How Do You Reckon....

[perfectstorm]

....they are doing this??? Specifically what tool?

[camo_cowboy55]

sawsall! hahaha,

maybe a drimel type tool

[LeanMachine]

Yea they use rotary tools like a dremel.

[perfectstorm]

Thanks! Pretty cool work.

[thorshammer]

Dremel for sure. I've seen video's of it on youtube.

[horns07]

That's different. Can't decide if I like it or not. Lol.

[flywise]

my cousin started doing this last year and he uses a drimmel

[rsoria1]

cool

[perfectstorm]

I think they are neat. I may try this. My husband recently figured out how to really do euros well. I'm guessing they sketch it out & then start dremeling. Seems like a neat hobby for the winter.

[aw23846]

Very different. .

[hully1029]

neat. would prefer a different design, but the talent level on op's pic is amazing

[Jp.]

My granny use to do eggs, and used a dremel on them. She was truly amazing at it and won many prizes for it.

[Quackerbox]

Dremmel and low RPMs, surprisingly not that hard. You have to find the sweet spot in speed. Slow enough so that when/if it jumps it wont cut the wrong thing but fast enough to cut and not break the bit

[wyliescrib]

I had a toigh time figuring out if I liked it also until I figured out it was that design I didnt like... texas flag or such would make it suit me better but Im starting tp like the idea...alot

[dogcatcher]

I doubt that was done with a Dremel, more like a high speed micro rotary tool. The smaller hand pieces are easier to use and won't wear you out like a Dremel. I have a Ram Micromotor it will set you back about $250, my other carving choice would be a WeCheer mini motor, about $50 at Texas Woodcarvers Supply. The WeCheer is okay, but it isn't a Ram Micromotor, lacks the torque.

The design is called a scroll design used a lot in engravings, especially on firearms and knives. If you want to try the scroll designs, I highly recommend a book by a guy named Meeks, the book is called something like the Art of Engraving. About $50 on Amazon. He leads you through how to make the patterns and how to draw them. Plan on a lot of mistakes and lot more hours in practice drawing of the designs. I have used hours that have turned into months and over a year and I am still am not happy with what I can do. A great hobby, and can be as cheap or expensive as you want to make it. I am not doing my version like the above, my goal is to apply it to my woodcarving.

By the way, make sure you use a great respirator, bone dust can kill you, emphysema and other lung diseases are a hell of a way to die.