This is going to be very handy as I'm restoring an antique secretary that has sea scrolls on the desk face which have mostly fallen apart/off and the owner wants them recreated.
I'm enjoying the videos very much and I would also like to see how you finish the carving with the scraper and sand paper. As a beginner I believe it would be beneficial to see at what point it would be ready for a finish to be applied.
Hello Karey,
I'll admit, I really don't like to sand (and often leave that part to the furniture maker). If I do prepare the surface for finishing, I mainly use sandpaper - about 320 grit to minimize scratch marks on the surface. Ideally, I try to get the carving to a burnished surface from the gouges and try not to touch it at all. However, there are times when tool marks will need to be "softened" with sandpaper. Just be careful - it is very easy to lose some of the crisp definition in the carving by sanding the nice, sharp corners. Only sand the surfaces to remove tool marks. Sometimes I use a small riffler file to clean up inside sharp corners. Just don't let the files scratch the surface too much.
I will do a lesson on finishing soon, but hesitate because I certainly don't want to claim to be an "expert" on this. Maybe I'll have a special guest who knows a lot more than I do about finishing surfaces.
Am so excited do not know where to start . I have had some success carving , just gotten my chisels commissioned.
I will need to come to Charleston for a hands on with you some time .
Dick Conner
Hi Richard,
Glad to hear you are excited about carving! I would definitely recommend starting with the basic projects first - just to get you started. If you jump too fast into the more difficult ones, it can get frustrating and maybe discouraging. Have fun!
Thanks for the Cartouche carving lesson. I am looking forward to carving this. Was hopeful that it would come out before Christmas and it did. How many sessions for this carving? Hope you have a Wonderful Christmas and a successful New year. .......Joe Lambert
Hi Joe,
The cartouche is a great project to carve - and quite a challenge. This lesson should be going through January 15 as I add a new episode each week for the next 5 weeks. Have fun carving and have a Wonderful Christmas!
Enjoyed to the 12:03 mark and could not get the video going again after multiple attempts. The video also stopped several times early while viewing but I was finally able to get it to go on to 12:03. Nice project, particularly for a mantle. I have a new Dell computer. I don't think the problem is with my equipment.
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