[Woodcarver] Re: Log carving.

[Gordon Paterson]

Hi Clive and possibly Sue McG;

Well wasn't that a bit of luck, Greg Wilkerson posted a message that 
invites you to look at his workshop, and low and behold he has a shot of a 
"carver's arm" in action, look on the right side of his web page a little 
more than half way down, see "Carvers Arm:.(G)
http://www.wilkersonwoodcarving.com/myshop.htm
BTW I hope Greg doesn't mind me reposting his web url.

Now in your case Clive I would suggest that the arm be bent "back" over the 
bench at about 45 degrees rather than pointing "out" away from the bench as 
Greg has it shown, and then the log can lay back almost flat or be raised 
up to 90 degrees with the log secured to the "carver's arm" from  the back 
with a carvers screw or a lag bolt .
A little hard to explain in a few words but the arm can be used as Greg has 
shown with the screw into the end of the piece to be carved or as I suggest 
with the piece laying flat on the arm.
Also I'm not sure wether it's the arm that Sue McG wanted to hear about or 
the carving that Clive was doing, maybe she can explain further.(G)

Gordon Paterson
Dowling, Ont.Can.


At 11:49 AM 4/22/04 -0300, you wrote:
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>Hi Gordon,
>Yes please, send me more info on the carvers arm. My logs are only around
>12" long and 4" thick, although the one I did on the course was 15" long and
>7" thick. But that one left a lot of wood to be wasted out.
>Thanks,
>Clive.
>
>
>
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> > Hi Clive;
> > Not knowing what size"log" you are carving but assuming it's more like a
> > limb in size, I would say the cheapest and easiest holder to make would be
> > a "carvers arm" .
> > Let me know if you need further info.
> >
> > Gordon Paterson
> > Dowling, Ont.Can.