was just thinking today how a multi tool could be used for carving. yours is the only video i could find. great job!

Hello from Spain. Awesome trick to sand with the multi tool! Thank you! Love your channel and your work

@SalemBarker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I love your no nonsense practical approach! Thanks.

Wow, that was great Salem! Thank you for sharing!

Nice piece. Appreciate your tool applications/mods. Please do a vid on that. Inspiring.

@SalemBarker

5 ай бұрын

I do plan to make such a video. There are many tools I've made for oscillating power tools. I depend on them!

@urmelausdemeis3495

2 ай бұрын

​@@SalemBarker Ich freue mich auf diese Videos. Vielen Dank

Thank you for lighting the way. You deserve a very special place in this world

@SalemBarker

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Absolutely love this piece ...and even love more owning this sculpture....thanks Salem ...

That was an excellent lesson showing unusual sanding methods... Thanks.

@SalemBarker

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do a lot of unconventional things to make these shapes. Please subscribe and I'll show more in upcoming vids.

Beautiful, beautiful work, and I really appreciate your tips for wood carve sanding. Thank you, sell lots!

@SalemBarker

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Art is top notch! Your works have their own style in the world of sculpture and they are recognizable

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. They're certainly original.

Wow what a simple but clever idea it seems like the figure it out stuff always works and usually much better than the store-bought, but I don’t need to tell you you’ve already figured it out good job thanks for the info.

This is amazing information man. Thank you very much :) I wish you'd do more of videos like this, and for people who are starting out. Thanks again

@SalemBarker

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I really appreciate that. I do enjoy offering the videos and have several more awaiting editing.

Salem you are amazing and magnificent, your work is stunning and outstanding. Thank you.

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you much!

Your creativity in tool making is very inspiring, thanks for the tricks of trade👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@SalemBarker

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, and thank you!

"Whatever!" LOL! Thanks for the tutorial Salem. Have one of those sitting in its box."Hmmm copy Salem?" I'm with Johnathan good to see you posting your work!

thanks a lot for the tips!!!

Thanks Salem, that tip on the bicycle tube and the 3m spray is awesome. All my other sanding attempts with my fein would heat up the attachment and the sandpaper would just sort of melt off. Thanks so much for sharing. Your pieces are beautiful.

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The adhesion is strong enough for the work, and weak enough to be removed easily. As with all my use of abrasives, I prefer sharp paper and frequent paper changes. Heating the wood affects the finish because the resins/sap get cooked. Dull paper also burnishes the wood instead of cutting it.

Beautiful bro!!!

@SalemBarker

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

awesome art great Idea with the sand paper, so simple great thinking

@SalemBarker

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for the informative video! I got an oscillating tool for Christmas and want to use for carving, so this video was very helpful. It was also interesting looking at your sanding ideas and tools! I'm going to thumbs up and subscribe to help support your channel! Happy New Year!

Great ideas, Salem. I am frugal also, so these tips will help me, for sure. :D

Your work is just amazing. I have a huge piece of Lignum Vitae measuring approximately 15 inches tall by 12 inches wide. It's perfectly cylindrical. I treasure it but want to make something worthwhile out of it so I appreciate seeing your work.

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

That's hard stuff! A piece like that is very valuable. Did see my video on Lignum Vitae?

@alansimpson596

4 жыл бұрын

@@SalemBarker Thank you so much for your reply and for directing me to your video on Lignum Vitae. It's simply stunning. I think I might give it a go but don't expect to get such a result. I recently bought the Merlin wood carving set but I'll experiment on a less unique piece of wood first.

great to see you doing videos again! some nice sanding tips and I would love to see how you make the discs for the long necked proxxon. that's one of my go-to tools but the pads are always rubbish.

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

I'll do it.

@JohnathonWhittaker

4 жыл бұрын

@@SalemBarker Great! Thank.you

Excellent! Thanks!

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying so!

Awesome ❤️

Nice one !

amazing trick I can't wait to use that and save my hands haha

@SalemBarker

2 жыл бұрын

I use this tool on nearly every sculpture I make.

@chompers11

2 жыл бұрын

@@SalemBarker I always thought you hand sanded hahaha

@SalemBarker

2 жыл бұрын

I hand sand everywhere that power sanding doesn't leave the appearance of being power sanded.

@chompers11

2 жыл бұрын

@@SalemBarker no, for sure I do too, I just was excited to save my hands a bit haha

holy crap what a good tip.. what else ya got? this is going to help me so much

Divina de la muerte,un saludo y por supuesto un like desde Naron(Galicia)

I'll have to try that multimaster approach. I wonder how long hook and loop would last on there. I like the little wavy edge discs in a drill and recently got the Arbortech contour sander. I was pretty skeptical about it but it does a nice job.

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

I don't have their contour sander yet but it's been recommended to me a few times so I think I'll get one. Hook & Loop would work fine since that's how the Multimaster sanding tools usually adhere. I like sharp paper and change so frequent that I imagine H&L would get pricey. I'm cheap.

@krtwood

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how often they do this, but a guy from Arbortech actually came right to my shop and let me try out all their stuff. I happen to live near one of them so it worked out easily but if you shoot them an email you might be able to arrange something when they are in your area.

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I met the guys at the U.S. branch at a show near Boston last yr. We've been working on something to do with sponsorship and they stocked me with their latest tools. There's more in the works..

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

I'll be at that same show again next month, the Paradise City art show in Marlborough, MA. Are you in the Boston area?

@krtwood

4 жыл бұрын

Couple hours north.

your artwork is shocking and beautiful! I am currently learning power carving and I'm working a piece using the basic form of your cocobolo piece. I just got a arbortech ball carver onto my grinder and I'm accelerating! I would love to know how you make your arbors for your sanders and will be on the lookout for a video of your stages of finish (sanding to different grits, to your finish process, or processes...

@SalemBarker

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and compliment!

I am always looking for better ways to sand my sculptures and bowls. I want to get the proxxon mini angle grinder but it looks like it might be under powered for carving. Do you have any problems with that? I love all your work by the way

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

The Merlin from King Arthur's Tools is superior to the Proxxon Long Neck Angle Grinder, but i generally only use either for sanding and cutting with a saw blade. The Arbortech Mini Grinder is my best for grinding. They call it "grinding" but it's actually cutting. Grinding is abrasive stock removal.

Fantastic. Thank you. Can you please me the purpose of drilling a hole in the lower part of the tool you made with tyre rubber & sandpaper?

@SalemBarker

2 ай бұрын

That's where the screw goes through the hole to mount it to the Multimaster.

@jayro4934

Ай бұрын

@@SalemBarker Thanks Salem. Your vid reminded me to pull my Fein out of the attic for small a sanding job.

What are the small right angle sanders you showed at the end of of the video? Awesome piece of art.

@SalemBarker

4 ай бұрын

Long neck angle grinder called "Merlin" from King Arthur's Tools. Katools.com

Sure show how you do the arbor

Do you have a video where you explain how you make those sanding attachments (end of this video)? I would really like to see 🙂

@SalemBarker

4 ай бұрын

I never got around to doing the video but I would like to. If you own one of these grinders, you can simply use a 4mm screw to fasten pieces of plastic from old credit cards or such things, then glue a layer of foam rubber to it. Use aerosol spray adhesive to continually apply fresh sandpaper to the foam. This gives the opportunity to create profiles by custom shaping the sanding discs.

@user-jr7rx9fg6c

4 ай бұрын

@@SalemBarker thanks a lot!!!

PROXXON mini grinder vs MERLIN2 mini grinder, In your opinion which one do you think is better?

@SalemBarker

8 ай бұрын

Definitely the Merlin. I've had to change circuit boards, power switches, power cords, and spindle bearings numerous times in three proxxons, but the Merlin has needed nothing in three years of regular use.

more about the arbors please..?

@SalemBarker

4 жыл бұрын

I will! Soon. Do you use a Proxxon or Merlin grinder?

@lostadv

4 жыл бұрын

@@SalemBarker My use of the 4.5" King Arthur grinding wheels has taken me far, but now I want to figure out how to sand it...don't have either Proxxon or Merlin grinders but am willing to take the next step if you could provide some opinions and ideas in your next video -- thanks so much for sharing, your videos are truly inspiring to watch and dream about!