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| Wood Carving Tools Some wood carving processes can be carried out using ordinary bevel-edged wood chivels. Professional wood carvers often own over a hundred different gouges to handle all the intricacies of their work. The shafts (or blades) of wood carving tools are classified in three ways: shape (i.e. straight, curved, or bent); width (measured at the cutting edge) and section (i.e. the shape at the cutting edge). Straight tools are used mainly for low relief work and for shallow bowls. They can be used for sculpting in the round if the blade is held at an angle of about 15 degrees to the wood. A variation of the straight carving tool is the spade tool which has a tapered shaft. There are three types of spade tools: the fish-tail or short taper, the medium taper and the long spade. For carving deeper recesses, such as deep bowls, a curved or long bent gouge can be used or the bent or spoon bit gouge. Two other types of carving tool are the fluter or veiner tool and the parting or V-gauge. The fluter has a U-shaped section and the V-tool is as the name suggests. The section of the V-gauge comes in three different angles: 45, 60 and 90 degrees. Many of the carving processes are done with both hands on the tool - one hand pushing on the handle, the other on the blade, acting as a guide. For much deeper cuts, a carver's mallet is used to drive the tool into the wood. Successful Drilling You can use a hand drill, but power drills make the job much faster and easier, and with an abundance of available attachments, can become one of your most used tools. How to centre a moving drill bit on its mark: A couple taps with a hammer on a large nail or punch will leave a hole that will prevent the bit from wandering. How to drill a hole straight: You can use a drill press or press accessory for your hand drill, or you can use a drill guide for twist bits, or make a guide by predrilling a scrap block of wood, or use a square to visually align the drill. How to keep the wood's backside from breaking away as the drill bit pierces: Lay or clamp a wood scrap firmly against your work piece's backside and drill through the work piece into the scrap. Just after the drill's point pierces, turn the work piece over and finish drilling from the other side. How to know when to stop when drilling to a measured depth: Put a piece of tape around the shank of the bit so that you will have a guide as to where to stop. |
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