Woodworker's Guide to Carving (Back to Basics): Straight Talk for Today's Woodworker (Fox Chapel Publishing) - Softcover

Skills Institute Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565234979 ISBN 13: 9781565234970

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

A straightforward manual for all woodcarvers and woodworkers, this reference offers essential information on woodcarving tools and techniques. With chapters devoted to tools, sharpening, setting up shop, and incised, relief, and in the round carving, there is plenty of guidance for the beginning woodcarver and suggestions for those with more experience.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The world is complicated enough...
your woodworking information shouldn't be.

Get the straight talk about carving wood, including:

• Choosing the right tools and accessories and the easy techniques for keeping them sharp.
• Getting started—everything from selecting wood and setting up your work space, to the basics of carving and the principles of design.
• The easy-to-learn craft of chip carving and its infinite variations for making borders, lettering, and rosettes.
• Traditional relief carving and the techniques for creating fans and shells, an iconic acanthus leaf, or stunning scenes of nature.
• The best approach to designing and carving a realistic, 3-D bust, duck decoy, or ball-and-claw foot.

Get the Complete Set:

Woodworking should be a fun and stress-free hobby. Bypass the overwhelming amount of woodworking information and get Back to Basics with the core information you need to succeed. You'll learn what is important to know now and what can be left for later. Best of all, the information is presented in the plainspoken language you would hear from a trusted friend or relative.

• Woodworker's Guide to Joinery
• Woodworking Machines
• Woodworker's Guide to Wood
• Setting Up Your Workshop
• Constructing Kitchen Cabinets
• Fundamentals of Sharpening

About the Author:

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1565234979
• ISBN 13: 9781565234970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160