Power Carving Manual
If you’ve already got a rotary tool, you can get the basic bits you need to get started power carving for under £10, (although you can certainly spend more as you need a wider range of bits). The Power Carving Manual takes you through the basic techniques, and then on to a range of projects. Each is well photographed and easy to follow.
Crafters will learn all about the various benefits of carving with power tools and how to master this technique. Additional information about power units, hand pieces, carving burs, materials shopping, and more.
Featuring 16 projects from the pages of Woodcarving Illustrated, crafters will learn all about the various benefits of carving with power tools and how to master this technique. Additional information about power units, hand pieces, carving burs, materials shopping, and maintenance advice, as well as the particular techniques associated with each type of tool is included.
Additional lessons are given on detailing more intricate pieces, such as bird feathers and animal fur. Illuminated by color photography, each project includes step-by-step instructions and original pattern designs for a black bear, an oak leaf pin, a buck with antlers, an assortment of birds, a house sign, a folk art Santa Claus, and an engraved gunstock.
The popular wood artists that contributed projects to this resource include Frank Russell, Jack Kochan, David Sabol, Lori Corbett, Ed Priby, and Bill Janne.
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Carving – Chip Carving, Relief Carving and Power Carving or simply whittling is a satisfying pastime that anyone from a beginner to an expert can enjoy! There are a variety of carving methods as well as woods to choose from and knowing which ones to use depends on the project at hand. Power carving is primarily used for removing large chunks of wood and for those individuals that do not have the strength in their hands to use traditional tools. Chip and Relief carving refer to the style used to remove wood. Chip carving removes small chips in one stroke while relief carving removes wood in a more delicate manner with design in mind. Whittling differs from carving in that no chisels, gouges or power tools are used. Using nothing but a knife and a piece of wood, you can create a project in a matter of minutes, giving instant gratification to even a beginner.
Western or Japanese style chisels?
Understanding how chisels are constructed and their specific purposes will help you decide which chisel will best suit your woodworking needs.
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Author Chris Pye, writing in Woodcarving Tools, Materials & Equipment, describes the parts of a typical carving tool in the following way:
The handle itself may have a metal ferrule at the tang end. Another, heavier, ferrule is sometimes fitted to the other end limiting damage to the handle when it is struck with a mallet.
Between the blade proper and the tang may be a shaped lump of metal: the shoulder or bolster. This prevents the tang being forced into the wooden handle and splitting it.
Blades are either flat (chisels) or curved in cross-section (gouges). A flat chisel has two bevels and each side looks the same, but a gouge will have a concave surface and a convex one. The concave side is known as the inside, face, hollow, channel or mouth of the gouge. The other, convex, surface is the outside, reverse, or back.
The terms 'in cannel' and 'out cannel' refer to the inner and outer faces of any carving tool which has them; without specifying an actual tool. Cannel comes through 'cannelure', from the French for a channel, and is used in architectural contexts to mean a flute. It is also related to the word 'channel', and 'canal', the watercourse. The root of all these words is the Latin canalis, a pipe or duct. Although useful words, they are more often used by toolmakers than carvers.
From the shoulder is the shank: which leads into the various shapes of blades.
At the working end of the tool, a bevel diminishes the thickness of the steel into the cutting edge. There may also be a bevel on the inside of the gouge; in other words there may be an inner bevel and an outer bevel. The corner where the bevel meets the full thickness of the blade is known as the heel.
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