As the leading how-to magazine for woodcarvers, Woodcarving Illustrated promotes woodcarving as a fun pastime and recognized art form. Whether you’re just getting started in the world of woodcarving or have been making chips for decades, Woodcarving Illustrated is designed to help you make the most of your carving time. Each quarterly issue is jammed with projects, instructions, photos, tool reviews, tips, and techniques. Expert guidance from the world’s most talented carvers helps you to complete more projects and hone your skills.
A package arrived in the mail yesterday from Fox Chapel that could
change the way I carve. I have been a devoted hand tool carver
since the beginning ... no mallets, no routers, no chain saws for
me. I think in the five or so years I have been on the message
board I have reviewed one other book ... this book deserves to be
my second review. The book inside the package just grabbed my
attention. It arrived just before dinner and only the knowledge
that you don't hold a book in one hand and a mayo-ketchup
cheeseburger in the other made me wait until after the dishes were
done. "Power Carving Manual" is a new release by Fox Chapel that
has stuffed into it's 150 pages 16 of the very, very, very best
Wood Carving Illustrated Magazine articles focusing on power
carving. Everything you could want to know, every question you have
plus a great assortment of ideas and themes to carve is here. I
like that several topics as tools, carving tips and safety are
repeated through the articles. Hearing this important information
from two or three different authors makes it quick, easy and very
understandable. A few of the basic chapters are: Safety A Guide to
Power Carving Tools Choosing the Right Bit Carving assessories The
Basics of Power Carving Collapsible Telescoping Rod for your shaft
tool There's a great chapter by Jack Kochan that shows you each
carving bit in action. Frank Russell takes you step-by-step through
how to create, layer and texture and wood burn the details of
feathers. Lori Corbett follows right along with a chapter on
Texturing Strategies for Bird Carvers. And projects !!!!! There's a
classic santa, primitive loon decoy, a really great wood spirit
walking stick, a painted killdeer, an American woodcock, a set of
three delightful mushrooms, a whole bunch more ... and my favorite
... a whimsical house by Jim Cline! This books is just over stuffed
with projects! So how good is this book really ... I was just going
to browse through it before Grey's Anatomy came on the TV ... OK???
So does anyone know if the guy with the tumor on his spine lived???
I think I missed everything but the first three minutes of the show
because I was Power Carving!
I bought this book to have enough into to pursue power carving on
my own. It provided detailed information on equipment and safety.
The part of the techniques is reduced to a couple of pages. It
invests at least 3 articles (several pages) on how to carve
feathers. These chapters may be very important for someone
interested in carving birds. The projects are very interesting!
Barry Black, now best known for the pens he sells through
Australia's premium woodcraft stores, was for many years an
itinerant demonstrator of Dremel rotary tools. He remembers a
conversation with a highly accomplished woodcarver who claimed he
could do anything with handtools that Barry could do with a Dreme!.
When challenged on how he would achieve a certain result that had
been obtained using a Dremel, the carver said he would split the
wood, make the necessary cuts, then rejoin the separated parts of
the workpiece. Barry tells the story, not to show the superiority
of power carving, but simply to underline that the techniques of
power carving are different from those used in conventional
carving. The tools are particularly useful for creating delicate
designs and intricate details with an exceptionally high level of
control. The Power Carving Manual begins with a discussion about
the principal tools that are currentl'y available on the US market
- first those with a flexible shaft, then the lower torque but very
high speed (50,OOOrpm) micro motor machines. There are also
illustrated descriptions of burrs and accessories. The next section
deals with the actual techniques employed in power carving with
special emphasis on those used to create feathers. The remainder of
the book is taken up with projects ranging from birds and a Santa
Claus to a bear and jewellery. The projects are presented in step
by step format and are very well illustrated with photos and a few
drawings. Where appropriate, the authors deal not only with the
actual carving, but also the finishing (including painting) of the
completed work. Although the book bears the imprint: Best of
Woodcarving I/Iustrated, the projects appear to be original,
designed specifically for the book. The Power Carving Manual should
appeal to anyone from novice to experienced woodcarver, who wishes
to learn power carving techniques.
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