Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:59:18 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Woodcarving


There is another device made with a 14" piece of 12" wide pine
shelving.  screw and glue a 1" X 2" X 12" across one end. Flip the
board and put another piece on the other end on the opposite side of
the board. Now you place the board on any work bench and the board
hooks against the edge of the bench by the piece of wood you put at
one end on the under side.  The top side of the board has the other
piece of wood acting as a stop to place your wood against while
chiselling.  Its great for bracing wood while you saw.   You can also
clamp wood at the stop.

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Conrad Hartz <conradhartz-AT-islc.net> wrote:
> 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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