Bubble bits are innovative die grinder bits invented by Steve Brice. They have little curved cutting surfaces that make bubble details on your ice.
A nailboard is ALMOST exactly like what it sounds like. (It has screws, not nails.) But ice sculptors use them for flattening large surfaces of ice.
This is the first ice sculpting quick tips archive. Basically these are random bits that occurred to me and didn’t fit anyplace else at the time.
Different ice sculpting tools have different tool actions and effects on the ice. In this kinda boring post, I break down the various tool actions.
Looking at how three different conical end mills cut through ice. Two larger bits are used on die grinders while an ice needle is used on a Dremel.
Standard safety glasses work poorly for ice sculpting. Wire mesh safety glasses give ice sculptors another option for protecting their eyes.
This ice block spitting video demonstrates a basic ice sculpting technique: cutting an ice block into thinner ice slabs for various uses.
The idea of welding ice with aluminum plate was a major innovation for the art of ice sculpting. Suddenly you had strong, nearly invisible welds.
In this man versus machine comparison, I put engraved ice sculptures side by side. Which is the one that I did by hand and which is the CNC’d one?
When I first started, Pro Chef International was where you got ice sculpting tools. I used to look longingly at their price list: so many awesome tools!