The Best Wood For Wood Carving (With a Dremel / Rotary Tool)

[@goblin900dunsanylord]

I like your honesty when you gave us your opinion about prices. I was watching, maybe yesterday night, another workshoper. He (as many others) They show off their jobs, but in the economical issues, it seems they don't care. Meanwhile, in the south (of América) we have to make a lot of saving efforts to be able to acquire a hand tool. Greetings from Mexico!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Thank you! I try to cut costs when I can but the hobby can definitely be more expensive than expected depending on what you use. It’s too bad I like using nicer woods that get pricey but sometimes some regular pine does the trick perfectly

[@danielhanawalt4998]

The poplar and blue gum pieces were the prettiest to me. I started doing a little woodworking recently to try and make a little extra money. Make up for this inflation since I didn't prepare well for retirement. My older brother passed away last year and I came across a cane in my shed I think he had started years ago. Turned out it's cedar. I have a cheap little rotary tool but it does pretty good. I know what you mean about those growth rings being harder. Having to be careful to not get the softer part of the wood from being deeper cuts than the harder part. Nice carvings and good video. Thanks for the info of different types wood.

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Thank you so much Daniel! I hope the carving has been going well. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

[@JoeMac1983]

Thank you for doing this video. Much appreciated!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Thank you Joe! I appreciate the supportive comments.

[@jamesdale8222]

Bro that redheart wolf is amazing. Please do some tutorials of how you cut and finish these

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Thank you! I actually filmed and uploaded the wolf making a little while ago, no promises on how well I edited it though

[@Smeleln]

Thank you dude!!!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Anytime!

[@steveo3012]

Another FYI. Purple heart will turn back to purple if you put it in the sunlight.

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Interesting! Thx Steve

[@majkjems]

Have you worked with Ebony? It polishes to high shine-it does look like black plastic. Or Ziricote? Very pretty, polishes well. Both are hard , very hard woods. Both have their cons, between brittle with Ebony or cross grain in places (may have) with Ziricote. But the beauty they hold can be worth the effort...Also, the plywood rhino was the cutest!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

I’ve used ebony, but never heard of ziricote. I’d love to try it! Exotic woods are a favorite part of the hobby. I agree with the ebony it ends up looking like plastic! Have to make sure people who see it know it’s really wood when the grain is so fine. Thanks for the idea for ziricote, where do you get it?

[@majkjems]

I have gotten my Ziricote at Gilmers exotic wood supply in Portland Oregon. @@LogsCarvingClub

[@majkjems]

I buy out of the bargain barrels for the best prices. But they have many small sizes of all kinds in the knife handle supply section also. Maybe they call them 'blanks'(?)

[@ag73.]

Can you comment on basswood for Dremel carving? It seems to be everywhere but mostly described for hand carving. Love your channel and content!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Yeah I like basswood but only for rough large carvings, like in my wood spirit video. You can carve it with a dremel like butter, but it just doesn’t finish well since it’s so soft and it’s not very pretty since the grain is so plain. I guess if you’re painting it it doesn’t matter

[@EzPeasZ]

I hadnt thought of plywood

[@LogsCarvingClub]

It’s a fun option but can be difficult

[@kathleengroark6589]

This is great information! I never thought of using plywood. Have you ever tried using cedar?

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Not yet! To my knowledge at least

[@Mazurecki56]

That Coco in maple is gorgeous! Are you an Animal Crossing fan or is that a gift for someone?

[@LogsCarvingClub]

It was a request from an early follower on Instagram back when I was taking requests, I’ve never played but I hear it’s fun

[@murrayberger4344]

Try carving a songbird😮

[@LogsCarvingClub]

I’ve tried birds but I always end up giving up - not my specialty I guess

[@blakeshipp7138]

Where do you get your black walnut from? Just got into carving and trying to find some affordable wood, love your videos!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

If I need very thin planks I go to Home Depot, for thicker blocks to carve I use cutoffs from a friend who makes furniture, go to a rockler woodworking location (a little more expensive), or buy cutoffs from a local exotic wood store (they’re irregular but well priced)

[@blakeshipp7138]

@Logan Magin Thank you!!

[@mohitrahaman]

How about carving MDF with rotary tools?

[@LogsCarvingClub]

That’d probably not work well, I don’t think it would be dense enough to get a decent product that you could sand or oil

[@mohitrahaman]

@@LogsCarvingClub OK, I will try myself on the dense ones. The MDF sold around my place here actually routes really well without chipping off, better than some grainy hard woods. They might as well be HDF than MDF. I will try working my dremel on them, which are relatively low RPM than routers, and see for myself today. I almost forgot that I own a dremel and thus wondered how others are doing it on YT. Your work pieces look high quality.

[@tracybowling1156]

So, with the purple heart, does it oxidize quickly if you use a sealer on it? Do you have any info about that?

[@LogsCarvingClub]

I'm a bit of a naturalist in that I don't really mess with most sealers, I usually just use a natural oil and wax. I'm also not sure if it's oxidation or UV, or both, so a UV protectant may prevent the browning.

[@pumppictures]

What happens if I carve with cardboard

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Yes

[@xoxUnD3R0aThxox]

what's good for a super smooth surface?!

[@LogsCarvingClub]

Hard woods with closed pores, like maple, cherry, mahogany. Walnut and oak can have some pores

[@almighty_goose]

Did you draw a 3 on your dermal or is that from the factory

[@LogsCarvingClub]

I drew it on - for no good reason I have multiple so I like to know which is which

[@almighty_goose]

Wow, that was a fast response

[@LogsCarvingClub]

@@almighty_goose thank you almighty goose