How To Use Pumpkin Carving Tools

Just follow your marks with the engraving tool until you have the entire outline cut out.

How to use pumpkin carving tools. Its preferable to carve the hole in the bottom of the pumpkin to cut off any bumps so the pumpkin will sit level. You can start by tracing the outline of your pumpkin drawing using an engraving bit in your rotary tool. Try to keep the pumpkin innards and moisture away from the chuck and the motor ie.

Draw or find a stencil online for a familiar shape examples. Etching and relief chisel. When it comes to the right knife look for one with a sharp point that punches through tough skin without too much pressure and a slim but robust serrated blade for making easy work of pumpkin chunks.

Then we carefully cut through the outlines of the mask leaving enough solid pumpkin to hold it in place. The small grinding attachment works well for removing just the first layer of the pumpkin skin. But itll also give you control over neatening edges around small intricate sections.

A sharp serrated knife will be your main tool for cutting and carving sections of your pumpkin designs. This allows light to shine through but not nearly as much as a full on hole through the pumpkin. Here we demonstrate how to use a dremel type tool to trace the pumpkin stencil and to carve out the pumpkin stencil.

Using tools like an exacto knife carve out the lines of fancy designs by following the shape of it. Video shows all steps in detail. Its also much easier to place the pumpkin over a light source rather than lowering the light like a candle into the pumpkin.

For the lid and simple cuts. Every Cylon Death Star and other sci-fi pumpkin can benefit from a set of wood gouge carving tools. A serrated knife works well for creating a hole in the pumpkin.