Charlotte Carving Get Together ?

[PeteM]

A few people expressed an interest in getting together for a carving workshop.
http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/f29/another-bench-another-spoon-16863/
I'm willing to host if there is an interest.
We need to decide a date/time, what we want to carve, tools needed, materials, etc.
PS - Bring your own bandages and be prepared to sign a release/waver :eusa_doh::saw:

Also, is anyone interested in going to the Chip Carving workshop in Ashville on Sept. 13?

pete

 

[ccccarving]

Pete,
I would be intrested. Let me know if you get a time nailed down.

Charlie

 

[Mike Davis]

If I'm not on a trip to Alabama I would love to participate.

Anybody near Mt. Airy or Winston-Salem want to share a ride? I get 29 mpg on the highway.

Charlie,

Would you share a tip or three with us?

 

[ScottM]

Depending on the date I am in. I am willing to carpool if anyone else from the Triangle wants to go too.

 

[ccccarving]

I'll help anybody I can

 

[nelsone]

I'm in!

 

[ptt49er]

If my wife's schedule for me permits, I'd love to attend!!

 

[cskipper]

Definietly the chip carving. Maybe the carving depending on the date.

 

[PeteM]

OK - I guess we have to start somewhere!
How about Saturday, Sept. 27? Start around 10am. Go out for lunch around 1. Come back and carve some more. Just bring what you have (tools, wood. etc) and we can see which way it leads. No reason we all have to work on the same thing.

Just to be clear: This will not be me standing up teaching how to carve. I can start it off but it's mostly going to be carving and sharing info, techniques, etc.

And - Hopefully Charlie (ccccarving) will be there. He can really carve and I'm sure can teach us more than I can.

pete

 

[PeteM]

What happened to everybody?
Anyone still interested?

pete

 

[WoodWrangler]

I'm interested, if I can make the date work (I've booked up so many weekends this fall it's sick)

FYI - The Southern Raleigh Shop Crawl is the 27th, I think.

 

[rcflyer23]

I would be interested I have no Carving experience at all or tools for that matter but would love to learn.

 

[Mike Davis]

Nothing changed so far for me. :icon_thum

 

[nelsone]

As far as I know the 27th works for me. I'll put it on the calendar.

 

[CarvedTones]

Depending on the date I am in. I am willing to carpool if anyone else from the Triangle wants to go too.

Right now the date being discussed is 9/27, which won't work for me. But if it is a date that will work, I might make it and would share a ride if you were going also.

9/27 is the date for the crawl, which I am missing for a campout with my boys. Now a carving get together is tentatively scheduled; next someone will be giving away full sets of Pfiel gouges, but only on that day... :mrgreen:

 

[Mike Davis]

Yes, at 2:00 am. How did you know? :rotflm:

 

[ptt49er]

I'll check with the master schedule to see if I'm free :-D My wife is enjoying me having weekends off more than I am

what would one need to bring? I don't have any carving chisels or wood suited for carving, just a desire to learn.

 

[Mike Davis]

You can start with a pocket knife and a piece of 2x4.

 

[Badabing]

I'm in the same boat as Phillip...no tools, no suitable wood, no experience carving. But I would love to come and learn a little and watch everyone else go at it!

Right now my schedule is open on the 27th (as long as work schedule doesn't change, which it has a tendency to do sometimes)...

Pete, can you provide directions please?

 

[rcflyer23]

Did Anything come of this. Are you still planning on having the get together in Charlotte. I am actually very interested in learning. I want to be able to do the coasters and hillbilly chess set in the latest WoodCarvers Illustrated. I know it will probably take a few years but hey anything worth doing takes a while.