[Woodcarver] Looking for wood

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/20/2005 8:12:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
galbritton1 at comcast.net writes:

I am a beginning carver and would like to do a relief.  I don't have  access 
to basswood.  I have looked on ebay but everything seems to be  blocks and not 
rectangles.  Doesn't the starting block need to be like  8X10X2 at least?
Gary Albrittton



gary   it can be whatever size you desire.  you can  laminate pieces 
together.  I find it is easier to find the shapes I don't  want than the ones I do.  
Buy a piece that you can cut up and glue  together.  use yellow carpenters 
glue, make sure the sides you are glueing  are perfectly flat.  spread glue evenly 
and clamp together overnight.   theres a bit more to it involving the 
direction of the grains but its not hard  to do.  basic tools can get a decent join.
 
Maura carvin'  in  nyc
http://www.picturetrail.com/whiteknight718
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