Welcome Jay, you sound like a busy and talented guy! Enjoy the list!<br><br>Corey<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Jay Henson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay@thewaytech.com">jay@thewaytech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hello,<br>
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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..<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Jay Henson<br>
<a href="mailto:jay@thewaytech.com" target="_blank">jay@thewaytech.com</a><br>
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