[ICALL2MUCH]

I looking at getting the Little Shavers Beginner Set. How are these tools for doing line carving as well as sign making? I am thinking that I might need to get a chisel for taking the wood out faster for the letters?? What about rasps or files? I am not really sure, but cant wait to start!

Thanks again, your all priceless!

Willie

[Pierre]

Wrong forum for my posts.
Sorry.

P

[Just Carving]

Willie

I am guessing that you are looking to start out small like carving small signs--maybe like house number signs or name signs for the house, novelty signs, etc. but not the big stuff, like what Bob (Squbrigg) is doing in this post, right?
Squbrigg Sign!

If so, check out this link for previous postings on this subject:
carving chisels

The Little Shavers set would be good for detail but you do need a few larger tools for wood removal--similar to what Paul White mentions in the "Tools for the Carving Artist". Check out the links in the link I provided, and you'll find a lot of information that will guide you along. I would refrain from going out and buying a lot of tools right off the bat. Start out slow and easy until you know what you want to do. Otherwise, you'll but a lot of stuff that'll catch more rust than wood dust. BTW--if you're just interested in carving letters, think along the lines of a combination of chip and relief carving. Then you just might have all you need--a good knife.

[AlArchie]

Pierre, "Little Shavers" is a small carvers' supply run by Rick Ferry, a VERY contributing member to the forum. He has put together a beginners kit especially for the first time carver. One of the better starter sets I have seen, and for a fair price to boot.

http://www.littleshavers.com/BegKit.html

It's hard to tell from that first inquiry about sign making, what Willie has in mind,but it would make sense that he is thinking fairly small scale for starters. He'll definitely need more than that if he intends to make signs over one square foot or so.

Al

[squbrigg]

Sign making can be fun, and you are only limited by your immagination. As this forum is for readers of WCI and we deal with small personal size carvings, you don't have to worry about commercial size ventures.

You can carve signs with small tools, but having longer and larger tools is easier. I use power to rough out, depending on the sign, a Foredom for small ones and the Dremel for bigger signs. I find that the small Rotor Saw is useful for this, as you can better control your depth with it.

Once I have the majority of waste wood away, I use gouges and chizels to detail and finish the background.

Have fun with it.

Bob