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Carving Ebony is a B!tch.
So I had some scrap gaboon ebony left over from a knife handle project I'm working on, so I thought I'd be cute and try to carve a little animal head. In addition to looking like an inverted phallus, I gotta say I think carving a rock would be easier. Anyone carve this stuff? Holy moly. I think I'll stick to making pine boxes.
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12-30-2009, 03:39 PM
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A Dremel will go through it like butter. Good X-mas gift idea for yourself.
And you can use it for Porsche work too  .How to Carve Wood With a Dremel Tool | eHow.com 
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12-30-2009, 03:51 PM
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I've tried. You need very sharp tools. But flamed maple is way harder, as the grain changes direction every mm. You can't really carve it with a chisel, no matter how sharp. The dremel comes in very handy, with fine work using different grades of sand paper.
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 Ebony and Ivory - by HAND
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12-30-2009, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: North of Pittsburgh
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That is nutz!
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12-31-2009, 06:24 AM
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My brother did a remodel on an old Antebellum mansion in Alabama. The rafters were mahogany. They had to use a concrete saw to cut them. Mahogany that has been in that attic for 200 years was HARD! He gave a scrap piece of it to my dad to carve on. He gave up on it.
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12-31-2009, 06:25 AM
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