[Woodcarver] New list member

[Jeff Pretz]

Welcome to the List! It is a very interesting and talented group of people!

Jeff Pretz
jefpretz at ptd.net
Lancaseter County WoodCarvers
www.lancarvers.com
http://mycarvingclub.com/JeffPretz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Henson" <jay at thewaytech.com>
To: <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:01 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] New list member



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> Hello,

>

> I just found this email list during the past week and was happy to

> see it. I've done a variety of wood working over the years. Got me

> through college and grad school. I'm basically a whittler who enjoys

> picking up a piece of wood and carving things for family or friends.

> I did work for a scale miniature furniture company a number of years

> ago and found I had a knack for carving miniature Queen Anne chair

> legs and miniature duck decoys by eye. I enjoy making static ship

> models of 18th and 19th century naval vessels and am investigating

> doing some miniature ship figureheads..

>

> I recently stumbled into chip carving and have been attempting to

> learn the techniques from books and DVDs. Just worked up to my first

> simple practice rosette (which looks like a first attempt), but I got

> hooked pretty quickly on the variety of things that can be done using

> the techniques of chip carving with relatively few tools. Hope there

> are some others on the list who are also interested in chip carving

> and willing to discuss it. I'm sort of working backwards with wood.

> Did most of my early miniature work in cherry and walnut and now

> using basswood and other softer woods.

>

> Wood carving is a great diversion from my job which is working in IT

> as a systems manager, etc. at a nearby university. Definitely a good

> change of pace.

>

> Regards,

>

> Jay Henson

> jay at thewaytech.com

>

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