Easy Dremel Gnome

[@timlist4173]

Matt, you are quite the artist. Well done.

[@COEYRN]

I promised myself today that I was going to organize my workshop.The force is too strong, cannot resist the power of carving a gnome for the third time. I find your videos excellent, your a great teacher. I have faith that you will help me succeed in carving a piece of wood into some semblance of a gnome. ❤❤❤❤❤ I wish to share this short anecdote, I thought a carver would enjoy it. There is a man who has been driving around in an old fashioned milk truck sharpening people's knives etc for approximately 40 years. I see him once every 2 weeks or so. I've never needed to Services before until two Christmases ago when I received some lovely chisels from my brother-in-law. So I thought you might think it's funny as carver that I literally have my own personal sharpener. Yes I have tried not very good at it though. Yes I have practiced but you just cant beat perfection. Hes so sweet and never charges me much,even free sometimes. He knows ill pay him back in the future. Every so often I sneak him 20 buck. 🤫 then run really fast. 😅

[@MattCarves]

Yes I am in my 50s I still find carving gnomes a magical experience. That's an awesome story about how you get your chisels sharpened. Thank-you for sharing. Have a great day. 👍

[@pdrake458]

What a coincidence, yesterday I carved your original gnome and tomorrow I'm driving to Brooklyn NY to pickup a scroll saw! I think I have an idea for a great project now! Thanks!

[@MattCarves]

Cool. Enjoy your new Scroll saw

[@shastastan1935]

It took me a few watches to learn that this project is a refrigerator magnet .9" thick. I had been wondering how to finish the back side because I was planning on making some for Christmas ornaments. I'm using 1 1/8" for a thickness and will still do them as ornaments. I'm using cedar and these are light enough for ornaments. Matt gives out the best burr tips. I didn't even know about the concave burrs let alone how to use them. Thanks so much, Matt

[@MattCarves]

That's the great thing about cedar it's super light. Yeah those concave bits are useful 👍 cheers for watching 😊

[@shastastan1935]

Update: I did 4 of these as fridge magnets for Christmas gifts .

[@MattCarves]

@@shastastan1935 nice 👌

[@PetrikNZ]

Get some Pegas clamps for that scroll-saw. Expensive I know, but trust me, makes a world of difference.

[@MattCarves]

Didn't know about those, they look awesome. Will have to save a bit of $$ first. Cheers 🍻

[@clairetolmie3247]

Thanks for the tutorial Matt! I'd like to see more about the scroll saws capabilities versus the band saw.

[@MattCarves]

Yeah, have been meaning to do a video like that. Cheers Claire 👍

[@shastastan1935]

For me, it's a pita to change blades on the bandsaw so I used my scoll saw. I had made the blanks too thick (about 1 3/4"), so I changed the thickness down to 1 1/8". This was much easier to cut on the scroll saw with a #12 Mike's Shop blade. I have 2 band saws, a 14" Jet and a 9" Ryobi for smaller stuff. The Ryobi only cost $129. My scroll saw is a 16" RBI Hawk that I've had for over 30 years.

[@MattCarves]

@shastastan1935 yeah changing bandsaw blades is the Pitts, especially if your changing sizes. 👍

[@lechatbotte.]

I love this gnome and I’m sort of burned out on them. This is a great tutorial. Thanks Matt. I appreciate the info on the saws too

[@MattCarves]

Your suffering from gnome overload. 👍😊. Cheers for watching Linda.

[@williamfawkes8379]

Good looking Gnome. 👌

[@MattCarves]

Cheers William 🍻

[@markanthony559]

Hey that's cool Matt 👍👍👍. I might give that a go once I've finished the order for 50 phone holder's.

[@MattCarves]

Good luck with those phone holders. 👍

[@MultiTom1956]

Thanks Matt ❤️ that was very educational🙏 and a beautiful carve😊

[@MattCarves]

Thank-you. 😊

[@tarekmandour1498]

Great tutorial! Nice gnome! Thanks 👍

[@MattCarves]

Glad you like it!

[@oldncarvingJohn]

Fantastic Matt. Love it. ❤❤

[@MattCarves]

Cheers John 🍻

[@markdmaker3173]

Nice video, new subscriber

[@MattCarves]

Cheers 🍻. Welcome to the channel 👍

[@Kiltedwoodsmith]

how did you carve the log behind you on the shelf?

[@MattCarves]

This is the video I made about carving that log. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKTWnKl6gJeVg9Esi=gVaYIeKpeX1qXPzJ

[@Kiltedwoodsmith]

@@MattCarves Thank you Sir. I am trying to learn and love your videos.