[Woodcarver] Removing chips while carving

[harry hadadi]

thats why,
thank you for the lesson ivan, you just made me figure
out a graet deal with this.

you would not happen to know why i got some weird
purpleish looking stains on a small caricature i was
carving. they just seemed to get darker with time.
and all in the same region of the wood nowhere else?

harry

--- Ivan Whillock <carve at whillock.com> wrote:


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> > Joking aside, the removal of wood chips while

> carving, particularly in relief, is an issue for

> beginners.  Their first impulse is to either flip

> the chips away with the tool or to brush them away

> with their hands.  The flip method results in some

> bad habits with the tool such as prying on the last

> cutting stroke, which dulls the tool and fuzzes the

> cut.  It also stalls the carving process because to

> cut, flip away the chip, cut, flip away the chip is

> an inefficient way to carve.

> 

> Brushing the chip away with the hand is another

> method I've seen among beginners.  They will make a

> cut, and, almost without thinking, brush the chip

> away.  With nearly every cut there is a following

> brushing away move.  That, too, is an inefficient

> way to carve.  The repeated brushing over the wood

> with the hand has other disadvantages as well.  Each

> pass adds more body stain to the wood, so many

> carvings get quite soiled. Even "clean" hands add

> oil to the wood.  I've also seen carvers,

> unconsciously in the habit of brushing their hand

> over the wood while carving, ram it into the tool on

> the other hand, or even pick up a sliver from the

> wood.

> 

> The tried and true method of removing the chip in

> the tool path is to blow it away with a short puff

> of breath.  The chip moves out of the way without

> the carver needing to stop the cutting strokes. 

> Then, when  large clusters of chips gather on the

> carving or on the bench, it is best to remove them

> with a brush.  These methods keep the carving

> unstained, the bench clean, and the carver working

> efficiently.

>   ----- Original Message ----- 

>   From: WdcvrRip at aol.com 

>   To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net 

>   Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:10 PM

>   Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Re: oxidizing of cherry

> wood

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>   In a message dated 9/8/05 12:40:32 PM,

> carve at whillock.com writes:

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>     (As an aside, a good hint for all carvers is to

> remove chips by blowing them away or using a brush,

> 

> 

> 

>   I don't recommend blowing away the chips...always

> use a brush.  The constant blowing drives the guy

> next to you up a wall! (LOL)   Rip 

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