From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:18:39 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Woodcarving


Thanks David.

What do you prefer to use, to secure your piece of wood to a board or 
workbench, without it being too difficult to adjust from time to time? I try 
to sculpt over the entire piece as I go.

Yes, sharpening is indeed more difficult than carving.
I have yet to have a perfect edge. Especially for the U-gouges.
At least they work relatively well, if not perfectly.
I'll get a tool sharpening video or take a course as soon as possible.

I just need a bigger oil stone (mine is too close to my tool sizes), perhaps 
a molded one for the u-gouges. A buffing wheel for my bench grinder is soon 
to be on the way, as payment for a job I did a while ago (friend traded 
tools for my graphic design services).

Wow, woodworking may be relatively basic as a technique (compared to some 
high-tech ones of today), but it does require lots of preparation before 
being efficient!
I might simplfy eventually and end up wittling with a single knife!




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