Carving a Wooden Bowl: Green Wood and Hand Tools
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Follow the process as a fresh cherry log is sculpted into a wooden bowl. More information is available at DAVIDFFISHER.COM. This video features the use of edge tools including axe, adze, and drawknife, as well as layout and holding methods.
Making things in this way is very enjoyable, but It should come as no surprise that you can really hurt yourself with an axe. This isn't intended to be a full instructional video with safety recommendations. So make sure you know how to work safely if you give this a try.
i dont know why.. but i love to watch wood carving :)
What a beautiful bowl. You have such control over the adze. Have you ever thought of doing a tutorial video about bowl carving using the different size adze? How long does a bowl need to dry before you can finish it? I would watch it for sure!
One of the best videos I have seen on greenwood bowl carving. Please make more - few are of your skill.
no longer have a shed or a lathe so seeing this was inspiring. I was very impressed with the finish minus sanding, just shows talent & sharp tools goes a long way. thanks for a great video, neill
Elegant and beautiful, it's a pleasure to watch you work.
The first tool you asked about is simply called a gouge. The clamping tools you are probably referring to are holdfasts. They are bent rods that wedge in holes in a workbench when hammerred down. They release by tapping on the back. Very useful. You can find all sorts with an internet search. I've made some, but toolsforworkingwood (.com) has some nice ones for a reasonable price. There are many hand forged examples out there that work well and are beautiful.
Absolute joy to watch you convert the log to something so beautiful :-) thank you
Something isn't letting me reply to specific comments (temoporarily, I hope). Allan, regarding your question about the adze, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page at my website davidffisher (.com). There is specific info there about tools.
How do you keep it from cracking while it dries? Does the thickness have some effect? If it’s thinner is it less likely to crack?
I carved one from very green fresh birch a few weeks ago and it has cracked. It was a lot thicker than the one in your video Thanks!
I have a blog post about the drying topic here: davidffisherblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/oh-its-drying-time-again/
No. Just sharp tools and clean cuts.
Gorgeous piece of work and good video.
I like the adze idea and draw knife tools and techniques your using. I'm going at a large cypress onion burl right now with a carvers ax and gouges only... may purchase an adze before I'm through.
Yes, I eat cereal all of the time out of a wooden bowl. The shape of the one in the video is better for serving things on the table. By the way, loved you in National Treasure.
Thanks. Primarily, a Hans Karlsson. I have more details on the tools at my website (see the video description above for the address -- no links allowed in comments.)
I've got lot's of information about tool selection on my Frequently Asked Questions page of my website at davidffisher (.com). The short answer is CountryWorkshops (.org).
I'm not sure what you are referring to. I'm guessing you might be talking about my bowl horse. If so, you can read more about it at the "Horse of a Different Sort" page at my website davidffisher (.com). The only other thing I can guess you might be talking about is when I clamp the bowl down to the workbench with a board and two holdfasts. Holdfasts are available at many tool merchants -- but not a big box store.
Ir a mi sitio web en davidffisher (. Com). Discutir que en algunas páginas allí.
An adze. An adze is essentially an axe-like tool, but the blade is not in line with the handle, but perpendicular to it. There are many sizes and forms of adzes and they go back thousands of years. The adze I'm using is made for hollowing, so it is curved to scoop.
Wait,, you don't even need a sandpaper rubbing?
What a god hand skill!!
Grazie. Il legno è black cherry (Prunus serotina). Questo albero è originario dell'America del Nord, ma fu introdotto in Europa nel 1623. Ora, da quello che ho letto, cresce in molti luoghi in Europa, tra cui l'Italia settentrionale.
The main adze I use is a Hans Karlsson Adze. I bought the head at CountryWorkshops (.org) and made my own handle. There is more about the tools at my website.
I call it a bowl horse. There is an article about it on my website davidffisher(.com) on the "Horse of a Different Sort" page.
If you go to my website, davidffisher (.com), there are plans under the Horse of a Different Sort page.
Gheeee, no power tools..........what fun was that? Kidding of course!! Beautiful job and I would imagine very satisfying. Thanks!!
Eric Day peeling up a nice curl is soooooo satisfying
Not many of us traditionalist left out there.. I just started carving about 2 years ago..Started with walking sticks then generated to Utensils and Bowls.. I don't use an Adze though can't seem to find one I can afford. If you know where a fella can get one thats affordable for the poor guys let me know. I keep my eyes out at the antique places and swaps. Thats where I have gotten my draw knives and my best hand axes from. Keep up the good work. Love the video hope to see more.
What's the name of the tune at the begining? It's perfect for this video.
Nice drawknife. Excellent bowl, love the handles. The cuts with your gouge were smoov like buttah! What kind of stones were you using to sharpen the gouge?
Thanks. I use DMT dia-sharp stones and a ceramic slipstone usually, but sometimes natural Arkansas stones. Stropping after the finest stone. davidffisher.com/2016/07/28/whats-wrong-with-this-edge/
I have a question for you. I have been chipping away on a hickory root and it is green. It has started to crack in many places over the past couple of days. Is there anyway to prevent further cracking and save the bowl?
Great job: inspiring if I may say so. I will look into sharpening videos now to hone my working tools , for this is a basic I assume ;) Thanks for sharing... ;) ohyes, my very first UTUBE post ;)
A little more cross grain work would move you along a little faster.
soy de mexico y quisera saber la marca y donde se pueden comprar esas herramientas
Beautiful work!
it's easy to see, even from the untrained eye, that your skill with hand tools is extraordinary...your touch with the axe and the other tools is awesome to watch...I'm guessing it takes years to get the level of sophistication with you exhibit in this video.,none the less, it is worth watching and those of us who would emulate your skills, keep honing those skills until we become remarkable in our abilities and achieve something resembling what we see in this video....this is only possible if we, like you have an almost spiritual connection and affinity with the material and the process.
wonderful craftmanship but i agree with others; it would've been helpful to have a text bar (so you don't have to worry about a mic or adding in a voice over) at the bottom of the video explaining which tools you were using as you carved & a lil direction on how to use them. Really nice video & music tho.
Lovely video to watch.Top class worksmanship and your control over hand tools is simply amazing.Altough I would love to hear the sound of the hand tools while they are shaving the wood it's 10 over 10.Well done Sir..
Filmato molto bello, l'utilizzo di attrezzi manuali è sempre affascinante. Grazie per aver condiviso il filmato.
Great vid, loved the music and I subscribed, will prob come back with some questions when I have a go at this myself.thanks for sharing
I am making mine from a mason hammer and believe it's a good easy way to build one .This demo helps my planning
Seems to me your know more than I will experience thanks for helping for it's a fine showing of fine points that how better mouse traps are built.
Thanks
Awesome and inspiring. What brand of bowl adze do you use? I am a beginer at this and I am in the proccess of collecting my tools to get started
Very high quality work. Great education.
Chris
its so satisfying seeing someone use a sharp draw knife, you wouldnt believe how many dull draw knives there are on youtube.
David, A friend wanted to know if the first tune was an oldie. I said it wasn't but was of the style of the mid 70's. The banjo was an old tune.
At 7:25, the piano music? Who's the artist and the name of the song? If you don't mind my asking. Great work by the way!!!
Muy lindo odjeto (tiesto).
Diseño de odjeto ligado a la naturaleza, me suena conocido
Madera noble, sin resistencia a la herramienta, o muy poca.
Herramientas muy buenas, simples.
Acadado en aceite vegetal?
Felicidades.
Hi can you tell me the size of the 2nd hk gouge you use please David , and I can thank you enough for your fantastic vids
Very nice. I love the video showing the process. Now I want to tackle making one of these. My sister has some oak logs on her property I can grab.
Fantastic control of your tools, great wood selection fantastic workmanship. Really shows the years you have put into your trade
Thumbs up to you sir
That is true craftsmanship! Beautiful piece.
Can you make a full tutorial on carving a really cool bowl, step by step or something like that. If you can thanks.
Wow. Very impressive.
Sei davvero bravo, mi piacerebbe saper lavorare il legno come lo fai tu, a proposito , ma di che tipo di legno si tratta?
I would have messed up at so many stages in making that bowl. Awesome old school wood working skills man! :)
Amazing craftsmanship! Thank you for sharing this with us!
I learned a lot!
One of the best footages out there!!!
Wow, Amazing I have never seen anybody treat wood with such respect, its beautiful.
Well, expense is relative. I know the good ones seem like a lot of money, but if it something that you will use regularly to bring a little joy and satisfaction to life, then it's worth it. Unlike electronics and other gadgets that surround us, tools like these will outlive us and go on to be used by some other fortunate soul(s) long after we're gone -- maybe our grandchildren. Most folks pay enough for cable or satelite TV in a month or two to buy a very good adze. Choices.
I love that you used the properties of an ellipse to draw the opening of your bowl. Math in action!
Interesting video. How long did you have to let that bowl dry before you did the finish work on it?
That was great to watch. Can I ask why you carve from the outer side of the wood? It seems counter-intuitive as there is already a natural curve to the wood.
Yes, no problems, once you understand how wood moves as it dries. For most of human history wood was worked as much as possible while it was green. There are many advantages. For more on green woodworking, I would suggest getting Drew Langsner's book on the subject and check out greenwoodworking (.com) as well as other sites listed on my links page on my website.
Hi no I have that it's the flatter one for finishing I'm interested in I have that 1 thanks
Goodness it's nice watching you slow carve with that gouge, looks like you're cutting butter!
Well done. I think your skills are so good you don't have to draw bowls model. Just trust your hand and eye.
Thanks. The only drawing is the top and bottom outline. The rest is by eye, which is very effective it you learn to trust your eye.
just beautiful
Working on my third bowl now and I keep referring back to David Fisher videos for inspiration and technical guidance. Thank you David... Yo da man!
Very happy to hear you're making bowls Bill! Happy carving!
omg good video but i found myself getting impatient as if i were carving it hahaha I cant even finish the video so this tells me I will never do this lol
you sir, are ridiculously AMAZING! absolutely love your craftsmanship.
Until the wood is thin enough to move a little as it dries, you'll need to keep it in a plastic bag between carving sessions. Also, if there were already checks in the endgrain before carving, they will tend to continue inward as the wood dries. You need to cut off the ends of a log to get past any checks that have already started before you begin carving. And sometimes, the wood is just under a lot of stress and there's not much you can do -- makes you appreciate the times things work out.
another great video, good that you showed the whole process too with a serious command of the tools, superb looking bowl.
10 out of 10!! Lovely bowl and a new technique in bowl making for me to try! Well done
Food wishes theme and for whatever reason i can only think of cabelas buck hunter
Try amazon.com. They have them as low as $19, but they also have the Pfeil brand.
I am condering the possiblities of offering some classes in the summer. Not sure yet, but you can check the website from time to time for updates.
I can't remember the name, but all of the music pieces are just from the standard stuff available through the imovie program.
that is skill... I always admire craftsmen that use hand tools on majority of their works...
This was an great video. My wife bought me an a hand ax, much like yours and of the best quality, and a bowl adz much like yours and again of the best quality. Now I am really ready to give them a try! I need to build a horse like yours, it is the first I have seen of it's kind. Thanks again for a great video! Your CRAFTSMANSHIP is first rate! "Ten Nails"
+Michael Norris Great to hear that, Michael. Good luck with the new tools. Your grandchildren will be able to use them as well. Don't let the lack of a horse stop you from getting started. A horse is nice to have, but you can carve bowls without one.
Beautiful bowl∑(ﾟДﾟ)
Depending on the weather, species, etc., it can be just a few days until the wood is dry enough to leave a good surface when carved. Sometimes, I don't get to it for much longer, which just means the wood might be a little harder to carve.
Thanks James. I've found lots of great tools at auctions and antique shops, but, unfortunately, I've never found a great bowl adze at such a place. See my other reply to you for more thoughts on that. Good luck with the search. An adze is a great tool.
It varies depending on the design of the bowl, the wood type, weather conditions, etc. I don't remember exactly, but there was probably a couple weeks between the initial shaping and the final work with the surface cuts.
What kind of bench were you using the drawknife on. Thx in advance!
I can only dream of being this good. A perfectionist at work.
How big is the adze you are using?
do you always use the "1 year per 1" of thickness" drying axiom for your dry time between rough work and finishing carving?
No, a bowl is different from boards, because there is so much end grain exposed. The whole piece can dry much more evenly and more quickly than a board. Depending on the piece, it has reached equilibrium moisture content within a couple weeks. Here's a blog post I wrote with more detailed information on that topic: davidffisher.com/2015/04/03/oh-its-drying-time-again/
@@davidfisher9179 ah thank you so much- I’ve noticed that when roughing blanks for tool handles on the lathe, the weight changes quite quickly and noticeably. I’ve been looking to take my hand carving up in scale and trying to collect some info for the inter webs. Huge fan of your work! Thanks.
Thank you. Hopefully they will understand the satisfaction of creating something lasting with one's hands. Best wishes in your noble pursuit. Glad I may be a small part of it.
Thank you for sharing, enjoyed your work very much, I think we are due for a new release, excuse our greadiness but good videos like this don't come very often on RUclips! Keep it up Sir.
That's what you call a Master Craftsman...very nice!
thank you for sharing such an amazing talent and beautiful bowl.
Holy shit! That chisel probably much sharper than mine are :O
Interesting. The gouge has a bevel on the inside of the curve. I would have thought it would be on the outside.
Must have been a bit of odd reflection or something. Your instinct is correct: the gouge is indeed an out-cannel gouge with the bevel on the outside (convex side). The inside may have a small microbebel, but that's all.
I thought I'd discovered a secret that would make me a great bowl carver like you. No such luck. Thanks David!
Really hope you see this. But what gouge are you using after it’s dry. Around 8 mins into the video? Been loooking for something like that.
That was a Hans Karlsson 150-45 Bent Gouge www.klensmide.se/bent-gouges
DFbowlcarver thank you!!!!
Beautiful work, the end result definitely warrants the time and effort you put into it.
It's a program that comes with Apple computers, or can be purchased (I think). I don't know much about computers.
Thanks. See the "Horse of a Different Sort" page at my website davidffisher (.com)
with that sweep of the adze,are you not limited in shape and size of bowl interior?
Sure, at some point. For smaller bowls with a tighter radius or a steeper slope, an adze with a tighter sweep and more curved head may be called for to do the trick. Or a gouge and mallet.
where could I find the curved handle gouge? I love your work
I forget the name of the selection. It is something from the available tunes on imovie.
Wow, that was incredibly beautiful. You were recommended by danielle_rose_byrd and your video did not fail to amaze! Do you utilize more than one draw knife, or is the difference between significant stock removal and fine detail work just a matter of touch and experience?
Thanks. I admire Danielle's work very much. You're correct in thinking that the same drawknife is used for heavy stock removal and for fine shavings; it's really just a matter of slight wrist adjustment to change the angle of the cutting edge while you're working. Very intuitive. Still, I sometimes use more than one drawnife, not worrying about small nicks and such on one as much, and keeping the other more perfect for the final cuts.
beautiful!! Is your carving axe single or double beveled?
Can you tell me the name of the songs you played on this video?
Thanks
truly amazing,you are a very talented fella,so envious cheers malc
what tool is it called that you used to create the dip?