[Woodcarver] Re: Relief carving Bench

[Sylda]

I guess I'm really dumb, but I do relief carving and I carve with my carving
lying flat on the table or use my adjustable sloping board.  It was
originally made for me to my woodburning on, but I've found it quite useful
to carve on also.  It has a board with a lip the "hooks" over the edge of
the table so it won't slide around and a hinged board that will adjust to
whatever angle you want it.  I use that rubber shelf liner under & on it so
it won't slip on the table or the carving or woodburning won't slip on the
slope.  Guess that probably doesn't make any sense, but it works for me.
Sylda
sylda at kansas.net

On 1/17/05 11:57 AM, "gjpat at cyberbeach.net" <gjpat at cyberbeach.net> wrote:

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> Hi Fred;
> I think you will find that relief carvers will have different ideas on what
> type of bench is best...something like sharpening I guess.(G)
> Bill Judt's relief carving bench is a well designed unit, I imagine it was
> designed to suit his needs.
> Dave Bennet the carver/author of carving in a different light thought that
> carving a relief in the position that it would be shown/hung was important,
> so he designed a bench with a tilting top.
> Bennet had an article called "Carving in a Different Light" based on his
> theory in Chip Chats back in Mar/Apr 1991, so many requests came in to Chip
> Chats about the bench he was using in the article that Chip Chats printed a
> copy of his bench design in May/Jun of 1991.
> I think the bench that Patti Landmann mentions in her post that Richard
> Rombold designed and posted on his Picture Trail Gallery is based somewhat
> on Bennet's bench but that's only guesswork on my part.
> Anyway the short and sweet of it is that I think Richard Rombold's bench is
> worth taking a look at for anyone considering making their own relief
> carving bench.
> 
> Gordon Paterson
> Dowling, Ont.Can.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 10:45 AM 1/17/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> I am looking at building a relief carving bench, and have been studying
>> Bill Judt's plan. I believe this is the design I have settled on but I
>> have one question. I remember seeing a relief carving bench with a tilting
>> top, does anyone have that design available and could you all give me the
>> pros and cons of a tiling table?
>> stability malet use on a tilitng top ect
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Fred
> 
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