With
my chisels nicely sharpened, I set off once again on another acanthus leaf project. Now there is
really no purpose to this at the moment other than refreshing my chisel skills and "staying sharp" ( pun intended) on carving. Tonight I used a different method of setting in the background.
I used 3/4 inch boards so the router would be able to slide and stay level on the project. I think the carving turned out better than the last one.
I read
up a little more on how to keep the tool marks off the background. The newly sharpened chisels helped as well, however, two of the # 5 10 mm chisels both now have chips out of them! (ARGGG!)
Maybe the old metal is not as strong as I once thought, or the wood ( maple) is much more hard of a wood. Anyway, I'm quite pleased, All I need now is some rifters
to get in those cracks and crevasses
that my sand paper can't reach. My ultimate goal is to make something along the lines of this Gothic Furniture! (DROOL!)
my chisels nicely sharpened, I set off once again on another acanthus leaf project. Now there is 
really no purpose to this at the moment other than refreshing my chisel skills and "staying sharp" ( pun intended) on carving. Tonight I used a different method of setting in the background. 
I used 3/4 inch boards so the router would be able to slide and stay level on the project. I think the carving turned out better than the last one.
I read 
up a little more on how to keep the tool marks off the background. The newly sharpened chisels helped as well, however, two of the # 5 10 mm chisels both now have chips out of them! (ARGGG!)
Maybe the old metal is not as strong as I once thought, or the wood ( maple) is much more hard of a wood. Anyway, I'm quite pleased, All I need now is some rifters 
to get in those cracks and crevasses 
that my sand paper can't reach. My ultimate goal is to make something along the lines of this Gothic Furniture! (DROOL!)
2 comments:
The photos show how talented and skillful you are! Good job!^^
Let us see this when its all finished I'm sure you've got a bit of art there. Great stuff
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