tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24887753836487087722024-03-13T08:07:02.713-07:00CutMarksHand crafted, bespoke wooden itemsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-70067792491154118442016-08-11T12:15:00.001-07:002016-08-11T12:15:19.640-07:00Motorbike Carving Fundraiser<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gtb5AT3zw7o" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-81711924184022928582016-03-12T08:07:00.001-08:002016-03-12T08:07:02.859-08:00How to make a personalised penknife handle<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ydWk71PUCk" width="459"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-85026355762796514222015-10-25T06:37:00.001-07:002015-10-25T06:37:05.199-07:00Making a wooden penny board (Part 2)The second part of the hand carved, solid wood penny board!<br /><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-49516365452426775992015-07-13T04:04:00.001-07:002015-07-13T04:04:24.985-07:002x4 Wedding cake stand<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p0LwPLp-3ck" width="459"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-18975211984347556382015-03-23T12:55:00.001-07:002015-03-23T12:55:42.843-07:00Updates and videos<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Quite some time has passed since my last blog, so what's been happening in the CutMarks world? </span><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Visitors to my site may notice a few changes...</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">There is now a tab specifically for my videos, so you can now access all I do from the one website. </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">My articles and how to's are now split, easier to see and better labeled.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">There is a "support" tab. Remember, to support my work, you don't have to put any money in, just share and spread the word!</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">If you prefer the instructables.com layout then get over there and follow me, as I am beginning to put some of my how to's on their website too!</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Mainly though, I've been working on videos! Please go over to the video tab or straight to my YouTube Chanel and take a look! </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">There's new carving overviews, experiments on drying green wood and fire hardening and an entry into Dominic Benders challenge tree, where the aim is to make something from a branch no bigger than yourself! I have also finished a big project that will be uploaded next month, so subscribe and keep an eye out!</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">This week I'm working on an antique hand plane. This will be far more than just restoring it, and may upset the traditionalists out there, but I'm excited! I will also begin my entry into the summers woodworking 2x4 challenge which simply has you create something from a 2x4. </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Lots of things to keep you going for a while, and there will be plenty more after that! </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-57954564909681261732015-02-18T15:16:00.001-08:002015-02-18T15:16:33.920-08:00How to make the rose from Beauty and the Beast<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Now just repeat these stages
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guidelines. Once the clay is baked, there’s no going back, so make sure you’re
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Take a blob of green clay and wrap
it around the base of the flower. Smooth and blend joins with your finger,
specialised clay tools or simply use what is lying around! You can use old lollipop sticks, knives, bent paper clips etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I then made 4 small triangles and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To give it the impression it was
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Please only make this item for
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Happy Valentine's Day! </div>
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It was only yesterday I spent a good 15 minutes standing shoulder to shoulder with my fellow man, staring at a mountain of flowers in the supermarket.</div>
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Which ones to get?! </div>
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Every guy here looks as blank faced and as clueless as me, and most of these flowers are dead or battered from blokes 'man handling' the stock and throwing it back!</div>
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I find some nice ones and get back home to continue my first of 2 secretive projects. </div>
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If you haven't seen it yet, I uploaded a Valentine's Day video a while back. It may be a little late now if you wanted to copy it for Valentine's Day, but it's the rose from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"! </div>
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Every girl would love that for any occasion!<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/v3jd_rJ4-A4">CLICK HERE TO WATCH ME MAKE THIS PROJECT</a><br />
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If you are unsure on how I made the rose, I will be making a step by step guide on here soon.</div>
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About a year ago I uploaded a video titled "how to dry green wood".</div>
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It wasn't so much a "how to" but more a query and an experiment on how to dry branches in the microwave.</div>
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This video is, by far, the most viewed video I have on my channel, so I've finally got around to answering some questions and giving my view/opinion on how to dry green wood within the home without a kiln.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/YXKp0qp1Gv8">CLICK HERE TO WATCH PART 1</a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/9h2Wrv_xhWQ">CLICK HERE TO WATCH PART 2</a></div>
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I may not be uploading many pictures in the near future as clients have asked me to keep the next projects secret until they are revealed to their partners, but I should still be updating things on here and will make the odd small project video on YouTube.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-3549744995570416782015-02-03T14:58:00.000-08:002015-02-03T15:02:20.432-08:00England's rain, new commissions and website improvements<div class="MsoNormal">
Snow lightly flutters to the ground as we all sit in heated
rooms, cosy and safe from the bitter cold, watching the beautiful dance of the
snow flake turn slowly into a downpour of heavy rain.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Trying to be optimistic I listen to the soothing sounds of
running water as rain overflows drainpipes, splashes down into muddy puddles
and cake once clean walls in a brown and green slime.<br />
Despite my best efforts I cannot escape the knowledge that in an hour I have to
walk home in weather unsuitable for even ducks, in a coat that has as much
water resistance as a sponge!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Home, and drying in front of the fire, the dog comes to sit
by my side. <br />
She has recovered well from her recent operation, but I’m pretty sure she’s
milking the sympathy card as she looks up at me with her puppy dog eyes and
lets out a long sigh. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The sky is overcast and the sun sets quickly. I don’t have
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Day is fast approaching! Frustrated, I work on the website and try to get it
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Just then I receive a message for a commission. Sounds like
a great project, it will definitely test my build skills, but then I receive another
request, and another! I’m excited to build these but I just wish I had more
time than just a day here and there. To do this full, or even part time would
be the dream, but for now I better work my butt off as I have this Beauty and The Beast rose to complete, a wedding cake stand to carve and I would like to start designing my fireplace surround to name a few!<o:p></o:p></div>
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With many cool and fun projects in the pipeline, keep
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At least 2 of the upcoming projects are secrets for the
clients and so if I go through a quiet patch, please forgive me and be patient,
as I will not be able to reveal any of the build until the items have been
handed over, for obvious reasons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pacing up and down the lounge with phone in hand, I have to push myself to make the call. </div>
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Could I live with myself knowing I was the one that made the call, made the decision? </div>
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She may never forgive me?!</div>
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I know it's just the vets and she needs to be spayed for her own health.... but she's my little hairy girl! </div>
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I put it down to age and my fatherly instincts starting to rear their head. </div>
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So I make the call and get on with some projects of the wooden variety!</div>
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Working hard on my first collaborated guitar build, dust is flying, shapes are cut, everything looking great and in record time! Nothing can stop us surely?! </div>
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Meet 'Time' and 'Commitments' </div>
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The arch enemies of pretty much everyone on this planet. </div>
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Finding spare time that coincides with each other proves to be difficult and work grinds to a halt. We are not yet defeated and will be back in the workshop as soon as possible!</div>
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In the mean time I set my sights to this weeks video build. I present...</div>
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The bellows!</div>
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I'm pretty happy with this build. It had a few snags here and there as all projects do, but ultimately it went pretty well and I've got a lot of use out of it already! Just in time for this cold weather!</div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/5GKXQ1HzAyo" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to watch the video and <a href="http://www.cutmarks.co.uk/2015/01/how-to-make-pair-of-bellows.html?m=1" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to view the in depth, step by step, guide on how to build one for yourself!</div>
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Now that's completed, I have begun work on my Valentines Day project!</div>
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As you can probably tell I'm using clay as apposed to wood....blasphemy! </div>
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I know I know, but making it out of wood was turning out to be trickier than I had first thought, and to be honest, I think using clay will look much better than using wood, even if I was a master carver! </div>
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Not to fret though, as this will be the rose from Beauty And The Beast, and so will have a glass dome and a hand made, carved, wooden base. I gotta add some wood carving in there somewhere!</div>
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I just want to say a massive thankyou to all that take time to read my little blogs and articles and watch my youtube vids. It means a lot!</div>
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<span style="line-height: 16.5pt;">Please click the links down the side and follow and share me as much as possible. It means a lot to have your support</span></div>
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A useful aid to a
roaring open fire, or simply a nice decoration to adorn your fire surround. <br />
Whatever the reason, making your own pair of bellows will challenge your
creative juices, and better your woodworking skills!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>What you need<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Wood (any)<br />
Pipe or nozzle of some kind<br />
Leather or leather equivalent<br />
Drill and drill bits<br />
Upholstery tacks<br />
Wood glue<br />
Super glue or epoxy<br />
Coping saw or jigsaw<br />
Sand paper (Coarse to fine)<br />
Wood finish E.g. varnish, paint, oil etc<br />
Knife or scissors<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hand or power plane<br />
Bandsaw<br />
Drill press<br />
Files and rasps<br />
Clamps<br />
Decorating equipment E.g. chisels, paints and brushes etc<o:p></o:p></div>
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The bellows I made
here are roughly 6” across, at its widest point, and 14” from top to bottom.
This makes a nice small sized bellows, but any size and shape can be adapted to
work with this how to! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Please watch the video below and have a read through the tutorial before you start. This will help to get
an idea on the build as a whole.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Selecting wood is
entirely up to the individual. So use what you have available. Stick to plywood
or splash out and get yourself some exotic wood!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I chose to use some
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If you’re scrambling
through your scrap bin for some nice looking wood, you may not find anything
that is 6” wide. So our first task is to create a board big enough from which
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If you have the right sized boards, or are using sheet material such as plywood,
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I took some scrap pieces, roughly 3” wide and ½” thick, and cut them into 4
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Putting two together
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Keep checking
progress with a straight edge. If you’re able to buy your wood pre planed,
check that it’s square and flat and skip straight to gluing up!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Apply plenty of wood
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Next you will need 3 or
more bar clamps in order to clamp the two boards together. Placing the clamps
on either side ensures the boards will stay flat!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here I stuck the two boards
together using double sided tape, and then glued my design to the wood. If
you’re feeling arty and adventurous you could simply draw your design straight
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Tip: If you’re using a dark wood, draw on your design with a white pencil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I use a bandsaw to
cut around the outline of the bellows, but a coping saw or jigsaw can be used
to achieve the same results.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saws can leave very
rough and unclean edges, so these need to be cleaned up! <br />
With the two boards still taped together, I use a rasp to quickly shape the
edges. I then move to a file and finally sandpaper. The same results can be
achieved with a succession of graded sandpaper if you don’t have a rasp or file
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When you’re happy
with the outer shape, you can now prise the two boards apart.<br />
Take just the top board and make a straight cut across, roughly 2 inches up
from the bottom, or wherever you feel looks right for it to hinge.<br />
Again I use the bandsaw here but you can use any kind of saw.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Don’t lose that piece
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You now need to apply some wood glue and stick it to the other board.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Any clamp can be used
for this small piece; here I just clamp it in my vice, but you could just rest
something heavy on it to apply pressure.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you do not intend
to decorate your bellows in any way, or want the wood grain to speak for itself,
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I’m a lover of hand
carving, so I hand carved my fiancées and my initials, with two acanthus leaves
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To achieve the patterning inside the heart, I simply took random passes in
various directions with the router.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whether you carve or
paint your bellows, make sure you leave some space at the bottom, as the
leather will overlap that section to create the hinge.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once the glue has
dried on the other piece, place the two boards back together and drill a hole
through the top of the handle. A strip of leather or cord will go through these
holes to prevent the bellows from being pulled open too far.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I used a drill press, but a normal drill, and keen hand eye coordination will
work too!<br />
Locate the centre on the bottom of your bellows (where the nozzle will be). Now
drill a hole through into the belly of the bellows. This will also cut a small
groove on the inside of the board. Just be careful to keep straight, go slow
and don’t drill out through the side! <br />
I used progressively larger drill bits until I reached the size of the nozzle I
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Using a spade bit I
drilled a hole in the centre of the bottom board (undecorated board).<br />
This will act as the valve to let in air but stop air escaping.<br />
Again, this can be done with a hand drill and regular drill bits.<br />
If you only have access to small drill bits, drill a few holes close together
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Before we assemble
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roughly half with white spirit (any thinner will do). This allows me to simply
wipe on the varnish using a “J cloth” (or rag). This prevents horrible brush
marks, and stops thick blobby clogging around caved areas.<br />
Between coats I simply lightly sand it down with 400 grit sand paper, dust it
off and apply the next coat.<br /><br />
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The bellows are
effectively complete, but they wouldn’t be much use without the leather!</div>
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I used Eco friendly, recycled leather for my build. I’m not sure how it’s made, but it's a lot cheaper and better for the planet!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before we go any further,
cut a small square, just bigger than that hole you drilled in the middle of the
bottom paddle. Now simply apply glue to one edge and glue the square over the
hole (the side that will be on the inside of the bellows). This will be the
valve!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I laid the paddles on
their side to roughly how far apart I think it will be opened, and then cut a
rough, oversized, shape that would fit from the front, all the way round the
back, and back to the front.</div>
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If I could advise anything on this build, it would be to make a paper mock up
for this part, to check how it fits before cutting your leather.<o:p></o:p></div>
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your leather is cut to size, we need to start gluing it down.<br />
I used spray glue at first, as that is all I had lying around.<br />
I don’t advise it at all! Stick to super glue if you can.<br />
We only need to do a section at a time so don’t go slapping glue all over the
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For extra strength,
and to add a little flair, I tacked the leather down using upholstery tacks. <br />
I slightly pre drilled these, just to be on the safe side, as the last thing
you would want at this stage is the split the wood!<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you’re the present
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A line of tacks must run either side of the split you cut in the wood earlier.
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You should find that
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Making sure you have the bellows fully open at this point, begin tacking and
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You may have noticed
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Simply grab a knife and poke it through the hole, making a sort of asterisks.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For me, the leather
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In case you were wondering what sort of pipe that is……I have no idea! I found
it and cut it to a descent length. It really doesn’t matter, as long as it’s
some sort of metal and it fits!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The final touch is to
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This allows it to be hung, and acts as a safety measure to prevent the bellows
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Remember, this “how
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leather. There is no right or wrong here as long as it blows air, so go crazy
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-79649673878176993182015-01-07T13:23:00.000-08:002015-01-07T13:24:20.195-08:00New Year, New Projects!<div class="MsoNormal">
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I hope all have seen in this New Year in style?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite the chore of cleaning up from the season’s
festivities, putting away all the Christmas decorations and trying to slot back
into shift work, I’ve managed to get quite a bit done this week! <o:p></o:p></div>
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My spray painting experience is limited to say the least,
but this black and red fade with the gold leaves is beginning to take shape.
Like a skilled artist, I have managed to continuously cock it up, had to sand
it back and repaint. But hey… it’s a learning curve!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a personal piece, so the letters stand for my fiancée’s
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bit, then took random passes to create the texture. I finished off with a
mirrored acanthus leaf design. <br />
A lot of sanding has been done since this photo and I still have some work to
do to fit the leather and pipe. Once that is all done there will be a build
video and an in depth ‘how to’ here on the website.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have done some extensive testing on an ancient technique,
in line with a project I will probably bring out in spring. So far the results
are mixed, so I’m not sure if I want to give too much away, as if the testing proves
ineffective, I will have to scrap the whole idea anyway. But keep on the lookout
for updates as it could prove to be a fun avenue for future projects!<o:p></o:p></div>
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In final news, collaboration on the new guitar build is
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The circular patterning will be carved into the top of the
guitar and the overall shape will be tweaked. Once complete the bridge will be
converted from a Floyd rose to a fixed bridge, the top painted and the sides
stained to show the grain. This is the first of 3 currently planned guitars.
The second will be another convert of an Ibanez, and the third will be a full
build from scratch. So, there will more than likely be a separate page pop up
for this side project. Keep your eyes peeled!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Merry Christmas everyone! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope everyone is well and had a good year?<o:p></o:p></div>
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This will be my last blog of 2014, so a quick round up of
this year and what is on the horizon for 2015 is in order!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I started “CutMarks” a long time ago, producing poor, over
lengthy, and in some cases, unfinished whittling videos that no one watched,
and I inevitably gave up on the whole idea and focused my efforts towards
carving with chisels. <br />
I then used my growing woodworking skills to create one
of a kind pieces for local people. Each item would slowly grow my knowledge,
ambition and abilities and I re-advertised “CutMarks” as a place to go, to
request unique, commissioned wooden pieces.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Still with a lot to learn, I recently revisited the internet world, and decided to pimp my name around more by
creating blogs, articles and written how to’s. This has seemed to work well,
and in turn, has returned me to the YouTube world, where I’m slowly now creating
better videos and contacts with woodworkers and learning a lot from them!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So a massive thank you to all my new followers, subscribers,
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First off, must be the move and re build of the workshop!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My first, fully finished, wired up, hand carved guitar!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My first attempt at reinventing and upcycling an old 150
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This big ol' Garlic!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This dog bowl, created from old pallet wood.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, this website and some of the articles I’ve written
for it!<o:p></o:p></div>
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For all the smaller projects and things I did/doing, follow me on
Facebook, check out my Youtube channel and take a look at my portfolio page!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/cutmarkspage" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/cutmarks" target="_blank">YOUTUBE</a></div>
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<u>What is on the horizon? </u><o:p></o:p></div>
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Bigger and better things!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m teaming up with an old friend to design and create much
better guitars. <br />
He is an amazing guitarist, and his knowledge on them far exceeds
my own. So from a technical and visual point of view they should improve vastly! Additionally, with his help on the labour intensive aspects, such as wiring and
clean up, my time won’t be consumed with the amount of work it takes to build a
guitar, and I can continue producing how to’s, articles, and build videos for
you all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have gained “permission” from Marvel to create build
videos based on their franchise. <br />
I use the air quotes as it’s not so much
permission, but rather that they tell me it comes under “fair use” as long as
the finished products are not sold. Armed with that knowledge, I can now
happily create a vast array of fan build videos based on viewer’s preferences!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have a whole list of unique ideas written down which will be made
into build videos and will be available to purchase. I won’t give away all my
plans though, so you’ll have to subscribe and keep your eyes peeled!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course I shall keep up with blogs and articles on here
for those who like a read on their commutes or evenings with their feet up!<o:p></o:p></div>
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So with that, I wish you all a happy Christmas, a great New
Year and I’ll see you on the other side!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Any suggestions, requests or ideas of what I should do next,
how to improve the website and/or the YouTube channel, or just your "two pence".
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<o:p></o:p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-83994956202355548412014-12-21T13:52:00.000-08:002014-12-22T10:49:52.767-08:00How To Whittle A Christmas Decoration. A Beginner's ProjectIt’s Christmas!<br />
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A time of fun and merriment. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A time for food and beer. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A time for spending every free hour in shops buying
presents, wrapping presents, putting up Christmas decorations, re-wrapping
Christmas presents after the dog’s found the Ferrero Rocher, cleaning the house
ready for family visits, cleaning up after family visits…..<o:p></o:p></div>
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I miss my workshop!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Head hung low, my eyes catch sight of the kindling basket.
So much dried wood in perfect hand held sizes….. why am I not carving it?! <br />
I haven’t whittled for a long time, and since I have limited time to set
anything up in the workshop, I can just sit in the kitchen and whittle
something quick!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I need something simple to carve, something quick and easy.
I look around the lounge for inspiration. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A gap on the Christmas tree?! Why is there a gap?!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I take a seat in the kitchen; chips can be easily swept up
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I put on my old Kevlar glove to protect my hand from cuts.
The last thing I want is to spend the evening clearing blood off the kitchen
floor! My Kevlar gloves have no grip which comes back to bite me in the
backside, as the wood decides it enjoys the thrill of leaping from my grasp and
falling to the floor every 5 minutes! A better glove would have some sort of
grip on the palm!<br />
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I use a Stanley knife, AKA box cutter, AKA utility knife,
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I take up a comfortable position, and begin rounding over
one end of the stick to create a round dome shape. I position my left thumb
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Once happy that the top is circular, and domed to my desired
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I can now turn the stick around and begin tapering the
entire piece into a point at the opposite end to the dome. I use a different
method here, clasping the stick firmly, and taking long bold swipes to remove
wood. I must be fully aware of where that blade is pointing and where it is
going, and ensure I’m never in front of it. I have a history of cutting myself,
and it’s not fun!<br />
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Now I have my basic cone decoration, I can drill a small
hole in the top to allow for it to be hung. I do this ‘cack handed’, and in
hindsight, I should have really drilled down into it, over a sacrificial board.
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The knife is a fairly crude tool, and unless you spend a
long time making tiny cuts to create the perfect curves, you should be left
with a very choppy, uneven cone. So I simply take 120 grit sandpaper and sand
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I could leave this as a simple cone, but I decide to add a
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After drawing a spiral around the entire length of the cone as a guide, I pick
up my V Tool. This is a chisel with the cutting edge in the shape of a V. It is
a useful tool for many aspects of whittling and carving, but it is not a
necessity. The same groove can be created just the same with just the knife, but
it takes twice the amount of time!<br />
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follow my guidelines, spiralling around, and down the length of the cone. I
take it slow and carefully as the spiral is tight and fiddly, especially at the
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For each day that passes and as Christmas comes ever more into focus, my productivity worsens!<br />
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Is it the cold?<br />
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Is it the Christmas excitement?<br />
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Is it the stress of how busy every road and shop is, that makes me just want to sit in the lounge in front of the fire when I finally get in, and curl up into a ball?<br />
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I’m going to go with all of the above!<br />
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I love Christmas, but I like to take life at my own pace, not something you can do at this time of year!<br />
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Never the less, I have been out in the shed, with some freezing cold steel chisels in hand, making a video!<br />
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It’s been a while since I've made a proper woodworking/carving video, but Sterling Davis of YouTube had put forth a challenge to the woodworking community to create something from old pallet wood.<br />
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For those of you that don’t watch my YouTube, I don’t blame you! But I started off making videos on how to whittle. Not so much how to carve cool sculptures with a knife, but more to show how you can take any scrap of wood, for free, and create something beautiful or useful from it!
Now I’ve progressed more to carving with chisels, I thought it would be a nice way of revisiting that old idea and show how you can create something beautiful from rotten old green pallet wood that’s been sitting outside for unknown amount of years!<br />
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It comes with its problems, I won’t lie, old wood isn't going to be perfect, but it is usable!<br />
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First off, it was pine….I hate pine! Although it’s really soft, the grain is thick and you need your chisels so sharp to cut through cleanly. If you get lazy and don’t keep them stropped, like I often do, you will find that, while cutting cross grain, the chisel won’t cut cleanly and the wood will tear easier than hard woods. If you cut against the grain, which is at times unavoidable, it doesn't just split along the grain a little, allowing you to reverse direction, but rather it decides to instantly split right along the piece of wood!<br />
Secondly, while gluing one section on, I found that it later unstuck while I was cutting a hole in it! I was using a jigsaw so yes there were a lot of forces and shaking involved, but the glue had been left clamped to dry for a whole day and a bit. My understanding of wood glue is that it is stronger than the wood itself, is it should have split the wood, not the glued edge? The only conclusion I can come to, is that there must have been moisture in the wood that affected the glue curing?
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Apart from those minor setbacks, that I managed to overcome, the rest of the build went really well and was a lot of fun!<br />
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A massive thank you to Sterling Davis for putting on the challenge! To see his YouTube channel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SterlingsWoodcrafts" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>. While you’re there, look on the playlist tab to see everyone else’s entry into the challenge. Some great videos there!<br />
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For now, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcQgZ9JM6tQ&list=UUljaiu8EQGmSFbksapjQrPA" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>, to see my entry. Give it a ‘thumbs up’, comment and share if you like it please!<br />
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I won’t say what it is, you’ll have to watch the video through and find out at the end! Post in the comments below at what time into the video you realised what I was building!<br />
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As you carry back the spoils of
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utensils. A spoon, a fork…. How will you eat your evening meal?! To go without
is not an option as the hike has been arduous. But as you throw down your
collection of branches, you no longer see a pile of sticks, but rather the
materials to carve and create whatever your mind can conceive! Placing a few
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<span style="text-indent: 36pt;">Rummaging through your rucksack,
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for whittling but it feels slightly dull, and you have no sharpening equipment
on you. A dull knife is not only frustrating to carve with, but can also be
highly dangerous. Not sharp enough to cut cleanly through the wood, it could
easily skip out and slice through your hand! You notice a box cutter or
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knife in hand, you pick up your chosen branch, place your knife across the
centre of the branch’s end grain, and hammer the back of the knife with a spare
branch. This splits the branch in half. You divide it mentally into thirds,
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From that same
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to do, to finish it off, and that is to give it some prongs, or ‘tines’ to give
them their real name. If you had a small saw you could have simply cut a few
lines straight down, leaving you with long tines. But seeing as you’ve been
forgetful this trip, you must make do with your knife. The simplest way to
recreate tines with a knife is to just cut small V shapes from the end, leaving
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Not only has this been an enjoyable pastime while reflecting
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Now to take the other branch you put to one side, and make something beautiful
from it as a keep sake of your adventure!</div>
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To buy a knife
suitable for whittling and some Kevlar gloves to keep your hands safe. I've
provided links below to a few I highly recommend. But feel free to take a look and choose what best suits you! Just click on the links and take a look at the related items!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
December and the countdown to Christmas has begun! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ahead of the
game, we're actually up to date with all our present buying and wrapping! Although the
dog did manage to find and tear open a box of chocolates! Luckily she </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> get into the box itself, but I now know what one of my presents is!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Delivered the drink cabinet shelves, and started work on the jewellery box. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
my last blog I touched on the first carving to be attached, and I have now
fully finished, and attached, both carvings to the box! Unfortunately I haven’t
got a picture of both glued on together, but here are two pictures of them
glued on individually.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lovely,
quite pleased with how they look, and they didn’t take me too long to carve
which is always a bonus! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The guitar and cabinet projects seem to have both been
left behind at the minute, which is actually frustrating me more than I think
it should, but the time has been spent productively. </span></div>
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If you’re not a woodworker, you may not be aware of Sterling Davis’ ‘Pallet up
cycle challenge’. He is challenging woodworkers everywhere to get in their
shops and create something solely from pallet wood. Not only are there great
prizes to be won, but it’s a great opportunity to get in the workshop and
create something for myself for once, and also to see everyone else’s take on how they up
cycle pallet wood! If you haven’t seen it, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVRSIqwQ1XHovwXJEMx7H9fp71GnLPGdX" target="_blank">Click Here</a> for the play list of everyone’s
entries so far and how to enter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The plan was
to get my entry completely built in a day, but my camera’s battery kept dying
and forcing me to continually stop, charge the battery, and have a cup of tea
with my feet up! I know, I don’t know how I cope sometimes! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So here it
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Obviously my entire day was not devoted to this one carved part. The rest
is pretty much all complete and ready to glue together, but I wanted to keep
people guessing as to what it could be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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picture is all the wood that’s being used in the project, so it’s something
small!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-15543176898355075022014-11-28T12:44:00.000-08:002014-11-28T14:00:41.099-08:00Wood For Carving<div class="MsoNormal">
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“What wood can you
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“Any”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Yes, but what type? Where can I get some wood carving wood?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is this a common question that you ask, or have been asked? <br />
It's one I've been asked many times by budding carvers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s an odd concept and question for the established carver.
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Wood’s wood. Carve anything?! <o:p></o:p></div>
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But for the newbie, especially someone from a town or city,
it’s just something that one doesn't come across! No one ever talks about fine
woodworking and elegantly carved antiques nowadays. People are sitting at
computers in Ikea chairs, swigging down a beer, contemplating whether they
should head down the pub. <br />
Even if an individual was interested in such things, who is there to ask in a
world like this? You can only know what you know, so commend those who are
clearly a world away from working with wood, and who are pushing their
knowledge, skills, and thinking outside the box, and outside the bubble of
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If you are said newbie, let’s take a look at what you can
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First off, wood is wood, and as such, a wood carver can
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Budget’s tight, not an uncommon thing these days, but you
want to start a hobby, something light on the wallet preferably. <br />
Whittling is a common form of carving to start, and involves just one knife….
and a Kevlar glove, because let’s face it, no one likes clearing up their own
blood!<br />
I recommend a Kevlar glove and a Stanley knife (box cutter) such as these for
beginners.<o:p></o:p><br />
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But the choice of knife is yours, so long as it’s sharp and
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The park, woods, or even just roadsides where trees have
been planted. <br />
Look around the ground and find a stick. Any size is fine for practice,
you can pick out specific sizes and shapes when you begin to learn, and know
what you’re carving. <br />
If sticks are hard to come by, or it’s the middle of the summer, just have a
look around. A lot of things are made of wood, so you will find old scraps of
wood in skips, around building sites, old furniture, chair legs etc. You might
have an old wooden spoon or wooden rolling pin. Anything can be used, find it
and try it, what have you got to lose?!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b><u>Best Wood For
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So what is the best wood for carving? <o:p></o:p><br />
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The short answer, there really isn't a “best wood”. All wood
has different characteristics and as such, types of wood can be very personal to
the carver, or very specific towards what you are carving.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Basswood or Limewood tends to be the wood of choice
for most carvers. It’s very soft, easy to carve and holds detail well. Its
uniform patterning results in a carving free from any distracting or off-putting
grain patterns.<br />
On the other hand, your carving may be bolder, less detailed, and needs that
grain to pop and bring some character into the piece. So take into consideration
what you are carving when choosing your wood, but be aware some woods can be
very hard such as oak, some brittle like mahogany, and some prone to splitting
along the grain such as pine. <br />
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Experiment, and remember.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The time colds and flu are rampant, and everyone ends up
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Now I won’t complain about the time off work, and a week
spent in front of the fire; but I’m not one to be ill very often, and sitting
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I like to think of myself as a productive man, so while I’ve
been sitting on my arse all week, I have been spreading my website as much as
possible and begun writing more specific articles to do with wood carving.<br />
So far they’re quite general, but I would like to begin producing ‘how to’
articles, reference articles and ultra-specific wood carving material. So if
anyone would like a topic covered or thinks of something good I could cover,
please contact me or leave a comment below. Additionally, any suggestions on
how to improve the website or content, please tell me. I want this to be all
about entertainment, education and providing one of a kind items. So without your
input, I can’t provide quality, targeted information.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Enough of the boring end of CutMarks!</div>
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I have been back in the workshop today working on some projects for you all to
lay your eyes upon!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I stupidly didn’t take a ‘before picture’ of this axe, but I
can assure you, it looked weird. It was sort of square and had a damaged scrap
of pine as a handle. For £3 I snapped it up along with an antique wooden plane,
which will also get restored at some point and be up for sale. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As you can see, I have removed the handle and shaped the axe head to look a
little more pleasing on the eye. The curved recess at the bottom will allow a
closer grip for more precise cuts. It’s been a while since I’ve done any metal
work and I’ve missed the smell of grinding metal, but back to woodworking for
the handle!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The last couple of projects this week have been the
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And I have begun carving some designs to attach to a jewellery
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Check out my social
media (links to each on the left of the page) to see progress reports on this
and all the other projects I do!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00070551475513640352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488775383648708772.post-25476660229160822762014-11-21T12:03:00.001-08:002014-11-22T11:40:15.709-08:00Wood Carving Ideas<div style="text-align: center;">
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Has my brain fallen asleep? <br />
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Is it still in there? <br />
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It was alive last night, with ideas never before conceived by mortal man! <br />
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So why now, when I’ve got wood in my hand...... sensible now, can I not think of a single thing?! My mind is blank! <br />
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It is a dilemma faced by every artist, in all formats. <br />
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So how does anyone get anything done? There must be a method to get those creative juices flowing? <br />
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Every persons mind works differently, therefore, one must experiment to find their ‘flow’. Alternatively, if you’re like me and you get stuck in ruts easily, you must switch tactics constantly and keep your mind fresh and active. <br />
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I have compiled a list of methods I use to get my creative juices flowing, where I go to find ideas, or simply how to get enough inspiration to come up with new ideas. <br />
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Remember, these methods work for me and may not work for you, but hopefully you can use some of these methods, or at least use them to point you in the right direction to find your own path. <br />
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· First off is an obvious one. Step away! Concentrating on one thing does not open your mind to new possibilities. You will get angry and begin hating your project. So just step away, go for a walk, watch TV, start a new project or practice techniques and just keep a notepad nearby. Ideas disappear from your mind just as suddenly as they can appear, so don’t miss those fleeting thoughts! <br />
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· Following on from the previous point, and what I touched on in the introduction. Keep a notepad on you! Ideas are very common at bed time and as much as you think you’ll remember it in the morning, you won’t! I knew a musician once who kept equipment set up ready to go, and often woke in the night, ran to his spare room and wrote down ideas and recorded rough riffs ready to revisit at a more convenient time. <br />
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· The internet. The internet is VAST! But don’t just look at pictures upon pictures of wood carvings. Open the box, get out and think out there! Not only will you find the same old, over copied carvings, but you will end up seeing master carver’s best works of art and doubt your own abilities and deflate your ego. Look at other forms of wood work, paintings, pictures, anything that takes your fancy! Let it inspire you, look for patterns and shapes in the most unlikely of places, contemplate how they can be worked into your designs. <br />
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· Again, let us touch on the previous point. Often with carvings we need to keep detail low or simple due to wood type, time constraints or maybe you’re just looking for a more stylized look for your piece. Look no further than tattoos. Especially that of older tattoos. Tattooists run into the same problems as wood carvers, in the sense that more detail can often become messy, blend together or just be too difficult to do, and so they create bolder designs, more elaborate shapes with less detail. Some of their floral designs are beautiful, and so easy to recreate and re-form to fit your work. I once used a lizard design, as I was whittling very soft, rotten wood, the wood would never have taken any detail, so this turned out great as a design! <br />
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<img src="file:///C:/Users/Dean/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.png" /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUP_DW9ea0k&list=UUljaiu8EQGmSFbksapjQrPA" target="_blank">Click here to watch how I carved this lizard</a></div>
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· Doodle. It doesn't matter if you can draw or not. Just put pencil to paper and begin scribbling lines, curves, swirls, wherever the pencil wants to go. As soon as you see a couple of lines begin to look slightly pleasing on the eye, erase the rest of the scribble and begin refining that section. Once you have one pattern, or part of a pattern, things tend to get a little easier. You have a base and a motif, so your random scribbles will begin taking more purposeful routes, eventually creating pictures and patterns that you never would have come up with just sitting there in your arm chair! <br />
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· If you have a specific piece of wood or furniture to work on, don’t plan everything on paper! Draw straight onto the wood where possible. As I’m sure you’re aware, all wood has very different markings and shapes. Even basswood can, at times, have defects, which can look great if you work it in with the design. Often I have taken plans to a project and found that the design just looks weird on the wood, or the grain just won’t support what I had planned and I have to alter it. This was exactly what happened with this guitar. <br />
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Plans changed constantly before settling on this design. The reason I include this within this article, is because the wood can often influence what you carve. Working together with the grain, defects and colourations, the wood can almost tell you what to carve into it, taking away the stress of staring at a blank page and having no idea what to do. <br />
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I hope some of these ideas will help some of you, and as I said at the start. No single method creates ideas and inspiration. You must mix and match, try one, one day, try multiple methods at once on another day. <br />
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Your mind is unique and your designs and creations unlike anyone else’s. Do what works best for you to get the results you’re looking for.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Wood carving for beginners’ a term that can start,
and lead to, so many different practices, ideas and methods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let us create some questions, for which you can then,
sub-categorise yourself, and go down the path you wish to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you one to think:<br />
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“I’m not a massive TV fan and books are for bedtime! I need something to do
with my hands to keep me occupied; I want a feeling of accomplishment, but at low
cost and simple. <br />
An equivalent to knitting in a sense.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If this is you, you may enjoy the path of the <b style="text-decoration: underline;">‘whittler’</b>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For this, you need only one knife (specialist detail
knives can come later if desired).<br />
If like me, in my early days, you dread the thought of having to buy, and learn
how to use, sharpening equipment. Simply get yourself a Stanley Knife or Box
Cutter. These require no sharpening and the blade can simply be replaced when it
dulls.<br /><br />
What can you whittle?<br /><br />
Anything!<br /><br />
Find any stick, any scrap of wood, I’ve even heard of people carving chalk!<br />
I’m not quite sure how that turns out though? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jwqkQHcvOY&list=UUljaiu8EQGmSFbksapjQrPA" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a video I made a while back, on how to
whittle a spoon!<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">YouTube and Google are wonderful places for free
information, and how to’s, so have a good look around!<br />
I have a few How To’s on my YouTube channel but I will soon be uploading more
to here, so keep checking back!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 24.5333347320557px;">Below are a few whittling products. Just click the pictures to check pricing, related items and see what you like!</span></span></div>
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This, in my opinion, is probably the most fun styles of carving. You generally
don’t have to do too much wood removal, simply take down the background to your
desired depth, and you can start shaping and finessing in seconds! Some surface
decoration takes only a series of strategic cuts to the surface, to create beautiful patterning.<br />
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To letter carve you will need gouges and straight chisels as with carving. But
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price! It creates a lot of waste wood, so you are paying for a large percentage
of wood that’s actually going in the bin! Plus, the time it takes to remove
this waste wood, to get down to your rough shape, can be very slow and tedious!
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a common, and well enjoyed form of carving, due to the speed of the chainsaw at
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a round, perfectly proportioned head is a very, very different skill to creating
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carving skills forward!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wood. <a href="http://www.cutmarks.co.uk/2014/11/wood-carving-tools-what-you-need.html" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to read my article on wood carving tools, to understand what
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scrolling through pages
upon pages on the internet, my mind boggles with so much information, that I simply
cannot process it all at once. I love the colour, look and individuality every
wooden sculpture or piece of furniture has. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">But how do I get into it? What do I
need, and where do I begin?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clicking through
various videos on YouTube, I find that all wood carving videos I come across
tend to be very ‘dumbed down’ introductions, or advertisements to pay for full video
downloads and access to carving websites.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just want to know
what I need, to start cutting chunks out of wood!?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally coming across a
few explanations, and talking through forums, I receive the same answers:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Depends on what you’re
carving!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well that’s not helpful
in the slightest!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will assume that you,
like I, have or had no idea on what I was going to carve, so without being able
to provide an answer to their question, I failed to receive an answer to mine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">My answer to that same
question, now with a little experience under my belt, is…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Depends on what you’re
carving!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yes, yes. I know! It
really does come down to that! </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
Wood carvers are generally very nice people and happy to help. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As much as it
may feel like it, they </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">aren't</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> just fobbing you off with an unanswerable
question, just so they don’t have to listen to you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what I shall do, is
not ask you another question in return, but simply tell you what I ended up
buying and what I feel is useful and what was not.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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not to buy a <b>chisel kit</b> because you will probably not use all the chisels. I
say…. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Agreed, you will
find some chisels you will only pick up once a year, but they’re there when you
need them, and the range will enable you to better understand what types of
gouge you mostly use in what you do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">My first kit was this, from Flexcut.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000ZUBE1Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B000ZUBE1Y&linkCode=as2&tag=cutm-21&linkId=OB4AGIE2XVT3FLND"><img border="0" src="http://ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B000ZUBE1Y&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=GB&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=cutm-21" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=cutm-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B000ZUBE1Y" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">A small palm tool set, and as a beginner I loved them and would
highly recommend them, the range is great for all your needs, and being a
beginner you will be playing with small scraps, so there is no real need to get
anything bigger.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">The only downfall
with them, is that the handle is interchangeable. Again that’s fine at first but
as you progress and speed up, you really need to be able to pick up and put
down chisels rapidly. Changing handles over is a tedious and time consuming
process, but to be fair it hasn't stopped me using these great chisels.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Search through
old<b> antique shops and house clearance shops</b> for old chisels. Most of mine have
been bought cheaply from these places, and they’re much better quality than the
cheaper chisels you will find online. Downside is that you will need to clean
them up at times and re sharpen them.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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the ‘sheffield list’.</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This is a drawn, cross section, list of all sized and shaped chisels. which can be found in the back of this great Chris Pye book. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1861085079/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1861085079&linkCode=as2&tag=cutm-21&linkId=IK3LWKYGH6PR5OYD" style="line-height: 115%;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1861085079&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=GB&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=cutm-21" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=cutm-21&l=as2&o=2&a=1861085079" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"> You can
reference your current chisels to it, to figure out what they are and what size
you need next.<br />
Remember; the shape of the chisel should closely, if not exactly, fit the contours
of the piece you’re carving. I find I carve similarly sized pieces each time, so
I use similar sets of chisels on each piece.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000QIWXJ2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B000QIWXJ2&linkCode=as2&tag=cutm-21&linkId=OZ5Z72ISHBTTKW6T" style="line-height: 115%;"><img border="0" src="http://ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B000QIWXJ2&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=GB&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=cutm-21" /></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=cutm-21&l=as2&o=2&a=B000QIWXJ2" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This is the exact bandsaw I use and I could not say a bad word about it after 4 years of owning. Please take a look or click on the picture to see related bandsaws at various price ranges.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Obviously you can use hand
tools to get the same results, but you will be getting stuck into projects in
less than quarter of the time with one of these and can spend more time sculpting and less time
hogging out waste wood. I couldn't </span><span style="line-height: 27.6000003814697px;">recommend</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> one enough as you will end up using it for general DIY as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">For carving, this can be as simple as a table or you can follow the link to view more specific wood working benches. Make sure it’s sturdy, and I like
to raise mine up to about waist height to prevent having to lean down on a
project.</span><br />
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couple of clamps.</b></span></span></span><br />
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There are so many ways to hold your work. Methods change from preference, to type of carving. This is a clamp I use for a lot of work, especially for 'in the round' carvings. It simply clamps to a table, then the vice itself swivels to allow for access to all angles of your carving. Best thing? This is over £80 less than a proper carvers vice, which does the same thing! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Vices and clamps aren't always completely necessary, I've</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> seen many a video of Japanese mask
makers carve on the floor, in their laps! I must add that I don't encourage that method! But I suggest getting into a comfortable position
and just get the work piece secured or butted up against something so it </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">doesn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> slide of shift while you're working on it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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equipment.</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">This should have come after the chisels! Like with most things, there are many
methods and products that will essentially produce the same results, just maybe
some are easier or a little faster than others. Click the pictures above to view a few and see related products. Sharpening is a skill, and as
such, companies produce wildly overpriced machines that make quick and easy
work of it. But if you’re strapped for cash after buying all your chisels,
learn the old fashioned way and get a cheap rough/medium or medium/fine stone. The
type will really come down to preference. This is just for shaping the bevel so
there’s no real need for top end. Then I would recommend a high end, very fine
stone, for refining the edge and a slipstone for the insides of gouges. I make
do with an old rubbish slipstone and just use a light touch, but go with your
budget.<br />
Finally to get the perfect edge you will need a strop. This is just a piece of
suede stuck to a flat board and covered in stropping compound. They’re easy to
make, but flexcut produce a nice small one (above) with multiple curved parts on the
opposite side, for the insides of gouges. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It seems like a lot,
and I won’t lie, it’s not a cheap hobby to start! But once you are established,
all these tools last a lifetime, with proper care, and the carving bug will
take over your very existence!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Now all you need to do is
go get some wood, and you can create anything your mind can imagine!</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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