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    Mark Strom (aka Stave)
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  9. Bill Clemmons

    Free workshop – relief carving for beginners

    Have you ever thought you might like to do relief carving, but didn’t know where or how to start? Well, here’s your opportunity. Pete (PeteM) and Andy (CarvedTones) have generously offered their time and expertise to assist in a free, hands-on workshop for beginners who want to learn relief...
  10. PeteM

    Starting out in Relief Carving Info

    I've been asked how I got stared carving so I decided to do a little write-up listing some of the resources I found helpful. It's available in the download library here: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=329 Take a look and if you have any questions, comments...
  11. Bill Clemmons

    Are you a relief carver?

    Are you proficient at relief carving? If so, would you be willing to help out at a free workshop for beginning carvers? I'm trying to organize a one day, free workshop for anyone who wants to learn relief carving. This is along the same line as the one day, free sharpening workshops Mike...
  12. S

    relief carving patterns?

    I went to a local carvers meeting Thursday and saw some great work. http://www.capefearcarvers.org/ Enough that I caught the bug. (Like I don't have anything left to learn about furniture building or turning.) I bought a set of knives and found some Basswood. Came home and googled free...
  13. Gotcha6

    DC 'Relief Valve'

    gdoebs posted a thread about modifying his planer so the DC wouldn't collapse the flex hose when running. I think I have the solution for that and the inevitable times when we close all blast gates with the DC on. I made the following & put it in my DC piping: First, I turned a slightly...
  14. CarvedTones

    Taking pictures of relief carvings

    I need some advice. I am doing shallow relief in hard maple, which is very light colored and shiny. This is what happens if you take a flash picture: A couple of attempts at no flash: Once I get the thing finished, I plan to take some pictures for my web site (which has had a "under...
  15. PIC 48 - Routing Done

    PIC 48 - Routing Done

    Ready to hand carve the details now.
  16. PIC 47

    PIC 47

    Here you can see the levels I identifed in the drawing before actually doing any cutting. I removed the deepest background (level 1) first then removed each subsequent (shallower) level until all levels were hogged out.
  17. PIC 46

    PIC 46

    Notice the change in depth gauge readout as I hogged out the background. Each pass I removed another 1/8-1/4"
  18. PIC 45 - start carving

    PIC 45 - start carving

  19. PIC 44 - Hog out a carving

    PIC 44 - Hog out a carving

    The bit is set on the surface of the wood block and depth is set to zero
  20. PIC 43 - Construction Finished!!

    PIC 43 - Construction Finished!!

    The 2" PVC Elbow (clamped to the jig) is taped to the 4" x 2" Reducer, which is hooked up to the Delta 50-760 via Flex Hose

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