5 Ways to Whittle Faster - Whittling and Wood Carving Tips and Tricks for Beginners
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- If you are new to whittling and wood carving, you may feel like the entire process is slow and you are becoming impatient.
In this video you will learn some quick and handy tips and tricks to help speed up the carving process and make you a better carver!
00:18 - Use thinner knives
01:27 - Take advantage of the wood grain
02:28 - Smart planning
04:31 - Use pre cut wood blanks and roughouts
05:38 - Other wood carving tools
08:49 - Bonus tip!
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I think the tip of planning your drawings so you are cutting mostly the corners will be very helpful. I have been finding that the hardest parts for me are when i am struggling to cut a bigger portion out and the flat parts are extremely tough to get through.
Stop cuts hel with that a lot! Do a stop cut to set your depth and then do and angled cut gradually getting deeper until it reaches the bottom of your stop cut. That will help you remove larger portions without having to cut level across the flat surface do the 2 steps to the right, and then same steps to the left...then you'll have a deeper flat surface without level cuts. Something I found out while carving a couple months ago. Give it a shit. Helped me a lot!
I was just talking to someone yesterday who was talking about trying their hand a woodworking. I mentioned that I randomly decided to start whittling a couple of months ago and how RUclips has a ton of great tutorials (you and Doug Linker were two of the first ones I thought of). This will be perfect to share with her!
Thanks! Im flattered you think I'm up there with Doug, he is an amazing skilled carver!
@@CarvingisFun that he is but you are pretty good too but we can learn from each other too your never too old to learn it’s if you remember things lol I’m 46 look like I’m more 30 I’m always forgetting things I can’t find my buck pocket knife I love it so much I bought another but know I has two incase I loose one I do has shrade Barlow and rough rider Barlow and I’m getting two more by imperial ones a Barlow I love Barlow knives but rough rider Barlow is too thick blade stock so I thinned blade now it’s perfect 👍🐾🦊🇬🇧🇮🇹
I'm glad these videos exist, and I'll likely binge them over these next few days. I inherited all of my grandfather's woodcarving tools and want to make use of them but I had no idea where to start.
I have been gifted 3 basic carving tools from the year 1945 it is been made. Going to make a nice leather tool holder for these gems now I know how to use it😊.
Dang, the ease of each stroke, jealous. clearly I need some sharp knives, orrr maybe use something other than a couple of old pocket knives lol. Informative video, nice work!
You’re so encouraging thanks 👍🏽🙋🏻♀️
Absolutely awesome! Thank you!
You're welcome!
I really appreciate how carefully you explain things.
So easy to understand and follow.
Thank you!
Nice, took me a long time to learn those tricks. The thinner knife is one of the best things you can help with and OCC is making an inexpensive one. Thank well done
Thanks for the carving basic, I just getting into wood carving, I look forward to your other videos
Your welcome! Glad you found the video helpful.
Thank you, that was some great information for a person like me who has been carving for a couple of months
Glad you found it helpful!!
Great video, thanks.
Thanks for all the great tips.
In Boy Scouts and bushcraft skills, they have a thing call a try stick.
A stick that you whittle with all the different notches and cuts to practice and learn from.
Maybe this is done or could be done for practice and learning in woodcraft knife carving / chisel sculptures all cuts put on a big board. Call it a try board rather than a try stick.
Having a board like this to copy for practice wood carving and wood sculpting would be awesome or even just a video of a board to copy and start practicing making the different types of cuts.
The board in the video could have each of the names of the cuts, and possibly with the tool number that made the cut listed next to the cut would be awesome.
A reference of carving and sculpting cuts with name and tool used would speed up the learning and knowledge process.
I guess someone already has put this in a book, and I am going to check.
I may already have a book like this, but I have not finished reading them all and most my learning so far has been online, mostly just on RUclips.
Having all the cuts in one place in a row to compare to each other and then practicing in a row on my own boards seems like a fun way to practice. Knowing the cuts and tools needed to finish a project helps you when you may not know the right cuts available to complete the easiest, safest, and more ettecient way.
The same board is done with rope displaying knots. A knot board has a bunch of different types of knots tied from rope cut out and individually nailed on a board for examples to learn from.
Then, someone can look at a knot, learn name, and try to tie it with a rope to practice.
I would like to make a sculpture one day mounted on a chip carving board with every chip wood carving and chisel cut example and the sculpture rising up with every carving and chisel cut example with a few try sticks with all the notch and cut examples.
With all the cut examples having their individual names displayed on it. Maybe extra large sculpture so it is easy to see the details and differences in the cuts.
The sculpture could and / or would use different types of wood examples incorporated in the sculpture.
The pieces all carved separately then essembald together so its easy to carve and move.
This idea is for anyone who has a interest to make it.
Thanks for the tips,whether I need to remove lots of wood or small amounts of wood,its always helpful to have advice from someone that knows thier subject. You obviously know yours,I'm listening to what you suggest and I'm feeling safe and more confident everytime I do another of the same carving,I will get better, maybe if I click my heels together it might work,eh🏴😂🏴🧙♂️
Your welcome!!
I'm glad you are finding these videos helpful. Keep it up and have fun!
I just got my whittling set as thought it would be a really good hobby to learn however I have noticed I don’t have a clue what I am doing! If there is any tips that you have that could help me I would be much appreciated thanks very much and I find your videos very interesting and fun to watch so keep it up man!
Howdy!
I'm slowly making videos on various tips and tricks, but for a quick jumpstart check out my website for a quick resource for beginners.
carvingisfun.com/Whittling/
nice review! 👍
Thanks!
Great Video and excellent edit!
I'm out here whittling Mushrooms with my Victorinox.
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Mushrooms are one of those things that just facilitates me! I always stop and look at any interesting shaped fungus and appreciate how they are formed.
Great information!
Thanks!!
Great information and video. I'm shopping for a helvie knife and most of the online stores are out of stock. Do you know where can I get one and also for the woods. Thank you.
Contact helvie directly via email to be placed on their wait list. You wont be able to buy one off the shelf on any website unless you want to pay 3 or 4 times the price on ebay.
For wood. I have been hearing good things about heineckewood.com/
You can also precut on a band saw if one is available, I do that a lot, good video keep up the good work.
Thanks!
I have actually been considering buying one myself, but currently have nowhere to put it.
@@CarvingisFun I have bench top band saw. I store under my bench, when needed pull it out set on top, cut what I need, put back under the bench. Doesn't take up much space and it plugs into a regular wall outlet. Just a thought.😀
Nice!! May I ask what make and model?
@@CarvingisFun it's a 9 inch Ryobi, blades come in a 3 pack for different kinds of cuts, fine, medium and course, comes with a blade on it.
@@CarvingisFun 9 inch is the width of cut, I think it will cut 3 Inches thick.
I was thinking "why the extra tape around the thumb?"
After roughly 20-30 mins of carving with a regular leatherman (i work with what i have on me most of the time) i had a open blister that covered a big part of my left thumb. Silly me, i'll be more careful next time.
Yep, thats the primary reason why I do it too :)
may i ask where did you get the wood? basswood, right? some basswoods i bought from store are very hard to cut… i made sure to keep my knives sharpened but it’s incredibly frustrating to cut hardwood when it’s supposed to be softwood
I actually do searches on ebay and amazon for air dried basswood as it is much softer than the kiln dried stuff you get at most places.
My best success are on ebay, just search for "air dried basswood" and make sure the "include description" checkbox is selected.
Also, treeline usa has some wonderful basswood that is a joy to carve as well, just look for their practice blocks.
Confusingly whether a wood is hardwood or softwood depends on the species of tree it came from, not how hard or soft it is.
@@raccoontrashpanda1467 Balsa is a hardwood. Just think about that for a second.
hey this may sound stupid but how do you sand your carvings? like what grit paper do you use, or do you use burrs? do you go in one direction or both? across the woodgrain or diagonal? how do you do the corners? i can’t seem to get mine smooth no matter what i do. thanks
I use multiple grits starting from 150 and workinf my way up to 350 or so.
To get into the corners I just fold the sandpaper into a triangle and get into the crevasses thst way.
I usually sand with the wood grain qhen possible, but once you work your way to a finer grit the "sanding imperfections" become less noticeable
@@CarvingisFun thankyou
How does a person as I with arthritis hold the knife cutting. I have much less strength than most.
I love whittling and am very creative with an art degree and enjoy whittling. Please give me some ideas to help me out. I love Doug Linker as a teacher , so do my 🐶.
While I dont have continuous pains in my carving hand, If I hold an uncomfortable knife or carve for too long my hand starts to hurt and loose hand strength.
This is one of the reasons why I primarily do simplistic carvings as my hand cant handle tons of detail work.
If I do detail work, that is done over the course of several days.
There are two things I do to combat this,1) larger comfortable handles and 2) palm tools.
The larger handles allow me to comfortably hold the knife without having to close my hand too much. My favorite handles are helvies birdtail handle and most oval handles seen on sloyd knives (flexcut sloyd handles are my favorite)
Palm tools allow me to apply most of the force of carving into the palm of my hands instead of having to primarily use the strength of my fingers to hold and control the tool. Using palm tools for roughing out the carving and for small details helps prolong my carving time.
If it helps I’ve found taking little breaks to stretch my hands helps, so does making sure knife is very sharp and lastly I got compression gloves online which seem to help don’t ask how or why I am not a scientist I just have bad hands
Janice: one thing that has worked for others with similar issues is to wrap the handles with a product generically known as a cohesive bandage. Commonly found in pet stores, tack shops (horse supplies) or on Amazon under the name "Vet Wrap" it sticks to itself without adhesive. Wrap the handles of your knives and other tools and it provides a soft, cushony surface that is easier to hang onto. Might be worth a try. (A 4" roll is less than $3.00 here in Virginia)
Is it me or his voice really calming?
Just me?
ok….
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Good tips. But I whittle to relax. Not in a hurry, that's dangerous! 😁
Anita, I feel like I see you on every carving video I watch. I just wanted to say hi, and thanks for your contribution to the carving community 😊 It feels like a giant family lol
@@videoking2468 thanks! 😊
I do too! But I know lots of people start getting discouraged when they start and see very little progress.
@@CarvingisFun that's the name of the game! Slowwwww! 😁
Really good video. Thank you for the tips!! That really helped me out.
I'm trying to carve the comfort bird from beavercraft and I'm having issues with removing wood smoothly, I have to push very hard for veery little removal, my knife is sharp and I'm going with the grain, does anyone have any tips?
Im actually going to be making a video on this one, but I can tell ya that the wood is slightly harder than what I typically use on my channel.
My suggestion, take it slow and dont force large cuts. The knife that comes with the kit has a curved blade, which promotes sclicing. When you make a slicing motion rather than a straight push cut, it cuts through the wood a little easier and can allow you to remove large sections of wood quickly.
I like that tip that has to do with the bird.
Thanks! A little pre planning and change of perspective can go a long way to saving you time and making the carving process easier.
Do you show how to sharpen your knife? I have a old timer pocket knife
I have a couple videos showing how to sharpen knives on the channel
what type of wood do you use?
I like to use basswood for my carvings. The equivalent if you are outside the US is linden wood or lime wood.
Hello Can anyone tell me what's the name of that colorful knife!!!!
-and what is blue material in it
Howdy! That is my carving knife made by Helvie Knives. I believe they are using laminated wood as the handle material, which is really colorful.
Please tell me what wood you're using here. I gotta know
I'm using basswood, specifically air dried basswood.
@@CarvingisFun thanks man
I only have flexicut
Flexcut is a good option and will be all you really need :)
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April, 2024: Helvie is not making knives right now due to major illness. If you have one of his knives, feel lucky. If you believe in prayer (to any deity) pray for him and his family.
Ya, I feel for Holli. There is a link in the community section of my RUclips channel for anyone who wishes to donate to their cause!
Faster whittling is not the same as faster carving. Whittling is knive only. Carving is knive and other tools. Not that I'm a purist. But there is a difference. 😁
Very true! Still. It doesnt hurt to have some other tools on hand every now and then :)
@@CarvingisFun I do too!
Like your videos but man I cringe every time I see you have your blades touch. When two keen edges of hard steel are allowed to touch, even slightly, many many tons of pressure per square inch are exerted - this is because the point where they meet is so very microscopic. I made a knife tray so I can safely lay my knives side by side.
Trust me, I do the same when I review my videos. Gotta get a better system over here.
Nowadays it seems that thinner is better even with people. Har! G-G