[Woodcarver] New list member

[daniel heine]

Jay,

Welcome to the list.

Dan Heine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Henson" <jay at thewaytech.com>
To: <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 5:01 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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