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This is really cool! Another fun way is to use a lathe (I guess that would be called "turning" a bowl rather than "carving" a bowl). Using a lathe would be much faster and wood lathes are relatively inexpensive.
But I cannot help but feel like using a lathe misses the point of hand carving a wooden bowl. In the same way most whittling could technically be accomplished much faster using a dremel.
If you have (lots) of extra money to spend, then there's always Lee Valley Tools http://www.leevalley.com/en/home/OnlineCatalog.aspx?id=0a61b... (They do ship internationally and to the U.S.)
(But I also like finding/restoring old Stanley planes when possible, which is cheap and ethically satisfying).
Unexpected, but glad to see this as I also have some logs drying that I intend to carve into bowls. Thanks for the tips! Also you can make your own tools from scrap tool steel. I made a hand adze from a broken horse hoof rasp when I was a kid. Encourage your kids to hack stuff and make their own tools.
If you have (lots) of extra money to spend, then there's always Lee Valley Tools http://www.leevalley.com/en/home/OnlineCatalog.aspx?id=0a61b... (They do ship internationally and to the U.S.)
Unexpected, but glad to see this as I also have some logs drying that I intend to carve into bowls. Thanks for the tips! Also you can make your own tools from scrap tool steel. I made a hand adze from a broken horse hoof rasp when I was a kid. Encourage your kids to hack stuff and make their own tools.
How much hot work was involved there? I sorta skimmed the bits about particular products because I'd probably aim to make my own tools for this sort of thing.
Unexpected, but glad to see this as I also have some logs drying that I intend to carve into bowls. Thanks for the tips! Also you can make your own tools from scrap tool steel. I made a hand adze from a broken horse hoof rasp when I was a kid. Encourage your kids to hack stuff and make their own tools.
How much hot work was involved there? I sorta skimmed the bits about particular products because I'd probably aim to make my own tools for this sort of thing.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
How much hot work was involved there? I sorta skimmed the bits about particular products because I'd probably aim to make my own tools for this sort of thing.
You "would probably aim to make" your own tools for this sort of thing? And you are also asking how much "hot work" is needed to refashion a farrier's rasp into an adze? Something does not add up.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
How much hot work was involved there? I sorta skimmed the bits about particular products because I'd probably aim to make my own tools for this sort of thing.
Well true, I did have access to an old coal furnace and I hammered out the basic shape. I bent the tang to follow the shape of the handle, flattened out the burrs and shaped the blade. Not sure if it was essential to do this all hot, but on the other hand I didn't have a bench grinder or much else, so I was going to have to get the final shape by hand.