Wood Magazine 63 by Larry Clayton

Author:Larry Clayton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 1993-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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WOOD MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1993

WOOD MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1993

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We used these tools and supplies

Stock

1X1X2'/4 K basswood, butternut, or other carving wood

Knife

Any woodcarving knife with a pointed blade about W2" long

Finishing supplies

Acrylic colors—black, white, red, brown, blue, flesh, silver

Buying Guide

Book. Cawing the Little Guys, S9.95 ppd. in U.S. Order from Keith Randich, 211 Wood-smoke Lane, Greece, NY 14612. NY state residents add 65<t sales tax. No phone orders, please.

Greece, New York, hosts a • sizable population of very small characters. They're the little Guys and Gals, created by Keith Randich. Keith designed this Litde Guy woodcarver just for you. Here's how to carve him:

On one square end of a 1 X 1 X 2Va" block of carving wood, letter the corners clockwise A to D. Turn the other end up, and carve away the corners and edges to form a dome that starts Vi" from the top.

Next, draw the chin line on the block. On corner A, which will become the front of your little Guy's face, make a mark 1" from the top of the block. Diagonally opposite on corner C, place a dot Ya" from the top. Mark corners B and D W from the top, and then

draw a line around the block, connecting the points. Your block should look like the one in the background of the photo.

An uppercut to the chin

With the blade of your carving knife perpendicular to the wood surface, stop-cut the chin line about Vs" deep. (A stop cut, an incision along a pattern line, allows you to carve to the line without chipping out wood beyond it.)

Then, start about Va" below the line and carve up to it, forming an edge around the bottom of the head about Vs" deep. In carving the little Guy, think small; a series of small cuts will always work better than one big one.

Round the top corners and edges of the body down from the

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