Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:02:11 -0800 (PST)
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Woodcarving


When=A0carving I always held the wood piece in one hand and the knife and rarely the chisel, in the other. It did the trick for me :O)

--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Conrad Hartz <conradhartz-AT-islc.net> wrote:

From: Conrad Hartz <conradhartz-AT-islc.net>
Subject: [Puptcrit] Woodcarving
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 12:29 PM

In my 30 years of basswood carving, I've never user a vise for mallet and 
chisel.   I've used a bench which I sit on one end and place the head or 
whatever against a half circle cut board nailed in at the other end.   This 
gives you a stop and something that will hold the head against the mallet 
and chisels whacks as well as let you carve with a pro knife while the other 
hand holds the head from moving sideways.  My bench is only 24" long  and 
very thick.

Conrad
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