Chip Carving.....

Carver Rog may have a choice of the best books on Chip carving. You can Chip carve on any wood you desire. I myself prefer harder wood. Checkout this Walnut carving.

Look at this PDF about letter carving from Fine Woodworking. I’m not sure if it will work if your not an online member, but it would a good thing for you to belong.

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Thank you Dick. Wow, you carvers do some real cool stuff. Rog’s chip carving is amazing and you have provided me alot of inspiration as well Dick. For my boxes I see Rog has done alot of what I want to do and he does it really well!

Corey

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Corey, I see you would like a little help with the chip carving thing. I would suggest two books that are very good for the beginner, Complete Guide to Chip Carving by Wayne Barton and Chip Carver’s Workbook by Dennis Moor both are good books. You should only need one chip carving knife, pencil, ruler, and a bow compass

Hardwood can be chip carved but it takes a little bit longer and I use gouges and chisels to get the chips close and then finish them off with the knife to get the smooth chips.

If you have any other questions I might be able to help. Good Luck!

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Hi Rog. Thanks for the help. I enjoy the carvings that people make around here but chip carving is what really holds my attention. I have been looking about today on the internet and saw both of those you mention. I see the workbook is available from Chip’s away with a knife and 4 preprinted Basswood practice boards. I just ordered the Barton book. I see he also has a video as well. Sometimes if a picture is worth a 1000 words… video is worth 10,000 :) That is what I have found on my box making anyway. Thanks for the advise and I will probably need more help! You do very beautiful work. Your letting is fantastic, how long have you been chip carving?

Corey

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I’ve been chip carving for about 10 years now. Corey, you will have to have patiences and a knife that is sharpened to a mirror finish and if you don’t have either of those you’ll give up on chip carving in a hurry.

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I found out the hard way that sharpness is the main ingredient in carving. You gradually learn what sharp really is after carving awhile.
I taught a carving class once, & had the students bring their own tools. I spent most of the first session getting their tools sharp.

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Thanks Rog and Dick. I have the book on order and will probably order the Workbook set with the Moor Knife and the pre printed basswood boards.

I have never sharpened knives before. I assume the books will let me know what I need to have for that, thanks guys!

Corey

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I recommend the DVD by Wayne Barton… it really helps to see it in action. You have to have good layout skills too.

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