I was carving a stump recently and thinking about all the little things I’ve learned in the last 18 years …
Category: Carving Resources
Get your $65 box of HDU carving blocks!
For $65 you get a roughly 12″ x 24″ x 3″ box of HDU (High Density Urethane) foam. This foam …
Review of the 3M Accuspray paint gun – My favorite!
Check out this video review of the 3M Accuspray paint gun. This is my preferred paint spray system for my …
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A review of the Stihl battery chainsaw & belt
Here’s a short video demonstrating the Stihl battery chainsaw and belt…
All my favorite sculpting tools and materials in one place!
Check out the new “Shop” page on my site. This is a gallery of all my favorite tools and products …
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My Favorite Wood Preservative & Wood Fillers
Check out this video! Then go to my “shop” page to check out the product links.
Custom Cast Gorillas – King Kong
A customer in Georgia who makes custom urban luxury cars for a living is designing a car with the theme …
Power Cap Power Respirator
Are you a chainsaw carver or a wood turner? Are you tired of dust in your lungs and eyes? Are …
Wood Carving Restoration – Time lapse!
This is a carving I made 3 years ago. It looks dry and weathered. It’s been taking a beating from …
Turning plastic into rusted iron!!
This customer sent these pictures of shields. He wanted 4 shields similar to this but with marine images. This is …
Critter Sprayer – low cost, effective spray gun!
Spray guns are great to have because they give a smoother finish than brushes, and can be much faster. They …
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Box of HDU scraps = Box of creative exhilaration!
Are you someone who likes to experiment with small carvings? Or someone who likes to work out your ideas on a …
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Rusted Iron Paint by Modern Masters
I have had my eye on this paint product from Modern Masters and gave it a try on a relief …
Essential tools for sculpting in HDU
Watch this video of the process of sculpting a figure out of HDU foam and the variety of tools used …
Tools for burning carvings
Here are 4 reasons why carvers burn the carvings… 1. To soften the texture to make it look more realistic …
Arbortech Minigrinder – Powerful carving tool!
The Arbortech mini grinder is a power carving tool that is safe and controllable. It’s not like some power tools …
Have you tried Epoxy Clay on your carvings?
Epoxy clay is a 2 part epoxy that is a wonderful filler in large cracks or defects in the wood, …
Amazing Sander!
This is one of my favorite sanding bits to use for sanding concave areas and for smoothing out faces. Because …
Flame Burr Bit
This is one of my favorite bits to do detail work with using a rotary tool. It has the advantage …