AusBonsai

peterb wrote:hey guy look further back in tips and techniques you will see a post that i put in called carving tools it has a range of places to get tools frombest of which price wise is kutem tools and rudi spanko hope this helps
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peterb

Here it is.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=15378&p=156748#p156748

Just received a carving tool from rudi this week..postage took only 7 days and had a go at carving my swampy today. Have to say the bit was great to work with on my dremel.

Die grinders scare the hell out of me, kicking and bucking on hard wood....I bought an Aussie made Arbortec wood carver and it does a great job on large or small carving jobs and it's fast and relatively safe.
I noticed one on a bench in the background of one of Ryan Neil's pine lectures.....nice to see we can still make and export something other than coal and wool.

Has anyone else got one?

I have one, The larger 4inch one tho and great for taking out the taproot stump.

Ken

Hi Guys, Yes I also have the arbourtec, the original 4" with the chain saw teeth. I have used this for years in my angle grinder and find that it works really well on getting the heavy carving done, I then finish off with the dremel and finally some proxon disks to smooth thing out. I dont do enough carving to warrant buying die grinders and special bits, there is always an alternative, not to say that die grinders are no good, they are excellent, as everything else it comes down to the skill of the person using it. Have fun with your carving, Michael.