obedient sharp one. But yes, do be careful if on the thinners please! I hope you’re having a wonderful festive holiday Les
Thank you for making this video. I just wanted to ask… is it necessary to have both right-handed and left-handed Twca Cams? I use a wonderful tool maker in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Strongway Tools), and they only have one Twca Cam on their site (I’m assuming it’s a right-handed one).
Hello! Sorry for the late reply. I'd say it is necessary to be able to work the grain from both left and right into the bowl from the end grain. I know some makers are now developing double edge cams!
Most enjoyable videos I've seen for a while.
I have a thing for wood at the moment. My farther was a joiner, so I grew up amongst shavings and dust. Unfortunately he was not a good teacher and I was not a good pupil! I lost my dad a couple of years ago, and not learning anything about woodwork is a big regret.
Listening to your tools cutting so beautifully takes me back to the chisel and smell of timber.
I really appreciate the work you're doing, you are a good teacher and highly skilled. Hard on the body though, so be careful. I was a bricklayer, now disabled through silly things and not looking after my back it's in a bad way now.
Anyway, I think you have inspired me to try something with wood.
By the way, top mallet and axe work!
This is a really lovely message, thank you. I am so happy that you can reconnect with your father through making. Craft really is a beautifully holistic way of being present and mindful. I am so happy you can feel inspired to work with wood again. Thank you for reaching out. 🙏
That gargantuan spider 🕷️
Great video lovely, thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort producing this video! Such informative and helpfull 🫶🏼
I don’t remember happen chancing upon whatever video made me subscribe to your channel, this feels like the first time I’ve seen you. But I’m glad I did, great video man, very informative, relaxing to watch, fantastic minimalist but insightful commentary - you’re a natural teacher. Looking forward to seeing you tackle the outside. How do you sharpen those tools?
Many thanks for taking the time to produce such an informative tutorial. Did anyone else see the smiley face at 21:35?.
Thank you! You’re more than welcome :)
Aha yep I see it!
🙂
As an amateur blacksmith i want to make some of these tools. This looks fun.....
Awesome!! Let me know how you get on
Excellent video tutorial. Loads of useful information, very inspiring. Just need to save some pennies for a left and right twca cam now 😂
Perfect video tutorial, many thanks for creating it Samuel. I am going to watch it and watch it to learn as much as possible. I like your work! Keep it up! So far I have made a couple of spoons and three small wooden cups, but I would like to learn and have the experience to carve a kuksa cup. Greetings from Slovakia, Slavo.
Ah I am so pleased that this is useful! Reach out to me on instagram if you can, I am not too far away in Czechia.
All the best, keep it up!
Sam
@@samuelalexandershapes Hello Samuel. Thank You so much for your reply. If you are in CZ, I can meet you once. Thanks!
Great video. Can I ask what size adze you'd recommend, please?
Thank you! It really depends what hollow style you would like. I use 35mm - great for cups, but often struggle with bowls. 50mm is more appropriate for bowls
@samuelalexandershapes amazing thank you.
Great video! Very helpful. I may have missed it or not gotten to it but which size of Nic’s Twca are you using here? 65 or 50?
Doh! Didn’t get far enough in. 50!
Does the same technique apply to the double-sided twca cam? You seem to handle the newer version much more gently!
Absolutely. The same applies. I’d say that having a double edge makes one a bit more present in the making process as you don’t need to pause to swap tools… the overall carving seems s bit more fluid and intuitive
Hello! Is there any way to show us how you would do it solely using a left or right tool only ?
Hello! I now have a double edged too so I must confess that it has completely changed my hollowing style! I haven’t picked up either since getting it in the summer. Maybe I’ll revisit in the future
Hey this is really kind think you! I am glad that you can take something away from this. There will be more video tutorials I think. I strangely enjoyed making it! To sharpen I wrap some we and dry abrasive around a dowel and brush the inside.. then I strop a little for the outside. Thank you for your feedback! ❤
Beautiful. I would like to know where did you buy the carving tools?
From a smith called Nic Westerman
Bit of help please if you can, i bought a Beavercraft Adze 50mm, i do not think it's as sharp as it could be ?
How would you sharpen it ? Would you concentrate on the inner edge , or the outer edge 🤔 .
Cheers Les.
Hey there Les. Great question. So I would clamp it and brush the outer bevel away using an abrasive, attached to some kind of paddle.
I’d begin by highlighting the bevel with a marker pen and then clamping in a bench, edge up. Be careful to notify anyone that also uses your space as I have seen this go rather south too.
Now, if it is just to sharpen a factory edge, start with a grit of 600 wet and dry paper, pulled tightly and taped at each end of a paddle. Brush the paddle away from the edge, aiming to remove all of the marker pen. Before graduating to another grit on the same bevel, wrap the paper around some dowel and lightly brush from left to right on the inner edge to tackle any burr before replacing the paper with 800, 1000, 1500, 2000.
Finally, strop the outer bevel and repeat the dowel method with 2000 on the inner. Hope this helps!
@samuelalexandershapes thank you for that 😊 🙏 will give it a go.
I also thought that not to far back, on the inside edge it looked a little bit on the thick side ?? About 3/4" back from the blade edge, it seems to sweep out thick quite quickly.
If that makes sense.
Regarding work area, just me.
Yes I've had a few cuts, yes get nagged by the wife, why do you want everything so sharp ??. ( have to be careful 🧐 on blood thinners)
Finally, have a great Christmas 🎄 and New Year.
Cheers Les.
@@lesliecrowther7004 Yes, adzes tend to be quite aggressive in their taper toward the bevel. It depends how they’re forged and with that steel but they usually are thick, if not for strength then for weight. A light adze is so so in-accurate compared to a heavier one that asks more of important muscle groups.
There should be little to no risk of cutting yourself with the adze if you use it with two hands. I put my non-dominant hand under the wrist to provide little room for sideways movement, another anchor point.
Like most, I’d say that the hazardous force required to drag or push a dull knife through wood is far more dangerous than an obedient sharp one. But yes, do be careful if on the thinners please! I hope you’re having a wonderful festive holiday Les
Wow love it
Thank you for making this video. I just wanted to ask… is it necessary to have both right-handed and left-handed Twca Cams? I use a wonderful tool maker in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Strongway Tools), and they only have one Twca Cam on their site (I’m assuming it’s a right-handed one).
Hello! Sorry for the late reply. I'd say it is necessary to be able to work the grain from both left and right into the bowl from the end grain. I know some makers are now developing double edge cams!
@@samuelalexandershapes thank you
Why did you add a visual hallucination moving rainbow texture effect?
I wasn’t aware that I did? 😅
Wait what? 😂
Did you use the same 🪓 axe for splitting that piece of wood that you sharpened on the Tormec ????
I occasionally do! Not with tough woods, but with birch, I tend not to worry heaps. I made this before I got my Tormek and found an old splitting axe.