[Woodcarver] Personal request from a handicapped person

[Steven Klein]

Hi Alan,
    If want a pattern of something you can see,  take a picture of it and
trace around the silhouette.  It will give you the shape and use the picture
to look at for details.
    Just an idea.  It works for me.
    I have made a carving knife by sharpening the teeth off a sawzall
[hacksaw] blade. If the blade can cut steel, it should cut wood.  For the
handle,  cut a slot in the wood and drill some holes for some pins, then
fill it with epoxy or glue to hold it in place.  You can use nails for pins.

Steve
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Jones" <alan01 at bigpond.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:01 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Personal request from a handicapped person


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> G'day from Australia Guys,
>
> I know some this is off topic.
>
> I suffer from Chronic Pain, many people I know on this list will also
suffer
> from this. Because I can't go far, I am stuck in my house, while I can
> drive, it isn't far. I love carving though I'm 46 - I gave my mother a
> little flamingo for her birthday, I felt like a kid in high school
> presenting his project to his parents from his woodworking class! I have
> grown to love carving, I really enjoy it, for the first time in many years
I
> have been able to be creative with my hands. For many years my only talent
> lay in computers, the Internet and research on given topics. I am very
good
> at research. Research in carving is very difficult, even the most
> complicated of search terms will give thousands of 'hits' that take ages
to
> clamber through, more often or not, the information you really want is in
> the middle
>
> I have printed every tutorial I can find (about 75!!) . I look at the
bottom
> of nearly all the messages that are posted on this list and check out all
> the websites of you guys. Some of the sites are very good, they
demonstrate
> really well what you can do. I am left wishing that I could carve like
some
> of you guys can, but to do this I need to find some free patterns for
easier
> projects so I can continue to learn.
>
> I don't have real knives for wood carving I found a hand made knife for
> something or another in a secondhand store for $5 and have sharpened that
> right up. It is a bit rough, bit long, but at least I can roughly carve. I
> depend on my secondhand power tools to help me carve.
>
> I only get $600 a month from the government (my wife get about $150 less).
> While I get my medications for free, I pay close to $70 a month for
dietary
> supplements, I can't afford to buy patterns - even though to you they may
be
> cheap, this is because by the time you do the conversions in money, the
> price jumps to about 150 - 160% of the advertised price (then you have to
> add the postage). So if you know of some good cheap carving patterns
> available on the web could you please let me know.
>
> I hope to have at least one real knife in about 5 months, when it comes
> time, I will ask you nice people what would be the best to buy, I don't
want
> to waste my precious money.
>
> Now comes the off topic request.
> ======================
>
> A couple of months ago, I posted a request here for people to send me a
> postcard or two, I had one person respond from this list. I have been told
> by my doctors, in all likelyhood, I will never really be able to travel
> far - travel for me is very painful, after driving for abut 30 minutes, or
> being a passenger for about 40 minutes. I have to stop, get out of the car
> and walk around, often, that is it - the end of the trip. My pain is very
> severe, probably the best way to describe it is to compare it to a woman
> giving birth to a baby. During the actual delivery, the poor woman suffers
> really bad pain, I can get that type of pain up to 5 times a day - on
really
> bad days, even more if I am really unlucky. Because I can't travel, I have
> decided that if I can't go to the world, then the world will have to come
to
> me.
>
> So if anyone have any old postcards - from anywhere in the world and would
> like to have them in a nice home wheere they are really looked after,
> lovingly cared for. OR, if some of you nice people want to buy brand new
> card or so and send them to me I would really appreciate it.
>
> My full name and snail mail address is:
>
> Alan Jones
> PO Box 209
> SMITHFIELD
> SA 5114
> AUSTRALIA
>
> I thank you in advance for anyone who can help me.
>
> TTFN
>
> Alan in Adelaide, South Australia.
>
>
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