1. This music felt very chaotic 2. In my readings, basswood isn't very dense and it's a soft wood. Putting hot liquids in it can absorb into the wood. One guy even had the hot tea push out the almond oil he used to treat it with. Go with more traditional woods like Birch or Birch Burls(if you can get any).
Interesting idea about the basswood 🤔. Birch wood is widely used for making furniture, and is stronger and more durable than Pine or Oak. However, one of the best wood for beginners, it's basswood cause birch is not the easiest wood to whittle.
Im definitely going to have one of those gouges in my carving kit soon. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video and sharing it with us. I love working with wood from building stuff to carving etc. Thanks again and have a blessed week . Dale
@@BeaverCraftTools Thanks. I am enjoying it. I'm almost mid-way though a pecan kuksa. I can't wait to get it finished so I can enjoy a cup of coffee in it.
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You need to find softwood, so it will be easier to start your first woodcarving project. And we use basswood cos it's softwood and it's the best choice for beginner woodcarver
Would it be possible to substitute the gouge with a hook instead? Or is there specific uses the gouge fulfills that a hook can't achieve, I'm trying to work on a budget to try this out as a new hobby and don't have a lot of money to play around with.
Thanks for your question. A hook knife for cutting spoons is made specifically to cut out spoons, bowls, Kuksa or a rounded edge to add some detail to your whittling project. As for the gouge, it's designed for cutting deep recesses and for hollowing out bowls and spoons. The woodcarving tool is particularly useful for cutting ornamentation, radials, and rounded surfaces.
@@BeaverCraftTools Thanks for the response! I ordered one of your wood gouges earlier today to finish my tool array for carving. Should be getting it in the next day or two.
Good afternoon, my carving tools had arrived just this morning, may I know where can I order the wood for Kuksa carving? Thank you so much for your response 😊
Unfortunately, we don't sell wood for kuksa. In our videos we use basswood cos it's softwood, so it's the best wood for beginners. You can try to find wood in your local store. As for the size, our wood blank has the following dimensions: ruclips.net/user/postUgxNxLesNEuARVhkXId4AaABCQ ruclips.net/user/postUgy8B8btr7jBzItE77F4AaABCQ ruclips.net/user/postUgxTXQZ80j53lBZvJFJ4AaABCQ
It’s probably been asked before but can I ask what wood this is. I’ve just started carving and have carved two Kuksa (one failed and cracked) I’ve been using Ash but it’s very difficult to carve. Thanks, Ant 👍
You might want to carve green as it is much easier. Birch is traditional using a quarter section. Rough it out, to include the cup interior. Keep the thickness of the cup walls consistent and not too thick -- learning from my mistakes too. Set it aside for a couple of weeks to very slowly dry to minimize splitting. Then go back and do final details and smoothing as the wood will be dryer and more difficult to carve. Or, you can just use basswood or linden as it is typically without defects and one of the best for carving. Best of luck!
Basswood is good for carving; it's a soft wood that's easy to cut. If it's treated with oil properly, it can be used, but most often, for high-quality kuksa cups, more beautiful wood types are used. For example, craftsmen make their kuksa cups from burls, which are growths on trees with very beautiful textures. Or they simply use attractive wood types like walnut.
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Great Design and good demonstartion on the techniques... But please: Next time, go a little more easy on my ears! I had to watch this on mute, as the use of multiple background-tracks almost gave me ear-cancer.
1. This music felt very chaotic
2. In my readings, basswood isn't very dense and it's a soft wood. Putting hot liquids in it can absorb into the wood. One guy even had the hot tea push out the almond oil he used to treat it with. Go with more traditional woods like Birch or Birch Burls(if you can get any).
Interesting idea about the basswood 🤔. Birch wood is widely used for making furniture, and is stronger and more durable than Pine or Oak. However, one of the best wood for beginners, it's basswood cause birch is not the easiest wood to whittle.
Beautiful awesome work on the Kuksa it is inspiring me to make another one.
Great video. I really like the cup design. Thanks
Thank you, BeaverCraft:)
Keep up the good work
Gosh you all make that look so easy!
Very nice carving
Nice work!
they make these REALLY cool things called saws and routers now days. check them out lol
Relaxing, mind diverting, Dr. Requested, bird carving. Would be very interested in trying this out. Thank you.
I purchased a spoon carving kit waiting for it to arrive, the reviews say their excellent.
Wow! It's great! Wish you enjoyable spoon carving!
So pretty 😍
Im definitely going to have one of those gouges in my carving kit soon. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video and sharing it with us. I love working with wood from building stuff to carving etc. Thanks again and have a blessed week .
Dale
It is a really great gouge! I use mine for quickly roughing out spoon bowls, makes short work of it for sure.
Heartland Outdoor Living Hi there, ı want it too. Which tools did you buy?
Great and beautiful job! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! 😊
Good video, learned some technique! Did not like the music. I had to watch in silence.
I think he accidentally put two songs on at the same time
Just got my G7L/22 in the mail yesterday. Cuts very well. About to give it a good test this afternoon on a piece of pecan and a piece of pine.
Glad that you get it 😁. Hope you'll enjoy it 😁
@@BeaverCraftTools Thanks. I am enjoying it. I'm almost mid-way though a pecan kuksa. I can't wait to get it finished so I can enjoy a cup of coffee in it.
I just bought the tools I need and your wood billet. I will try to make it. Thanks.
Have fun!
Music went mental
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Would it be possible to use a mora spoon knife instead of a curved gouge for this?
We use only knives that we manufacture. BeaverCraft is a company that manufactures woodcarving tools. Hope you enjoyed the video
Did you use a band saw to get the original shape of the wood to start? Or did you buy the block in that shape?
You can find ready wooden blocks for almost any project with us.
beavercrafttools.com/collections/wooden-blanks-by-beavercraft
BeaverCraft, what type of finish should I use for things like spoons or cups so that I can use them for eating and washing
Thank you for your question. Food safe are only natural oils as linseed, coconut or sunflower oil.
Spoon butter (beeswax, and grape seed oil)
You can also use Food Safe Mineral Oil.
Relaxing video. What tipe of wood you recomend to use? In my home town have dificulti to get diferent cain of wood.
I'm pretty sure they use basswood for most of their carvings
I don't think we have that type of wood around my home town,
Thank for your comment
you're absolutely right 😁
You need to find softwood, so it will be easier to start your first woodcarving project. And we use basswood cos it's softwood and it's the best choice for beginner woodcarver
Would it be possible to substitute the gouge with a hook instead? Or is there specific uses the gouge fulfills that a hook can't achieve, I'm trying to work on a budget to try this out as a new hobby and don't have a lot of money to play around with.
Thanks for your question. A hook knife for cutting spoons is made specifically to cut out spoons, bowls, Kuksa or a rounded edge to add some detail to your whittling project. As for the gouge, it's designed for cutting deep recesses and for hollowing out bowls and spoons. The woodcarving tool is particularly useful for cutting ornamentation, radials, and rounded surfaces.
@@BeaverCraftTools Thanks for the response! I ordered one of your wood gouges earlier today to finish my tool array for carving. Should be getting it in the next day or two.
@@CertifiedSunset Wow! Wish you enjoyable woodcarving!
Good afternoon, my carving tools had arrived just this morning, may I know where can I order the wood for Kuksa carving? Thank you so much for your response 😊
Unfortunately, we don't sell wood for kuksa. In our videos we use basswood cos it's softwood, so it's the best wood for beginners. You can try to find wood in your local store. As for the size, our wood blank has the following dimensions:
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BeaverCraft Thank you so much for your quick reply. I’ll try to find,
@@unitytira4954 I've been wondering the same thing! I'm going to trying googling wood for kuksa. Someone has to have recognized the need.
@@grayhatjen5924 thank you so much for your response and identifying with my situation/need it’s a great encouragement to do carving 😊
is this blue safety tape any different from regular vet wrap or the tape used in dr offices after one gets blood drawn?
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It’s the same tape. In hospitals and such it’s called coban or coband
It’s probably been asked before but can I ask what wood this is. I’ve just started carving and have carved two Kuksa (one failed and cracked) I’ve been using Ash but it’s very difficult to carve. Thanks, Ant 👍
I am not sure what wood is used here. Birch is traditionally used.
John816v thank you John for your reply
You might want to carve green as it is much easier. Birch is traditional using a quarter section. Rough it out, to include the cup interior. Keep the thickness of the cup walls consistent and not too thick -- learning from my mistakes too. Set it aside for a couple of weeks to very slowly dry to minimize splitting. Then go back and do final details and smoothing as the wood will be dryer and more difficult to carve. Or, you can just use basswood or linden as it is typically without defects and one of the best for carving. Best of luck!
BeaverCraft I Easy Wood Carving for Beginners ahh thank you I shall see if I can get hold of some 👍
highdesert50 Thank you Highdesert for your in-depth break down there, great advice mate thanks.
Can i burn out the bowl to start if i Dont have gouge chisel tools
It's better to use a whittling knife instead of burning out the bowl
I'd have hit the like button if there weren't so many commercials.
Does basswood make for good kuksa?
Basswood is good for carving; it's a soft wood that's easy to cut. If it's treated with oil properly, it can be used, but most often, for high-quality kuksa cups, more beautiful wood types are used. For example, craftsmen make their kuksa cups from burls, which are growths on trees with very beautiful textures. Or they simply use attractive wood types like walnut.
What wood are you using is it Basswood?
yes, we use basswood, right :)
Awesome video, but why does the music go off the rails around the 5:00 mark??
I'm sorry, perhaps it's our mistake.
What is the green graph board called and where can I order one?
It's just a background panel. Unfortunately we don't sell it
Any craft store will have them.
where can i buy the tape from? please
It's a blue safety tape. Unfortunately, we don't sell it but you can find it on the Internet.
@shenlun any farm store and some walmarts it's called vet wrap
what size wood block was used?
Total length - 135 mm (5.31 inches)
Blank thickness - 54 mm (2.12 inches)
Blank width - 77 mm (3.03 inches)
What type of wood was this and was it green?
It's basswood
Is basswood hard enough to use for food use/ drinking use?
So you cut out general shape first with band saw then carve from there....
You're right. The kuksa blank was cut with a band saw and after that, we use hand tools to carve a kuksa
I will have a guess, kuksa blank cut out on band saw, and looking at the ease of carving, guess again, Bass wood ?
You're right, Leslie. It's basswood. And yes, the kuksa blank was cut out on band saw
And the winner for for playing more songs at once thAn any other video goes to....
LoL, kidding, great upload
what types of wood should I use?
It's better to use basswood for carving spoons.
@@BeaverCraftTools Thank you. What types of oil should one use for the finish if any?
I use linseed oil.
@@wulfocrow5549 thank you.
@Rostam I use butcher block oil on my spoons which is mineral oil, holds up well and is usually easy to find
exelent. but the music is very annoyng
Did I miss part 1? Is step 1 of the Kuksa carving tutorial to start with a Kuksa shaped object? Lol
No, you don't miss anything. We just take a template for the kuksa.
@beavercraft what size block do you start with? Where do you source your blanks from?
It’s reassuring that he has so many cuts on his fingers
What's with the two different songs at the same time? Hard to listen to.
It's just one composition. Nevertheless, we'll take that into account
why such scary music? I feel like i should be watching the guy murder someone not carve a cup!
😂 we'll take into account to choose another music in future.
No - no music please! It is jarring, intrusive and unneccesary.
Это липа ?
да
You say @.4" and 4.7" on the spoon.What is 4" and .7"? Please not metric.Andrew
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Andrew, if you _do_ want metric simply multiply 4.7" x 2.5 - there are 25 millimetres in an inch.
See the scars on,left hand? Okay bye
Oof, having two different songs going at the same time round the 6 minute mark is definitely not helping.
Great Design and good demonstartion on the techniques...
But please:
Next time, go a little more easy on my ears! I had to watch this on mute, as the use of multiple background-tracks almost gave me ear-cancer.
We listen; the opinion of our audience is important to us. Sorry.
Bloody jangling in the background. Not watchable.