Woodworking Kits?

[Dean]

My lady friend thinks she wants to take up wood carving as a hobby. Any suggestions as far as tools.

[retired1]

Check this catalog for some possibilities

[hubops]

Lee Valley Tools has lots of wood-carving tools -

- big & small powered & manual - supplies - sharpening stuff and everything else. The online product descriptions often have additional info in a link - care & use or whatever.

Some little video teasers as well :

An often overlooked resource - not high profile - is the seniors groups. We have a seniors woodworking and craft center - 10 miles away - that is quite excellent. .. when I last looked into it membership was about $ 125. ... per year < ! >

John T.

[hubops]

Canadian web link here - USA link was wonky for me ..

Nice little starter starter sets under $ 50.

John T.

[rbowman]

What sort of wood carving?

I've found Garrett Wade tools to be excellent.

Someone mentioned Lee Valley and they are also good.

Chip carving is a good place to start. You can get by with three knives, learn to work with wood, and sharpen the tools. I really should dig my knives out now that I'm semi-retired and have more time.

Around here you'd start with a Stihl chainsaw and a 5' larch log

Probably not what she has in mind but you can never tell.

[cshenk]

Look at Harbor Freight wood chisel set. I have a 6piece from 3 Christmas's ago. Also, get a 12 piece dremmel unit.

[Dean]

Thanks. There's a birthday coming up.

[Scott Lurndal]

Look at it, and leave it on the shelf. Poor quality steel won't hold and edge and can actually be dangerous to use.

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Dean wrote on 12/22/2023 4:38 PM:

This gadget can whittle down a piece of wood quickly. It works a lot faster than using sandpaper.

AES Industries 28-295 10" Surform "Cheesegrater" Blade Holder (Adjustable 3 Position Handle)

In Canada, you can get this cheaper:

MotoMaster 3-Position File Holder

Video: Hand Rasp, Block Planer, Planer file

This is also good for whittling: Shinto Rasp

Video: Shinto Rasp