shave down by hand so I busted out my dremel tool, a smock, and
goggles cause it's really messy. Just a thought for you crafty types who
would like to two tone your JoLs easily.
The Dremel Tool
I wanted to do a two tone look to 2 of my pumkins, the skin was a pain to
shave down by hand so I busted out my dremel tool, a smock, and
goggles cause it's really messy. Just a thought for you crafty types who
would like to two tone your JoLs easily.
shave down by hand so I busted out my dremel tool, a smock, and
goggles cause it's really messy. Just a thought for you crafty types who
would like to two tone your JoLs easily.
Correct. The dremel just scratches the surface of the JoL's skin. It doesnt soiund like its hard, but I was getting cramps doing it by hand. The dremel was a life saver. If you notice thats what most of the Bacardi Bat pumkin is, just skin scraping. Use a regular carving tool for actual cutting through to the inside and "chunk" removal.Bafa wrote:Just so I am clear the dremel is just to shave the outter skin, actual cutting is still done with the little JoL craft saw tool.
Thanks for the comments!
Maybe this is overkill, but my neighbor turned me on to using my rotozip. At 30,000 rpm it slices through the pumpking instantly. There are only two drawbacks.. the longest bit I have barely reachs through on the bigger pumpkins, and very fine lined items are difficult to cut with it, mostly because you cut so fast it's easy to overdo it and ruin the smaller details.
I see PumpkinMasters came out with a $10 tool this year that is similar, although I am guessing no where near as fast in the RPM department. It looks as if it just moves one of their manual hand-held blades back and forth, not a rotary tool.
I still can't quite figure out the two tone stuff with a rotozip. I'd love to try it, it really does add kewl effects to the pumpkins. Any other ways to remove the skin to get that 2nd tone?
I see PumpkinMasters came out with a $10 tool this year that is similar, although I am guessing no where near as fast in the RPM department. It looks as if it just moves one of their manual hand-held blades back and forth, not a rotary tool.
I still can't quite figure out the two tone stuff with a rotozip. I'd love to try it, it really does add kewl effects to the pumpkins. Any other ways to remove the skin to get that 2nd tone?
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Hubby liked this idea
The thought of using a dremel has even made my hubby start saying what he could do with his carving this year. LOL
I know many carvers that use Dremels to carve their fake kins.
If your looking for these type tips, Pop over to a forum that I call home.
(Ive been posting there for a few years, and the folks are A1
"A1 as in good/nice people - not the steak sauce"
And Check out the Best Carvings Section
The Board Has over 35,000 post All on pumpkins
Well with me there a good 2,000 is just Humor
This will be my last shameless link post
I think you can view the board as a Guest?
Not sure though
http://carvingpumpkins.com/newqna/index.php
If your looking for these type tips, Pop over to a forum that I call home.
(Ive been posting there for a few years, and the folks are A1
"A1 as in good/nice people - not the steak sauce"
And Check out the Best Carvings Section
The Board Has over 35,000 post All on pumpkins
Well with me there a good 2,000 is just Humor
This will be my last shameless link post
I think you can view the board as a Guest?
Not sure though
http://carvingpumpkins.com/newqna/index.php