[Woodcarver] New job - Carving for the Business Traveller

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

Hey Chuck,  Maura here, perhaps one day we can do lunch.  sorry  to hear of 
your job problems but glad that you found another.  Only a  terrible commute 
for you.  I dont travel to different cities much but I do  go to atlantic city a 
few times a year.  My friend is a big gambler so we  usually get a comp room. 
 If we are staying for a while I do like to bring  carving stuff with me.  I 
have found that as long as you clean up before  you go, that it really isnt a 
problem.  I usually lay out a bunch of  newspapers on the floor and sit a 
chair in the middle(I suppose you could pack  an old sheet or a plastic painting 
tarp).  I have gone so far as to clear  off a night table and put it on the 
newspapers as a workbench. I take the  shade off a lamp if the lights not so 
good. I will either whittle something  hand held or work on a relief.  I use a 
homemade bench hook to hold my  relief.  I put a towel on the night table and 
then the bench hook so as not  to scratch the furniture.  I usually keep the do 
not disturb sign on the  door the whole time I am there, so that no one walks 
into a mess.  before I  leave I put everything back the way it was and roll the 
newspapers up and take  them to the hallway trash.  no one is the wiser.  I 
have even used 2  chairs, on to sit, one to work on.  You can also do power 
dremel carving,  just make sure a decent sized area is covered with the papers, 
the dust doesn't  go too far and the dremel is fairly quiet.  I have also used 
a quicky clamp  to hold a carving to a table.  It seems that in carving, where 
theres  a will, theres a way.
 
Maura carvin' in  nyc
www.CarvinginNYC.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/carvinginnyc


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