Carving

Once I understood how to sharpen chisels, I started enjoying the freehand wood work, which brought me to carving. There are a lot of wonderful power tools for wood carving. Although noisy, these tools remove wood quickly. I get fast results and get to control the shape with my free hands.

I have the Arbortech carver and an angle grinder. Bought it a while back hoping to scoop a chair seat. Never got around to it. For free hand carving this tool is wonderful. It removes material so fast, that I really need to learn to control it.

I watched all the Arbortech videos posted by the company CEO. Here is one of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ksu6BgMR1k

I wish there were more videos!

This is my first attempt. I am pleased with the results although I need to investigate the mini-Arbortech or create bigger pieces. I found it hard to carve depth with the big blade.

This is my first project. The piece looks bigger then it actually is!! I also have to give credits to the apple tree itself. The wood is beautiful no matter what you do with it!