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Anyone into Wood Carving??
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Posted by tropicalfreak z10b Hollywood (My Page) on Mon, Jul 3, 06 at 18:50
hi everyone,
i'm wanting to get into wood carving to learn how to carve birds and tiki's. anyone know of any goo dbooks for the beginner?? and what tools i might need??
thanks,cliff |
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RE: Anyone into Wood Carving??
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| I've been into wood carving since I got my girl scout pocketknife. A good knife is really all you need, but X-acto makes a great wood carving kit that you can get at any craft store. Recently I got a Dremel rotary tool and a huge collection of bits for it. Haven't really figured out how to use everything yet. I've never tried carving birds or tikis, though I have seen some great tikis in Florida carved in palm trees. They uproot the tree and leave the roots on for hair. They were probably carved with a chainsaw. Dover Publishing has an incredible online catalog of craft books, and they're not too expensive, either. Sunset Books may publish one on woodcarving, too. |
RE: Anyone into Wood Carving??
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thanks for the info.
cliff |
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| Hey Tropic, Just joined and saw you posting. I am into Realistic Bird Carving. If you are interested in that kind of carving I can send you names of some good step by step begining books. And some catalog companies that sell all you need to get started. WoodCrafters is a good general catalog but there are a couple of companies that are more specific for Bird Carving... I would caution you that carving can be addictive... |
RE: Anyone into Wood Carving??
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Hi there;
Concerning the desire to read carving books.....I have many of them, from lots of very accomplished carvers. I think you can find what you need at Amazon.com....a good resource.JUst search for wood carving books there.
BEst
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RE: Anyone into Wood Carving??
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 Method I use when wood carving: Go to a gift shop and find an item that you would like to make. Take a couple of photos of it, down load the photos to your computer, enlarge the photos to the desired size, use the photos as a pattern, cut out the shape in wood on a band saw. The final shape is formed using sander,and dreml tool. |
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