On Jun 3, 6:52=A0pm, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have both a birthday and a shoulder operation approaching.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion of a book for the beginning relief
> carver?
>
> Thanks!
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Barry, Im sorry to hear you have a shoulder operation coming up.....
I have a book on woodcarving called Wood Carving Basics by David
Sabol , its from Taunton's press. It has all tyes of wood carving
including relief carving. I think a preety good book. The problem with
carving is all the chisels you will need to get , if u dont have them
already.
Hope all works out well for you..
Randy
http://nokeswoodworks.com
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote
Kate, I understand the Jeep thing. I had to have a front prop shaft
made in March. This weekend, I'll be replacing a broken sway bar
connector. <G>
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AH HAH! Someone who understands!
I'll bet that YOUR habit is a whole lot more expensive to support than mine.
After all, if mine breaks, I can WALK out.
Hope you recover easily and learn a lot.
K.
Hey, have you looked at Chris Pye's books?
http://chrispye-woodcarving.com/
If I could afford to buy a bunch of them, I would. The Jeep addiction is
keeping me broke though.
K.
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I have both a birthday and a shoulder operation approaching.
Does anyone have a suggestion of a book for the beginning relief
carver?
Thanks!
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Thanks for all the suggestions!
The recovery shouldn't be too bad, as the surgery will be with a
scope. The Dr. is just cleaning up some collateral damage in my left
shoulder. I broke it in a mountain bike crash a few years ago. I'm
getting it into good shape before hand to try to speed recovery. I'm
looking forward to some good reading while I get back up to speed.
I chose carving, as I want to learn how, and although I won't be able
to wrestle large boards and sheets around, the Dr. wants me to move it
as much as possible.
Kate, I understand the Jeep thing. I had to have a front prop shaft
made in March. This weekend, I'll be replacing a broken sway bar
connector. <G>
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"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote
If you mean the airplane...
--- yup, I meant the airplane
That's why I bicycle to work and build my own furniture. <G>
--- pretty smart.. for a fella ;¬Þ
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B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone have a suggestion of a book for the beginning relief
> carver?
If you're interested in relatively large-scale things (think
architectural details or furniture decorations) rather than miniature
bits, you might want to look up Charles Marshall Sayers "The Book of
Wood Carving." It's definitely written for beginners, and breaks things
out in a way that's not intimidating. Lee Valley carries (or at least
at one point carried) it, along with a set of a half dozen or so
recommended tools.
I'm not sure how easy you'd find carving with a recuperating shoulder,
though. Maybe it could be considered a part of therapy if a PT is
watching or something.
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
B A R R Y skreiv:
> I have both a birthday and a shoulder operation approaching.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion of a book for the beginning relief
> carver?
>
It's hard to find a better book on relief carving than this one from Chirs Pye:
http://chrispye-woodcarving.com/writing/w_bk4.html
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861080964/chrispyewoodcarv
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:39:36 GMT, Tom in NJ <[email protected]> wrote:
>To the OP:
> You might want to look into some of Nora Halls carving videos. They
>are the closest thing to having an instructor at your side.
>
>Tom - 4
>Robatoy - 0
Thanks for the suggestion!
I think Rob scores much higher than that. <G>
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:21:42 -0500, "Kate" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>AH HAH! Someone who understands!
>I'll bet that YOUR habit is a whole lot more expensive to support than mine.
>After all, if mine breaks, I can WALK out.
If you mean the airplane...
We had a spark plug go bad Sunday. It wasn't really noticeable in
flight, but showed up during a "mag check", during the pre-takeoff
engine run up. During the mag check, each of the two plugs per
cylinder is used singularly, as we run on one magneto at a time vs.
the usual two. The plane shook like a wet dog when running on the
magneto that fed the bad plug.
This was with two first-time flyers aboard, at the far end of the
trip. Everybody got to sit around the airport for 2 hours while the
problem was repaired. I don't think they said a word all the way
back!
A single, high-quality spark plug was over $60, not including
installation, which required cowl disassembly. 8^(
<http://www.skygeek.com/rem38s.html>
Part of the annual maintenance is rotating the spark plugs to get them
even usage in different engine positions.
That's why I bicycle to work and build my own furniture. <G>
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B A R R Y wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions!
>
> The recovery shouldn't be too bad, as the surgery will be with a
> scope. The Dr. is just cleaning up some collateral damage in my left
> shoulder. I broke it in a mountain bike crash a few years ago. I'm
> getting it into good shape before hand to try to speed recovery. I'm
> looking forward to some good reading while I get back up to speed.
>
> I chose carving, as I want to learn how, and although I won't be able
> to wrestle large boards and sheets around, the Dr. wants me to move it
> as much as possible.
>
> Kate, I understand the Jeep thing. I had to have a front prop shaft
> made in March. This weekend, I'll be replacing a broken sway bar
> connector. <G>
>
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Barry,
A couple more suggestions:
Susan Irish's books on relief carving:
<http://www.carvingpatterns.com/#SHOPPING%20CENTER>
Ivan Whillock's relief carving books and videos:
<http://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/contributorinfo.cfm?ContribID=103>
Mr. Whilock's web site: <http://www.whillock.com/about.html>
Best wishes...
Neil