[Woodcarver] Re: Re: how to carve grooves in the bowl

[gjpat at cyberbeach.net]

Might as well throw my tuppence (G)in here , hand tools are the way I would 
do it too.
M9ight even go as far as to say I'd use a purfling tool. Violin makers use 
them..The tool will scribe the wood, making a groove , into which a narrow 
strip of decorative wood can be inserted, doesn't have to be another piece 
of wood  inserted, it could be filled with any compound.

Gordon Paterson
Dowling, Ontario, Canada

At 02:40 PM 12/13/2005 -0700, you wrote:


>I am going to chime in here.  If I had that task to do there is no 

>question that I would do it with hand tools using a very narrow "u" tool 

>or narrow angled "v" tool.  A 60 degree Dockyard micro "v" tool any 

>similar tiny "v" or "u" tool would do.  IMHO it is much easier to 

>accurately control a small hand tool than any power too.   You just have 

>to pay careful attention to the grain and constantly change directions to 

>keep the turns smooth.  I imagine that the tip of a fine detailed knife 

>would also come in handy. Also, you might be able to match the curve of 

>some "u" tools to the puzzle pieces which could help do them neatly.  You 

>might also make a little scraper to help clean things up in the end.  Good 

>luck - sounds tedious but it should be interesting.

>Alex Bissop

>Billings, MT

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