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November 15, 2022
The basics of wood carving, and the order they actually bite
Beginners do not fail because the design was hard. They fail in four places: the grain tore, the board slid, the tool was blunt, or the spare hand sat in front of the edge. Here is the short list, in the order it bites.
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December 7, 2020
What is the best woodcarving tool set, and the four that do the work
Half my students arrive with a 30 piece box and carve with four of them. Here are the four gouge numbers that do the work, the three makers whose steel holds an edge, and how to buy them one at a time.
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