I am dabeling, over my head I might add, with a large scuplture. The carving blank is made up of many, many stacked plywood elipses. The question is whats the best tool or combination of tool and acessory for quick, aggressive, but clean carving? The plywood splits more than a solid wood blank so my Lancelot (katools) on the angle grinder tears it up too much. The flap discs burn out very quickly and are expensive. Conventional sanders, belt and orbital, are not aggressive enough. I will use them later, but for now the papers just get ripped up/off.
Please say I am missing something obviouse. Think big and aggressive, yet cable to menipulate into curves. I just want to get the roughed out shape without tearing it up to bad.
I was thinking of trying the Galahad (also by katools) but have not heard anything about them.
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Flap sander didn't work?
caryh,
I just used a Norton 40 grit 4-1/2" flap disc to carve a seat for a rocking chair. I also used a few Shureform rasps tools in various shapes and sizes. The flap disc is a lttle worn but I think I'll get anothe chair or two out of it. For less that $7.00 I can't complain.
I'm not sure how big your sculpture is or whether your working on a concave or convex surface, or both.
As is said on countless other threads, we could help you better if you would post photos of your project along with your question.
Bret
Sorry I was not descriptive enough.
It's large, 4'x3'x4', has concave and convex surfaces. The posted photo is not mine, but hopefully will give you enough of a visual to imagine what I am working on. In addition to the complex surface, there are intended voids between groups of layers.
The flap discs work for a relatively short period of time then burn out. There is a lot of shaping to do. I planned of using my Lancelot for shaping but it tears out too bad.
In case anyone was interested...
I purchased the "holey galahad" from katools. The carbide teeth broke off in the first five minutes. It still cuts without the coned teeth but, the poor quality makes it much too expensive. Maybe I got a bad one??? I will be returning this, and not purchasing a new one. Tingsten carbide cutting wheels are still a great idea. strong domed teeth instead of weak cones might work. Product needs more R&D.
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