carving books

[welwell]

I fancy doing a bit of chainsaw carving...........what are the best books out there peeps??

[Bolt]

So far I have only carved one thing.

 

Didn't bother with no books (as they say)

 

Picked up a few nuggets of info off arbtalk.

 

Got a nice big log and hacked away.

 

Fantastic fun. Ended up with a massive pile of sawdust (guess you need to know when to stop).

 

Experimented with loads of different tools (saws, planes, files, sprit level)

 

 

(Hint:- make sure (if you post photo's on arbtalk) that you "dress" the set with a few interesting / outlawed saws (gives 'em somthing to talk about)

[welwell]

Top advice, cheere Bolt

[Bart]

Just get a lump of wood and have a play my first carvings regularly vanished into dust . Try and visualize you first cuts. Think twice and cut once.

Im still working on that.

[plippy]

I fancy doing a bit of chainsaw carving...........what are the best books out there peeps??

 

how intricate do you wana do stuff and are you based in whistable??

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[welwell]

how intricate do you wana do stuff and are you based in whistable??

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I think as a starter " intricate" may be a bit unattainable for me!! I dunno, just fancied messing about a bit at the yard at the end of the day.

 

And yes we are based in Sunny Whitstable, you're in Fav aren't you??

[plippy]

I think as a starter " intricate" may be a bit unattainable for me!! I dunno, just fancied messing about a bit at the yard at the end of the day.

 

And yes we are based in Sunny Whitstable, you're in Fav aren't you??

 

yep, av seen ya driving round, you should come to the meet at the end of the month

Edited May 19, 2010 by plippy

[welwell]

yep, av seen ya driving round, you should come to the meet at the end of the month

 

Can't make that one, I'm not around....sorry

[plippy]

try this one

Decorative Woodcarving. Wood Carving. Book on eBay (end time 06-Jun-10 19:46:46 BST)

[plippy]

av just been to my local liabary and reservedd a couple of books on wood carving cost me 25p per book to order, cheaper than buying