burning pens

Now, with burning pens you have to be careful because it is easy to burn yourself with them. It takes about five minutes for it to heat up so just be patient. When you go over your work, go slowly and cover the line more then once. And REMEMBER: 

 NEVER TOUCH THE METAL TIPS!!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MED1qNSsEJ0

thanks to the expert village for their youtube vid

Dremels

The Dremel should be used with a pen attachement for this detailed work, the use of a lower speed and use of the smallest available is key. The tip I will use is about a millimeter in diameter and at a setting of 2 out of 10. The strokes should be slow and steady so as to have an even indentation. although, if you go I quick strokes, then it might be easier to keep even.

The fourth

When you get to the carvings, there are a couple of things you can do to make them. You could burn them with a copper tipped burning pen, indent them with a dremel, or if you’re really adventures, you can use both. I will use both and will go over the proper uses of both tools.

step three

Okay so to cut out the spiral you can use a dremel, a rowter, chisels or a carving knife. Before you begin, you should use a hacksaw to make grooves in the wood so that you don’t chip the outer part of the ring. If you use a rowter, you should test how deep your groove will be on a spare piece of wood. This is a slow and tedious job especially with a knife so it may take you several hours/days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yew4E_xNCQA

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvV7SkN9sY

the second step

So as you can see, the cane is a little thicker than I was originally intending but this will still work as a decoration. So, first I put grooves in the bottom of the staff for decoration and then had the body get thicker in a sort of rounded form giving it a sort of wave effect. After that, I drew out the spirals on the way up the body in large loops so as to look like one of the pillars at the barbershops. Up at the top was a tricky idea because I didn’t have the proper tools to measure it so the three tikis aren’t perfectly spaced but they are close. I have yet to decide the top.

how to make a staff

Hey Hey Hey this is the Kaveman and I’ve got something to say. This here is my first blog so send some feed back on how to make it better if you can think of anything. Now, this first blog is all about are shop projects and this first one, is a cane. You can make a cane any way you want but it’s most effective just to use a lathe*.  To use a lathe, the wood must first be perfectly square in height and width. Then, measuring the length cut two lines right across the center. Make sure your tools are sharp, press lightly and go for it. This project will probably take about a month but I’m hoping that I can get it done.

(If you want to make a little project on the side, try making a cutting board.)

The Idea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Ego8B2eVQ