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    Boys’ Toys, Books & Gear

    Oct 07, 2020 5 minutes

    ARBORTECH PRECISION CARVING SYSTEM

    he clever team at Abortech has miniaturised the amazing ball gouge and turned it into an astonishingly clean carving machine. Along with the Precision Ball Gouge, the system also includes a Precision Barrel Cutter and a Precision Drum Sander. As you can see, the barrel cutter has a precision machined double-edged blade, locked between jaws with a bolt. The smaller Allen key removes the bolt and releases the blade so it can be honed. Both the ball gouge and the barrel cutter are 15mm in diameter. This really seems to be a sweet spot for manoeuvrability when the cutters are attached to the power carving unit (or an angle grinder). What really impressed us in the workshop was being able to carve cursive letters (and whole sentences) with the edge of the barrel cutter! The ball cutter)

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