[Woodcarver] Question on Power carver
Gary A Crosby
darkwood at darkwood-woodcarving.com
Sat Feb 7 17:48:09 EST 2009
Hi John, I had the same problem but I fixed it by hanging the
foredom from the ceiling using bungee cord which keeps the line
vertical (less friction) and keep the cable well greased, and yes it
still gets hot but now its tolerable.
Bing
http://darkwood-wodcarving.com
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does anyone use a power carver like a foredom i have been using one
and the hand piece keeps getting to hot i cant handle it and have to
put it down has anyone ever ran into this problem and if so what do
you do ? the hand piece i have is a #30 from foredom.. thx john
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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:34:38 -0800 (PST)
From: SANDIE BURGDORF
Subject: [Woodcarver] Alex
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Hi Alex,
Forget about all of the old projects that you think you should be
finishing. Pick a new project that you have been thinking about but put
off because you thought you should do the old ones first.
If you pick something you really want to do, you will actually start
and work on it. Challenge yourself but make sure it's something you
WANT to do.
Sandie
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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 14:03:41 -0800
From: Ramsey
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Photo Help
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It's true that cloudy days can work to get great photos but you have
to wait for the right day. Where I live it's not cloudy that often
and when it is, it's usually raining or snowing. With the indoor
method you can take photos on any day or night. Color casts can be
a problem so it's a good idea to get familiar with a software program
that allows you to change the brightness, contrast , saturation and
color hue. The cloudy day method is a good option but I find I have
much more control over the shadows and details by using lights.
That's why professional photographers use a studio to take photos of
art. Natural light can sometimes obliterate fine details because it
is coming from all directions at once. By using adjustable lights
you can fine tune the look you want and cause the details to show up.
Ron Ramsey
http://www.carvedbyramsey.com
I'm going to disagree with part of what you say. Natural diffused
sunlight produces the nicest pictures. Note I said disused. The colors on
a cloudy day pop. Direct sunlight is not good nor is direct light of any
kind. With sunlight you don't have to fuss with color temperature settings.
Some CFLs have a green cast to them and can be difficult to deal with.
I've had to mess with the color temperature setting using CFLs.
Byron Kinnaman
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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:48:47 -0600
From: Corey Hallagan
Subject: [Woodcarver] Two Faced Carving
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This is a project featured on Will Hayden's "classroom" on his website.
It's carved on a 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 square basswood and finished with oil and
satin lacquer. Fun project and great practice for caricature heads. Thanks
for looking as always! You can view it here:
http://iowacarver.tripod.com/
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Corey
IowaCarver
http://iowacarver.tripod.com/
http://picasaweb.google.com/IowaWoodCarver
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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:26:07 -0800
From: "Byron"
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Photo Help
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I agree that it's hard to find a soft light day. Professionals use color
corrected lights and polarized filters on the lights for direct lighting.
Many use umbrellas for soft non direct light. The lights are still color
corrected. I managed to find couple 5000°K CFL lights. from the pictures
I don't think they're exactly 5000°K. I'd like to find some 5900°K light
without paying an arm and leg for them. I also use the photo cube which
provides a nice soft light. I prefer to use 3 lights. 2 at approximately
45° and one overhead slightly behind the subject, sometimes refereed to as
a halo light. With the halo light slightly behind the subject is sperated
from the background appears to float. Many catalogs us that technique.
Byron Kinnaman
abkinnaman at earthlink.net
http://byronscabin.kinnamans.net/
> [Original Message]
> From: Ramsey To: Date: 2/6/2009 1:58:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Photo Help
>
> Friends in Carving: Please support our List - visit the Carvers'
Campanion Shop at http://cafepress.com/woodcarving
>
>
> It's true that cloudy days can work to get great photos but you have
> to wait for the right day. Where I live it's not cloudy that often
> and when it is, it's usually raining or snowing. With the indoor
> method you can take photos on any day or night. Color casts can be a
> problem so it's a good idea to get familiar with a software program
> that allows you to change the brightness, contrast , saturation and
> color hue. The cloudy day method is a good option but I find I have
> much more control over the shadows and details by using lights.
> That's why professional photographers use a studio to take photos of
> art. Natural light can sometimes obliterate fine details because it
> is coming from all directions at once. By using adjustable lights
> you can fine tune the look you want and cause the details to show up.
>
> Ron Ramsey
> http://www.carvedbyramsey.com
>
>
> I'm going to disagree with part of what you say. Natural diffused
> sunlight produces the nicest pictures. Note I said disused. The colors
on
> a cloudy day pop. Direct sunlight is not good nor is direct light of any
> kind. With sunlight you don't have to fuss with color temperature
settings.
>
> Some CFLs have a green cast to them and can be difficult to deal with.
> I've had to mess with the color temperature setting using CFLs.
>
>
>
> Byron Kinnaman
> abkinnaman at earthlink.net
> http://byronscabin.kinnamans.net/
>
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