Just finished reading an article in a special edition of Wood Carving Illustrated, called Power Carving Manual, on Reciprocating Power Carving Chisels.
The article was on sign carving, thats what caught my eye, and had an interesting article on the use of a Skil Scraper/Carver and Flexcut cutters for that tool.
Any of you carvers using this tool? How would you rate its ease of use, for a beginner? Seems like buying the power tool and cutters would be similar in expense as buying traditional tools, but may save time over traditional methods.
Your thoughts?
Ross
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Yep......we have two of them.Extremely limited practical use except for small detail areas. You have very little actual control and you can't "feel" what it's doing. I would guess they're for the hobbyist. On the other hand.....that issue has some VERY cool rough-out electric tools for wood and a whole myriad of cool schtuff I wish I could afford, if only to "have it". Virtually none of those tools are for HDU....way too agressive....they're really just for real wood work.
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I recently saw something akin to this about a Ryobi tool, and I believe Black & Decker or Bosch has one, but the one I looked into comes with tips that don't look to me like I could use them, and the good tips are as much $$ as the whole tool. More than I want to fork over as I, too would be a beginner in this. Anybody know about these gizmos? I've been told Ryobi went belly-up.??
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Yeah........One of mine IS a Ryobi. If they went belly up, that's ok cuz their electric chiseler on my wall will never need parts. :^)
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I have the Ryobi Detail Carver and I love it. I find it gives me much greater control than pushing a hand chisel through wood or foam. And it sure saves your arms after a full day of carving. I do wear a pair of padded gloves; the vibration can make your hands tingle after a while. And I do wish the blade was a little bigger. But still I wouldn't give it up.
Dan
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