Carving Resources -
​Most Used Carving Tools

¼” Air Die Grinder, Rear Exhaust

Harbor Freight etc. I like the smaller body style

5/8” Monster Carbide Cutter

There are different shapes and sizes of these cutters, but this is the one I use for almost all my rough shaping. It cuts pretty clean.

Automach HTC 30 Reciprocating Carver

Reciprocating power carver

​Flexcut Carving Blades for reciprocating carvers

I really like this set, but they offer some four piece sets as well

Wood Carvers Supply Flexcut Reciprocating Handle

This is a handle to use the reciprocating blades as hand gouges

Ryobi DC501 Reciprocating Carver

Search Amazon...not as nice as the Automach, but still good and much cheaper

Auriou Rasp

I like the 8” 11 grain. If you have the money, get another with 12-14 finer grain There are other sellers, do a google search.

StewMac Dragon Hand-cut Rasp, Small, Fine and Coars

A good alternative to Auriou - not as nice but cheaper and work pretty well. Get the small ones.

Flexcut Palm Gouges

Many options here, both sets and individual. V-cuts and different sweep gouges are what I use most. The Reciprocating set with a handle will take the place of these. Carving gouges of almost any brand can work fine.

Dremel or Micro Motor Type Rotary Carve

I don’t use these a lot, but they are good for textures. Some people do a majority of their carving with them. Stump cutter and carbide discs are what I use most. This link has some very nice and popular cutters for removing wood quickly and texturing.