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19th April 2010, 01:12 PM #1New Member
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Advice for wood needed please - newbie
This will be my first attempt at anything wood!
Im starting extremely simple, dont laugh!!
I have always had an interest in wood, so thought that this was a way to start and then I can go from there.
I want to make a hanging set of carved pictures...simple, as they are just lovely arty pictures carved into a block of wood, then as I get better I want to get more and more ornate, so ending up with a full moutains scene carved into a huge block of wood! I want to start with carving out the "picture" (so it is set into the wood) then later develop and progress to the ?more normal method of carving out the background so the picture is coming "out" of the wood IYKWIM?
I want the picture to be around 1.2 tall x 40wide x ?depth of 5cm? (x3 so its a "set") or maybe a touch less to ensure I can carve properly without going through the wood. I will be starting with carving inset into the wood but later may move to 3D type pictures.
Now considering Im new to all this, what is a nice soft light wood, easy for carving with hand tools only, and that can be hung as a picture of this size without weighing too much?
Obviously having no clue all I can think of is balsa wood
Help pretty please!! Assist me put my creative skills to good use.
Oh Im located in Perth, so if anyone knows any good wood places I can source the wood that would be great! Im South of the river too.
thankyou!!
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19th April 2010, 04:11 PM #2
I am not an expert...
This is more of a guess than anything, but I have just watched a video on chip carving and they suggested I use Basswood. So that is what I am usint to start learning how to chip carve. I am not sure if that is helpful or not. Good luck in your journey.
Brian Meeks
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19th April 2010, 05:01 PM #3
Jelutong is a timber available in Oz, it carves well and is fairly light. I have a suspicion that Basswood and Jelutong are the same wood with different names for different markets. What equipment are you going to use?
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19th April 2010, 05:14 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Yes, Jelutong would be a fairly safe bet. But it is not related to basswood (= lime, linden, tilia), it is an asian tree of the oleander family. This would not stop marketers, though...
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19th April 2010, 08:10 PM #5New Member
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Thanks! Ill try to track some down.
Iggy I have no idea. I just assumed old hand tools, a simple wood chiseling? set I bought some 10 years ago, it was a really exxy one at the time and had about 20 pieces in the set. Ill have to find it though its hidden somewhere in the shed!
A guy I saw today at the timber shop suggested pine, but it just didnt "feel" right.
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19th April 2010, 11:25 PM #6
Gouges will do the job as will power carving tools like Dremel. Pine woulnt have been any good for what you want.
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19th April 2010, 11:28 PM #7
Pine can be frustrating and quite hard. You can always start by playing around with a mockup of your project using a slab of clay that is slightly hard and a butter knife.
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