It took me a lot longer to figure out how to make some tools that were recommended to use. Went to two different Hobby Lobby stores, one Home Depot and Wal-mart trying to find something like what they were using. One guy on youtube had some videos on how to make your own tools. I spent all day running around to various stores and a few hours that night making the ones on the left. (Used X-acto handles and hacksaw blades to make the blades. Hack saw blades very brittle and they kept braking on me.):

Here is link to his videos. I watched him make a couple pumpkins and watched his tools videos too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9wYUL4VecI