| Project by Roger Strautman | posted 250 days ago | 208 views | 0 times favorited | 10 comments | ![]() |
I just thought I would show everyone a little bit of the process of chip carving an ornament. This ornament is a basswood 3 1/2” hexagon 3/16 thick. I chose to clear coat this with Deft Lacquer so the clean of cuts could be seen and not hid by the staining. I hope this encourages others to at least try chip carving. Thanks for looking!
PS: I do sell these ornaments on eBay from time to time if anyone is interested.
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
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10 comments so far
rpmurphy509
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posted 250 days ago
Very nice!
I wouldn’t have the eyes or fine motor control to do such fine work.
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Les Hastings
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posted 250 days ago
Cool thanks for sharing this Roger. Chip carving is something that I have never tried, maybe I’ll have to give it a go sometime. All your carvings are great!!
-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)
gizmodyne
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posted 250 days ago
Very cool. I know I pester you. But can you do a blog on how you sharpen those knives?
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herbr
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posted 250 days ago
Beautiful! I agree with the eyes and motor control comment
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Scott Bryan
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posted 250 days ago
This is a beautiful project. I would be hesitant to even try something like this. My hand skills simply aren’t good enough to even attempt this. I probably would end up carving my thumb.
Thanks for sharing. The workmanship that this displays speaks volumes to your patience and craftmanship.
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Tim Dorcas
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posted 250 days ago
Everytime I see a carving project I think two things:
1) That looks like it takes a long time.
2) Man that looks really hard.
Do you have some recommendations on how to start (books, tutorials, videos, ect.)?
Tim
PS – I forget to mention that the ornament is very cool :)
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MsDebbieP
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posted 250 days ago
beautiful.
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Jiri Parkman
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posted 247 days ago
Clean work! Nice.
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rikkor
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posted 247 days ago
Nice design, nice execution.
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GaryK
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posted 247 days ago
Very cool. I’be always wanted to try that.
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