Carving and Grinding
I have only just scratched the surface, pardon the pun, when it comes to wood carving. But I have to say that I am hooked.
I went all out and bought the more high end Burrs to go in my Die Grinder and I will pop not only the links to what I have used but the link to the Kutzall store too as they have a whole range of different levels of roughness. This feels like an area where buying the bits as and when you need them is a smart choice.
This is important too. I bought the Die Grinder in The UK and the collet is set to 6mm which would make you assume that it would accept the 1/4 inch burrs, but no such luck. I did a lot of research and have popped a link to the replacement 1/4 inch and 1/8 inch collets the I found that work.
A big bit of advice from mistakes I made is to treat this like a router and go into the spin rather than with it. With it and the tool can flick away from you and ruin the work.
A great starting point 3 useful shapes and a course action so you can remove wood fast and feel like you are making some real progress.
The Die Grinder in the UK comes with a 6mm collet capacity and the Kutzall burrs are 1/4 inch. I bought them and thought that didn’t matter. Turns out it does and these collets are the solution I found.
Do the grunt work on the larger 1/4 inch bits and then have these smaller 1/8 inch ones for the fine detail at the end. Both are course so a couple of finer ones should complete the set.
This link is for the general Kutzall store. Take your time and buy what you need, when you need it and you will soon have a full arsenal of carving tools.
All UK links are for products that I have used. US links are the closest I can find. They are recommendations made from my experience, yours may differ.
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This is new to my arsenal and it is a luxury tool. But for carving, when combined with a Kutzall burr, this thing is so much fun.