From: "ING. SALVADOR CALDERON" <scalderon-AT-ref.pemex.com>
Subject: RE: PUPT: Fw: Basswood..........
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:07:28 -0600


Could you recommend a source for basswood and for carving supplies?

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From: Hartz <hartz-AT-islc.net>
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Subject: PUPT: Fw: Basswood..........


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> >
> > Roger and all.......on your Bunraku........Ventriloquist figures
> > have almost always been carved of laminated basswood.  
> > You laminate two halves of the head separately.  This is
> > from 3/4 to 1" basswood boards which is easier to find.
> > On a regular ventriloquist head you glue 4 cutout pieces
> > to the front and 4 to the back.  The big SECRET is you 
> > hollow out two of the boards in the front and two in the 
> > back BEFORE you glue.  By hollow.....I mean cut out
> > with copin saw or band saw.  Then........installing movements
> > becomes easier and the head is lighter.  Also.....you can
> > find the plank board basswood locally versus ordering a 
> > block.  Use pro glue and bingo.  All of the above is from a
> > mug shot or head on outline pattern.  This is a suggestion
> > for you.  I carve large marionettes with moving mouths like
> > this.
> > 
> > Conrad Hartz..............SC.......by the sea.......
> > 
> > Hartz Handcarved Puppets....since 1975
> > http://www.mindspring.com/~gkoepke/hartz.htm
> > http://www.puppetcircus.com/conrad.htm
> 
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