Beginner's Guide to Sharpening Carving Tools

Author: Lora S. Irish
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1637411626
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
Keep all your woodcarving tools and knives sharp and in tip top shape! This comprehensive guide by renowned artist Lora Irish offers clear, step-by-step guidance to walk beginners through the basics of sharpening knives, gouges, V-tools, and chisels. Also included are informative sections on safety, basic sharpening techniques, what to keep in your sharpening kit, tool storage and cleanup tips, and more!

Sharpening Carving Tools for Beginners

Author: Lora S. Irish
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1637411499
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 123

Book Description
Learn everything you need to know to keep all your woodcarving tools and knives sharp and in tip top shape! This condensed guide offers clear, step-by-step guidance to walk beginners through the basics of sharpening knives, gouges, V-tools, and chisels. Also included are informative sections on safety, basic sharpening techniques, what to keep in your sharpening kit, tool storage and cleanup tips, protecting sharp edges, cleaning stops, and sharpening stones. Learn essential tips and tricks from expert artist and best-selling author Lora Irish in this must-have guide that belongs in every woodcarver’s library!

Woodcarver's Guide to Sharpening Tools and Setting Up Shop

Author: Woodcarving Illustrated
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781565234758
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
The best tips and tricks from the pages of Woodcarving Illustrated, this guidebook provides you with all you need to know to create a safe and organized workshop and employ various tools.

The Complete Guide to Chip Carving

Author: Wayne Barton
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402741289
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Full-color, illustrated instructions for learning chip carving, showing how to create borders, rosettes, and lettering.

Sharpening Carving Tools: A Master Class: Learn to Keep Your Knives, Gouges & V-Tools in Tip-Top Shape

Author: Lora S. Irish
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 9781497103122
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Keep all your woodcarving tools and knives sharp and in tip top shape! This condensed guide by renowned artist Lora Irish offers clear, step-by-step guidance to walk beginners through the basics of sharpening knives, gouges, V-tools, and chisels. Also included are sections on safety, basic sharpening techniques, what to keep in your sharpening kit, tool storage and cleanup tips, and more!

How to Sharpen Carving Tools

Author: Richard Bütz
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811729963
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Two tomes for almost every woodworking collection take solid approaches to their subjects. By executing the 15 projects the Bridgewaters propose, you can create 'instant antiques' that some finishing expertise could make indistinguishable from 'real' antiques. Most of the 15 require very few materials and could be done by the average weekend warrior in an afternoon. A couple, however, do require patience and skill and ought to be thoroughly checked out to avoid getting in over one's head. The book's discrete section of color photographs is welcome, although a single photo of each finished project in the chapter about it would have been more convenient. The Butzes' book might appeal more broadly if it covered sharpening saw blades and bits. But experienced woodworkers know that sharp tools are better and safer, and the techniques of sharpening the tools associated with woodcarving and lathe work are essential, so there is the audience--carvers and wood turners who want to know well how to sharpen their chisels and gouges. The many photographs of sharpening processes further help prevent average woodworkers from ruining their tools' edges--something worth several times the cost of the book. - Jon Kartman; 96p-

Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual

Author: Chris Pye
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607654105
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
The first step into a new craft can be overwhelming: Where to start? What tools to buy? What projects to begin with? Thanks to author and internationally acclaimed woodcarver Chris Pye, this guide is filled with everything a beginning woodcarver needs to know. Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual is akin to having a one-on-one course with a master carver. You'll learn what to look for in a workbench, the importance of commissioning your carving tools – there's more to it than just sharpening! – and how to make exacting cuts and execute a variety of techniques. Like any good instructor, Pye includes practice exercises to make you comfortable with the tools and techniques so you can build your skills and carve with confidence. Pye's conversational teaching style will encourage you as you follow the step-by-step instructions and work on a number of motifs, as well as projects for low, high, and pierced relief, and in-the-round. With the help of Chris Pye, you'll learn to carve: four types of molding, a beautiful koi project in three levels of relief carving, a realistic baseball cap in-the-round, and a charming wren in-the-round.

An Edge in the Kitchen

Author: Chad Ward
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062043730
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
Why are most of us so woefully uninformed about our kitchen knives? We are intimidated by our knives when they are sharp, annoyed by them when they are dull, and quietly ashamed that we don't know how to use them with any competence. For a species that has been using knives for nearly as long as we have been walking upright, that's a serious problem. An Edge in the Kitchen is the solution, an intelligent and delightful debunking of the mysteries of kitchen knives once and for all. If you can stack blocks, you can cut restaurant-quality diced vegetables. If you can fold a paper airplane, you can sharpen your knives better than many professionals. Veteran cook Chad Ward provides an in-depth guide to the most important tool in the kitchen, including how to choose the best kitchen knives in your price range, practical tutorials on knife skills, a step-by-step section on sharpening, and more——all illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout. Along the way you will discover what a cow sword is, and why you might want one; why chefs are abandoning their heavy knives in droves; and why the Pinch and the Claw, strange as they may sound, are in fact the best way to make precision vegetable cuts with speed and style. An Edge in the Kitchen is the one and only guide to the most important tool in the kitchen.

Woodcarving

Author: Chris Pye
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781861082015
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
"This first volume deals with the selection, sharpening and maintenance of woodcarving tools."--Back cover.

Linocut for Artists and Designers

Author: Nick Morley
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785001469
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 491

Book Description
Linocut is used to stunning effect by artists, illustrators and designers because of its strong graphic qualities, accessibility and versatility. Whether you are printing by hand on your kitchen table or on a press in a print studio, this book gets you started and goes on to explore the myriad creative applications of linocut. It encourages you to experiment with different approaches to image making and explores new ways of thinking about how linocut can be used. Nick Morley shares his experience and specialist knowledge to make this practical guide an essential companion for everyone interested in this addictive and absorbing medium. Detailed information on which tools to buy, where to find the best materials, and how to set up your working space backed up with clear, step-by-step instructions and over 300 colour illustrations make this an essential guide to the vibrant and exciting art of linocut.