chip-carving-msg - 11/29/99 Suggestions and comments on chip-carving (A type of wood carving) NOTE: See also the files: woodworking-msg, wood-msg, Relief-Carvng-art, wood-bending-msg, wood-finishes-msg, tools-msg, tools-bib. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: "Michelle \"TJ\" Brunzie" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: chip carving woes! Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:34:11 -0400 Greetings all! I have recently taken up chip carving, and I'm having a lot of problems. For one thing, my knife seems very reluctant to cut diagonally across the grain. I've tried sharpening it on the strop, and that only helps marginally. This is a piece of basswood I'm practicing on, and everything I've read says basswood is *perfect* for chip carving, so I'm completely baffled. The next guess is that there's something wrong with my technique, not inconceivable since I'm trying to teach myself with W. Barton's _Chip Carving Techniques & Patterns_, and learning crafts from a book frequently produces dubious results. I'm especially having problems because my hands are so small. In one section on holding the knife for the first position he says "Your thumb should never leave the handle while cutting," and elsewhere he says, "In the first position, your thumb should always be on your work." My thumb isn't that big! I have to hold the knife blade instead of the handle to pull this trick off. Suggestions? Anything would be appreciated at this point! Violante de las Manos Pequeas From: "Esther Heller" Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: chip carving woes! Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 10:14:32 -0400 Organization: Eastman Kodak Company Michelle "TJ" Brunzie wrote in message ... >Greetings all! I have recently taken up chip carving, and I'm having a lot >of problems. Details snipped... >Suggestions? Anything would be appreciated at this point! Join the oldtools listserv devoted to hand toll woodworking, FAQ at http://www.mcs.net/~brendler/oldtools/OTFAQ.htm and ask there. I don't carve but I am sure some of us do. For anyone interested in non-electric woodworking of any sort, this is _the_ place. I am by far the most vocal female but the the natives are friendly without being forward. Also an excellent source of tools, be sure to read the section that describes "standard oldtools terms" for tool buying over the internet that depends on the buyer's honor... Otelia eoh at kodak dot com From: Amy Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: chip carving woes! Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:43:06 -0400 Michelle "TJ" Brunzie wrote: > Suggestions? Anything would be appreciated at this point! > > Violante de las Manos Pequeas Check the angle on the bevel of your slicing knife--it should be about 25-30 degrees. If the bevel's angle is greater than that, you're going to need to reshape the edge. Brian Cullen of Ormond Edited by Mark S. Harris chip-carving-msg Page 2 of 2