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Look! You can see the floor! Yes! The annual Spring Clean Up of the shop is about two-thirds done. You can see the floor! A rolling tool chest (out of view to the left) now stores many tools in a manner in which they can be found when needed. It's revolutionary. There were three brands …
when I moved carving tools years ago, I used the greenhouse shelving for the tool chests, and all the loose hand and power tools. It's gotten beyond my power to neatly organize things. It's a wreck, and there is no way you could ever term it shipshape.
Marine carving is the ultimate in DIY.
I've been in the middle of a month-long workshop reorganization. It got to the point where I could no longer punt the job into the future. I went into the shop to get items that I knew were there, but they weren't where they were supposed to be. There was a sort of pent-up demand …
This contraption, so far as I know, has no official name. I call it a nail board. It gets used around boatyards and carvers' shops to hold objects to be varnished or painted above the surrounding surface so the surface beneath and the object getting painted don't come in contact. The first one I ever …
Artists and crafters can become lost among the ads and catalogs of new tools. But it's worthwhile to consider and remember what our most basic tolls can achieve before we rush out and buy the newest thing. For the carver, that toll is the lowly knife. curved chip design whirling circle chip design a house …
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, a Drummer was not just a percussionist. A drummer was a traveling salesman who'd make the rounds with tools, clothes, or anything else you might wish to purchase but could not easily find at the small retail establishments in your town. Think no internet, no Walmart, and few …
This small set of "vintage carving tools" has a history. I owned a set of identical tools at the beginning of my days carving. They were purchased at an art store in Baltimore in the spring of 1969. I learned the basics of carving with them, and carved my first eagles with them. They continued …
There are two terrible maxims about carving that haunt the trade. The first is that the "truth" is in the wood -all you have to do is study the wood for guidance. Now, remember that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not true. The second one is closely related. It …
Photographs help me remember steps and processes. Years ago, I used photography only to record the results. But pictures of the in-between stages were more than a bit helpful. One of the big reasons I say this is because there are some things that I only do rarely. Reminders are valuable.I need to be a …
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