[Plain_Ol_Ed]

I took up all the carpets, put down pergo flooring, and let them fall where they may. Done, I sweep em up.

[BasketballJones]

I use those heavy corrugated boxes that red tomatoes and peppers come in and try to get the tail end of the supply since tomatoes are so expensive. Just ask the grocer all they do is recycle them or throuw them out. They make a good laptop to carve on as well.

[AlArchie]

Several of the carvers I know have either large leather or canvass aprons that seem to contain their chips. Mine (chips) however seem to take on a life-flight from whatever I am carving and tend to land anywhere within a 10 foot radius, so no containment system I cna think of will do a whole lot of good....shop vacs and big dust collector help some!

I don't dare carve upstairs!

Al

[Sam]

In the basement or outside, I just let the chips fly, and clean up when I finish. My wife suggested that I carve in the family room, and made me an apron to catch the chips. it has a nice expandable pocket for doing that, and I had mine before they came on the market.

[al.rudd]

The shop floor, the yard, bath tub (while soaking. it's harder to get the chips if you take a bubble bath), the mall floor, bed.

Seriously, I carve mostly in the shop and vacuum them up. I use to use a bed sheet in the living room. A lawn chair is part of my traveling carving tools. If I get a few minutes and can find a tree, that's where you will find me. I don't carve much in the winter (Christmas-March).I need to move to Florida where it is warm. Arizona wouldn't work unless I take up rock carving. They have no trees. (OK, use your imagination - smilly face inserted here)

al.rudd