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carving a Fan |
03/21/2008 08:53 PM |
JustinD |
Well, I came home from work yesterday and seen there was a box on the door step from a guy in a brown truck. Inside was the gouges I need for the project we all doing. Anxouse to us my new gouges I went out to the shop and started playing with them. Then I started thinking. I can carve a fan maybe. So with pictures to guide me I went at it. I think it would help to have some other gouges then the # 5s I just bought. Its not prefect but I am happy for it being my first carving ever.
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nice job |
03/22/2008 07:12 AM |
TChisel  |
cool....kinda hard without a v tool.....if you want to...you can practice stab cuttung pedals out ...take the #20 stab straight down with light pressure then turn the gouge the other wat and do the same....be careful to line the corners ...you dont want to have a small X in the wood beyond the end of the pedal...then you dig the small piece out...i use a 1/8 chisel...go cross grain......not too deep you want to make sure the holly veneer will lay in there pretty well....so after you stab the wood ...do the same on the veneer and put it in the wood...you may have to make a few till 1 fits just right.....then....after you do that have your hot plate and sand ready....on med heat.....put the pedal in the hot sand edge wise till it starts to toast....after toasting glue it into the wood...do the middle 1 first then left ...then finish with the right...try to keep them in line with each other....its pretty fun for a little while....you can skip the toasting at first.....good luck...there is a shell carving video coming up with the show i think next week....you gotta get a v tool for them....i dont want to see you mess up the edge on you nice new tool from the dude in the truck.... |
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he is a fan |
03/22/2008 08:36 AM |
NLamens |
Nice JD.........getting antsy are you?? I see Chizz took the opening right into the bellflower.....very smooth.
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bell flower |
03/22/2008 01:04 PM |
JustinD |
Thanks guys,
LOL, Tommy the first thing I did was try and make a pedal. Then I was on to the fan. I picked up my mahogany today and on the way back home stopped by the woodcraft store to pick up a 12/6 gouge.
The hot plate is the only thing I have left to get.
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