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Wood Carving supplies and equipment

Discussion in 'Wanted' started by jimss, Nov 11, 2017.

  1. Nov 11, 2017 #1
    jimss

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    I'm taking up fish carving and am starting from scratch with equipment and supplies. I'm looking for Mastercarver and/or Burnmaster equipment, carving/grinding tips, quality how-to videos, basswood or other carvable wood, etc. If your carving stuff is just sitting around catching dust I'd enjoy putting it to use! Thanks!
     
  3. Nov 12, 2017 #2
    JL

    JL Taxidermist for 64 years

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    Look up Sugarpine supply.
     

  5. Nov 15, 2017 #3
    Gene

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    There are any number of woodcarving shops or stores, however, the most popular one for carving appears to be http://www.thewoodcraftshop.com/ which is located in Bettendorf, Iowa. They are an old time business and have almost every conceivable piece of equipment, book, that a wood carver could want. Call or email them and they are quick to respond, and their postage rates are, actual rate, plus $1.00 so very reasonable. Take a look at their web site and then decide for yourself. As far as being reliable I can personally vouch for them. I have been their customer for years and only shop there. Good luck with the fish carving and whatever carving you might head into. Gene
     
  6. Nov 18, 2017 #4
    jimss

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    Thanks for the suggestions! I'm on a tight budget so if possible would like to buy good-used equipment. Similar to taxidermy equipment...it all seems to add up!

    As a side-note, I've been trying to find larger sized basswood or other carving wood for the larger sized fish I would like to carve. I just purchased some larger blocks from Itasca Wood Products. They had a lot larger blocks at a fraction of the cost of other places I looked.
    https://www.itascawoodproducts.com/our-products/carving-wood

    If anyone has any carving, grinding, or tip burning tools available...please let me know! Thanks again for the suggestions!
     
  7. Nov 26, 2017 #5
    jimss

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    I'm still looking for wood carving supplies. Especially grinding and wood burning tools. Does anyone have a Woodmaster Eagle or Hawk with tips or Foredom or Mastercarver that's been sitting around? Thanks!
    Jim
     
  8. Dec 8, 2017 #6
    jimss

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    Still trying to find woodcarving/burning tools.
     
  9. Dec 8, 2017 #7
    Kerby Ross

    Kerby Ross KSU - Class of '83; U.S. Army - Infantry (83-92)

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    I use a Foredom for carving and a Colwood Super Pro II for burning. Pat Kennedy made fish and snake scale tips that fir the Colwood burners.

    :)

    Kerby...