I did my first wood carving back in 1970, using the first version of the Arbortech tool/disc on an angle grinder. Still got it and the sharpening stone (pencil shape). Some great tools out there for power carving.
For angle grinder free form wood carving, i would always start with Black and Decker, reason being the three-point handle screw-in points. The handle screw-in point behind its gearbox is great for controlling any kickback for some attachments
The angle grinder with its turbo carver , I should say that need special skill , so for the beginners you better use the scrap wood and make your skill to be built first , angle grinder is very powerful and shapes the wood easily but at the same time making mistake is going deep and misshapen the required structure. But many thanks regarding making holes , that helps a lot .
Just a little reminder: always use two hands firmly onto the grinder. Because all it takes is one kick back and that disc will leave you injured quickly. Nice job on the bowl.
You and your girl look like lovely people please stay that way and seriously MASK UP lost a dear friend of mine through lung cancer caused by mdf particulates ,stay safe God bless Jeff Sherwin
Beautiful gonna start power carving myself I've got one the think it's a knock off of the cutsall wheel gonna try with that. Can I ask what thickness the stock was to start. The wood looks like sycamore. Did y find out? 🏴👍✌️
@@SpencleyDesignCo Well I'm certainly no expert! 😅 Maybe you could take it to a hardwood dealer and they could identify it for you. Either way, it's beautiful!
Try Bauer brand shapers for angle grinder..... Seriously Lovable. When clogged from hour of shaping, cleanup is just soaking in Oven Cleaner & water for maybe 4 hours and rinse.
Bauer clones of Arbortech have vibration issues, but those are cheap, real cheap. Bauer Doesn't allow much feel-space for beginners. I personally have three different gouging planers, arbortech, bauer, and some chinese no name thing for 4" Angle grinder. I love the first two. I don't have a 4" angle grinder 😎 Just four 4" angle grinders, i use three of them all the time. The fourth is waiting for a new pair of brushes.😮
Looks like cottonwood to me aka black poplar in some places. I work with it for carving, wood sculpture and walking sticks. It's lightest of the hardwoods but not the strongest and sands poorly.
I'm not pretty sure about the cottonwood idea. Cottonwood is usually white and it has grayish dark grayish patterns in it and it's kind of. I don't know the most unpreferred wood to build things from in my area anyway or my knowledge. We have a lot of cottonwood that grows around my area and I don't really see it but good guess it's got a reddish hue to it looks more like cherry. The colors on the bottom of the bowl would be from the outer layers of the tree and the reddish would be more from the inside the core
Do you need to use the board oil before using the conditioner or can you use the conditioner on its own as you did in this video...which by the way the bowl if gorgeous...I've been power carving the last several years and learn new things each time I do one. Aloha!!
“Nobody does this” Probably because a CNC router will handle this tray in about 10 minutes with a half inch clearing tool and a bowl bit. You could just take a flap disc to it if you wanted a hand carved look.
I think you're working with cherry on the inside of the bowl. You have a reddish colored wood that has the same color as Cherry as it should and on the outside is not the core. So you have a different looking wood on the bottom of the bowl just the way the log was cut. It also has the color of mahogany but I doubt that and it's a lot softer to work with than Cherry would be, but I think Cherry absolutely. By the way, I dig your product
I have been looking for a video that I think was made by you two . It involved a special carving disc that made a cool texture in the wood, as if it looked like it had been scooped over and over again. Does that make sense? If that was you, can you please direct me to the video? I want to buy the carving disk that you guys used.thank you so much! Great video!
The “flap discs” those suckers are expensive..! Save your scraps you can make your own pretty easy. Especially if you save the same disc worn down. On many you can use some really good glue and stick your scrap sheets in between . Depending on your scraps you might It h A Be to glue a thin piece of something like card stock to the back of the sand paper to make it a little more thick. Buying a steal at like harbor freight for a belt sander that belt is super durable and many times super cheap. You can cut those to make Your own also. I get a pack of sand lapsed for my circular orbital palm, sander and because they have the velcro on the back I get full sheets of sandpaper that are usually about 1/4 the price and just some Elmer’s or wood glue from the shop and place the circles on the paper and glue them down and cut them out when their dry.. I don’t k lie about you guys but it’s just me in my shop. I have to find ways like that. God bless and be safe out there
If it were me I would measure the height of the bowl and then figure out what depth from there you want to go from. Then measure your drill bit from the tip on how deep you want to go and put some tape on it as a guide for when to stop.
To take your overall thickness of the material you're working with, decide the thickness of the finished bowl that you desire. Then the tape on their drill bit was a gauge for how deep to push the drill bit. So each hole is the same. It's really your preference and the type of material you're using to how thick or thin you would want it and also what it will be used for
00:21 min "I kept the shape very organic to mimic the live edge." is a weird way to say "I screwed up during cutting and sanding, so I'll make it look intentional 😂
There is a simply reason why no wood-worker is doing this: These things are dangerous beyond believe! Many woodworkers have tried them out and most come to the same conclusion - it is not worth risking your live for being just a few seconds faster. And many of those woodworkers got to that conclusion by coming back out from hospital after their fingers or arm was sliced open, or as in still hundreds of cases the grinder climbed up their entire torso (while ripping it open). You know which part of a normal chainsaw is deemed the most dangerous and even chainsaw-sculptors will warn you against using? The tip of the blade. And these grinder-disks are nothing but that.
I was going to do this to carve a bowl, but I don’t think I am after numerous posts like yours talking about the dangers of doing this. What do you suggest instead? What’s a safe alternative?
@@griffew81 There are many dedicated tools for this. Still dangerous but not nearly as much is these chainsawdisks would be the bladed disks: They are kinda like rotating planes (the edges are on the flat side of the disk so no risk of it starting to climb on your body) And i personally would stick with the simple grinding disks: Metal disk with metal spikes on the flat side. They still remove the wood really fast.
yeah, cherry would be my guess. The heartwood color, the sapwood color, the grain characteristics (of what we can see) of the heart, all looks like Cherry. But we don't get a great look at the wood.
Man that turned out awesome guys, nicely done really like the design too, it favors ambrosia maple some, the color really has a lot of character like maple 🤷♂️
I agree - it looks like sycamore, but they would be wearing a respirator if it was. Sycamore is highly irritant to the lungs and esophagus. So my next guess is Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
I know this video is years old, but if you don't know what species of wood it is, don't use it for food. Some wood is inherently poisonous and can kill you.
Maple has a much more creamy color and depending on what Maple the grains different, there's so many types of maple. Very beautiful wood bird's eye curly Maple beautiful but that is definitely not Maple 🍁
Not criticizing here. The project turned out great!! Anyone can have the beast tools but at the base is talent and vision. May want to consider breathing protection. Not doing has now kicked my butt. Be safe and keep knocking out great projects!
How are you going to get the rounded sides with the flush cut bit in a router? You would have to constantly be setting your depth over and over and you would have so many lines to sand out. You might go insane setting your depths that's why I wouldn't use a router for it now if it had a 90° angles on the edges of the sides of the bowl. Yep, I agree
Do you know how to change brushes on angles grinders? I didn't used to. Now I do. After destroying two angle grinders during the procedure 😂 Can you gouge an angle grinder with a piece of carbon? Ofcourse you can. Do you want to? You probably do😂🎉
If you look at the inside of the bowl it doesn't have the colors cedar would have and I think they would have known right away because of the smell if it was cedar
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I did my first wood carving back in 1970, using the first version of the Arbortech tool/disc on an angle grinder. Still got it and the sharpening stone (pencil shape). Some great tools out there for power carving.
For angle grinder free form wood carving, i would always start with Black and Decker, reason being the three-point handle screw-in points. The handle screw-in point behind its gearbox is great for controlling any kickback for some attachments
The angle grinder with its turbo carver , I should say that need special skill , so for the beginners you better use the scrap wood and make your skill to be built first , angle grinder is very powerful and shapes the wood easily but at the same time making mistake is going deep and misshapen the required structure. But many thanks regarding making holes , that helps a lot .
Just a little reminder: always use two hands firmly onto the grinder. Because all it takes is one kick back and that disc will leave you injured quickly. Nice job on the bowl.
You and your girl look like lovely people please stay that way and seriously MASK UP lost a dear friend of mine through lung cancer caused by mdf particulates ,stay safe God bless Jeff Sherwin
The "chainsaw" angle grinder attachment is somthing I would never touch, but this turbo plane looks a lot safer.
Beautiful gonna start power carving myself I've got one the think it's a knock off of the cutsall wheel gonna try with that. Can I ask what thickness the stock was to start. The wood looks like sycamore. Did y find out? 🏴👍✌️
Thanks! It was about 2 inches thick
@@SpencleyDesignCo No worries thanks I've some nice figured peices of chesnut at that thickness give it shot. 👍🏴✌️
Good luck!
Another awesome project guys! I love how it turned out. I want to hazard a guess and say that the wood could be pecan, but I could be way off.
Thank you! It’s funny, we’ve asked tons of people what kind of wood it is and we haven’t gotten the same answer yet 🤣
@@SpencleyDesignCo Well I'm certainly no expert! 😅 Maybe you could take it to a hardwood dealer and they could identify it for you. Either way, it's beautiful!
Oh that’s a good idea! We have to go pick up lumber today anyway 🤔
@@SpencleyDesignCo perfect opportunity then! I'm jealous 😅
Try Bauer brand shapers for angle grinder..... Seriously Lovable.
When clogged from hour of shaping, cleanup is just soaking in Oven Cleaner & water for maybe 4 hours and rinse.
Bauer clones of Arbortech have vibration issues, but those are cheap, real cheap.
Bauer Doesn't allow much feel-space for beginners. I personally have three different gouging planers, arbortech, bauer, and some chinese no name thing for 4" Angle grinder.
I love the first two.
I don't have a 4" angle grinder 😎
Just four 4" angle grinders, i use three of them all the time. The fourth is waiting for a new pair of brushes.😮
Looks like cottonwood to me aka black poplar in some places. I work with it for carving, wood sculpture and walking sticks. It's lightest of the hardwoods but not the strongest and sands poorly.
I'm not pretty sure about the cottonwood idea. Cottonwood is usually white and it has grayish dark grayish patterns in it and it's kind of. I don't know the most unpreferred wood to build things from in my area anyway or my knowledge. We have a lot of cottonwood that grows around my area and I don't really see it but good guess it's got a reddish hue to it looks more like cherry. The colors on the bottom of the bowl would be from the outer layers of the tree and the reddish would be more from the inside the core
Do you need to use the board oil before using the conditioner or can you use the conditioner on its own as you did in this video...which by the way the bowl if gorgeous...I've been power carving the last several years and learn new things each time I do one. Aloha!!
The conditioner on its own is just fine 👍
“Nobody does this”
Probably because a CNC router will handle this tray in about 10 minutes with a half inch clearing tool and a bowl bit.
You could just take a flap disc to it if you wanted a hand carved look.
I think you're working with cherry on the inside of the bowl. You have a reddish colored wood that has the same color as Cherry as it should and on the outside is not the core. So you have a different looking wood on the bottom of the bowl just the way the log was cut. It also has the color of mahogany but I doubt that and it's a lot softer to work with than Cherry would be, but I think Cherry absolutely. By the way, I dig your product
Was the wood slab dried first? How long?
Yes, it was kiln dried
I have been looking for a video that I think was made by you two . It involved a special carving disc that made a cool texture in the wood, as if it looked like it had been scooped over and over again. Does that make sense? If that was you, can you please direct me to the video? I want to buy the carving disk that you guys used.thank you so much! Great video!
The “flap discs” those suckers are expensive..! Save your scraps you can make your own pretty easy. Especially if you save the same disc worn down. On many you can use some really good glue and stick your scrap sheets in between . Depending on your scraps you might
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Be to glue a thin piece of something like card stock to the back of the sand paper to make it a little more thick. Buying a steal at like harbor freight for a belt sander that belt is super durable and many times super cheap. You can cut those to make
Your own also. I get a pack of sand lapsed for my circular orbital palm, sander and because they have the velcro on the back I get full sheets of sandpaper that are usually about 1/4 the price and just some Elmer’s or wood glue from the shop and place the circles on the paper and glue them down and cut them out when their dry.. I don’t k lie about you guys but it’s just me in my shop. I have to find ways like that.
God bless and be safe out there
How do I layout my depth holes? Is there like a formula to use to design things with different steepness and stuff?
If it were me I would measure the height of the bowl and then figure out what depth from there you want to go from. Then measure your drill bit from the tip on how deep you want to go and put some tape on it as a guide for when to stop.
To take your overall thickness of the material you're working with, decide the thickness of the finished bowl that you desire. Then the tape on their drill bit was a gauge for how deep to push the drill bit. So each hole is the same. It's really your preference and the type of material you're using to how thick or thin you would want it and also what it will be used for
Fun video! I liked the partnership aspect of this one, with both of you talking about the process :)
Thanks Lucas!! Although you might not see Miranda in every video, she helps out A TON! She’s just kinda shy on camera
Great job! I like the template idea!
Glad to hear your enjoyed the video! The template made this soooo much easier to carve! I highly suggest it!
Just seen this and it looks like Hackberry wood because of the gray and other colors. Hackberry makes nice bows to shoot arrows.
00:21 min "I kept the shape very organic to mimic the live edge." is a weird way to say "I screwed up during cutting and sanding, so I'll make it look intentional 😂
Simplicity and utterly effective great video with and excellent finished piece 👍🏴
Check out the harbor freight version of the jaw horse, way cheaper and looks identical.
Yeah a couple other people recommended that. If we get more into power carving, that’s definitely something we’d consider!
I found the best addition to the arbortech is a jaw horse. Great job
Thanks for the suggestion Clark! I bet something like that really helps orient the piece in a better way. Any specific one you recommend?
Spencley Design Co. I have the Worx Jaw Horse. Works (no pun intended) great! Pretty sure best prices were on eBay.
Awesome! I might have to look into it if we getting into power carving more. I appreciate the tip!!
I used a flap disk too and wow I think it’s a great way to do some finishing work before the fine sanding stage!
Hmmm a cnc would make this so much faster for the bowl part. By node editing you can make organic shapes lol
The Weekend DIYer sent me your way. Subbed. Looks like some good content.
Awesome! Thanks so much for the support!
There is a simply reason why no wood-worker is doing this:
These things are dangerous beyond believe! Many woodworkers have tried them out and most come to the same conclusion - it is not worth risking your live for being just a few seconds faster. And many of those woodworkers got to that conclusion by coming back out from hospital after their fingers or arm was sliced open, or as in still hundreds of cases the grinder climbed up their entire torso (while ripping it open).
You know which part of a normal chainsaw is deemed the most dangerous and even chainsaw-sculptors will warn you against using? The tip of the blade. And these grinder-disks are nothing but that.
I was going to do this to carve a bowl, but I don’t think I am after numerous posts like yours talking about the dangers of doing this. What do you suggest instead? What’s a safe alternative?
@@griffew81 There are many dedicated tools for this.
Still dangerous but not nearly as much is these chainsawdisks would be the bladed disks: They are kinda like rotating planes (the edges are on the flat side of the disk so no risk of it starting to climb on your body)
And i personally would stick with the simple grinding disks: Metal disk with metal spikes on the flat side. They still remove the wood really fast.
Looks awesome! Miranda killed it! Great job!
Thank you! She did the majority of the work on this one and it turned out amazing!
Arbortech has a nice line of carving tools. Their small carving ball can get into smaller places
Why would you assume people are AFRAID to do that? Maybe people prefer to do real carving, with gouges and adzes.
It looks like cherry to me. I think the bowl turned out nice!
Thanks Bruce! We’ve gotten about 10 different species from here and Instagram...still no discernible winner 🤣
yeah, cherry would be my guess. The heartwood color, the sapwood color, the grain characteristics (of what we can see) of the heart, all looks like Cherry. But we don't get a great look at the wood.
Wood looks like magnolia. Y’all did a great job!!!
It very well could be! Thank you very much for the support, Julie!
Have you since found a faster way to hollow out a bowl like that? Looks great.
You could use a drill press
Great job. Looks similar to some elm that I milled a few years ago.
Dean, you might be right about the elm!! Thank you so much for taking the time to check out the channel!
possibly Butternut /also called white walnut
I think this is a type of cherry, isn't it?
Man that turned out awesome guys, nicely done really like the design too, it favors ambrosia maple some, the color really has a lot of character like maple 🤷♂️
Thanks Justin! Yeah, we are kinda leaning towards maple, but the jury is still out!
Great project! Looks like red oak to me.
hard to tell on my phone, but i would say cypress, cherry or possibly a red maple
3:42 cant see clearly but, you sure you put that ring the right side down?
Great idea to use a template!
Glad you like it! Thanks for checking out the video, craig!
Seriously nobody does this except you? Video titles should be honest and not clickbaiting. The merits of the video speak to itself.
Lol bunched panties alert
Love this, great tutorial making these for sure! xoxo Sandy
Thanks so much for the support, Sandy!
Good stuff!
looks like China berry. any body agree. and I appreciate the heads up, by this time next week I'll own myself one of those turbo plane.
Looks like Sycamore
I agree - it looks like sycamore, but they would be wearing a respirator if it was. Sycamore is highly irritant to the lungs and esophagus. So my next guess is Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)
Cherry for sure… Nice work.
Agreed! I feel quite sure it’s cherry
I’m mesmasrised by the content of a sander sanding.
Great video you two! Are you on the east coast I guarantee that is red oak I’ve worked with it a lot beautiful piece nice worm
Looks awesome!
I appreciate the support, Scott! Thanks man!
Hickory? Nope. Cherry.
Apparently the blind guy that my parents bought the slab from said it’s maple???
Spencley Design Co. haha. Maple. Lol. Maple be white white with a light brown pith.
You’re telling me you don’t trust the blind guy? 🤣
Spencley Design Co. I say as long as as he’s giving away free mystery wood humor him.
Looks like a piece of cherry. Great job!
Black cherry
Red oak
I know this video is years old, but if you don't know what species of wood it is, don't use it for food. Some wood is inherently poisonous and can kill you.
They actually died already. You could have saved them if you commented sooner ☹️
@@AnxiousCowboy😂😂😂
Black cherry
Great job but where is the pleasure of woodworking with all that noise 🙃
Nice! Looks like Maple to me.
Maple has a much more creamy color and depending on what Maple the grains different, there's so many types of maple. Very beautiful wood bird's eye curly Maple beautiful but that is definitely not Maple 🍁
Not criticizing here. The project turned out great!! Anyone can have the beast tools but at the base is talent and vision. May want to consider breathing protection. Not doing has now kicked my butt. Be safe and keep knocking out great projects!
Cherry
Before you carved deep it looked like pecan
I tasted it and it didn’t taste like any pecans I’ve had before...🤷♂️. I don’t know, maybe I’m nuts
Just get a router & flush cut bit
How are you going to get the rounded sides with the flush cut bit in a router? You would have to constantly be setting your depth over and over and you would have so many lines to sand out. You might go insane setting your depths that's why I wouldn't use a router for it now if it had a 90° angles on the edges of the sides of the bowl. Yep, I agree
Do you know how to change brushes on angles grinders?
I didn't used to.
Now I do.
After destroying two angle grinders during the procedure 😂
Can you gouge an angle grinder with a piece of carbon?
Ofcourse you can.
Do you want to?
You probably do😂🎉
because hand tools are fun dog :)
excelente video me gusto mucho, saludos desde Santiago de chile.
Gracias
looks like walnut to me
Nobody does what? 🙄
Mahogany
Looks like red cedar.
If you look at the inside of the bowl it doesn't have the colors cedar would have and I think they would have known right away because of the smell if it was cedar
Looks like cherry
Cheery
thank you for watching and for the support!
Pear
Apple
I appreciate your video, but saying that "Nobody does this?" is arrogant and misleading.
Nice, but you guys are way to careful. Just do it
You lost me as soon as I saw a Festool being used. Such a waste of money.