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[Smitty]

Hi all. Have been registered for a while but never posted. Recived some carving tools for Christmas so I are going to have go at carving.Looking forward to the excellent help that I have seen here.
Cheers Smitty

[big dave]

howdy and welcome glad you came out in the open

[cannuckcarver]

It is always hard to come out the closet....you made it....welcome to the forum...

[CarverFromNoWhere]

Welcome Smitty.
Carl

[Irishman]

It's exciting getting your first set of tools. Hope you enjoy working with wood. Welcome to the site.
Patrick

[thebugleboy]

Hi Smitty. I hope you're enjoying this site as much as I am.

[Al_Hillis]

Hello Smitty , Welcome

[schizoidlogger]

Like Smitty I've been around for a bit. I live on Northern Vancouver Island and have been carving all of my life. Lately I've been experimenting with laminating red cedar burl wood and been sculpting mostly near life sized eagles. I'm having a bear of a time gluing irreglular shapes with compound curves and have used pegs or biscuits to keep them in place. Problem is, when I do the final sanding/shaping often these fasteners are revealed = filling and flaws. I was wondering if anyone has tried using hot glue in combination with regular carpenter's glue to hold it in place (a dab or two at the ends) to work as a "clamp" to hold it in place until the stronger glue sets up. Or failing that what other suggestions are out there, ie: surgical tubing ain't bad but it's limited too.

[MelNM]

Welcome aboard, nothing but great folks here, can't wait to see your carvings.
Mel

[thebugleboy]

Originally Posted by schizoidlogger

Like Smitty I've been around for a bit. I live on Northern Vancouver Island and have been carving all of my life. Lately I've been experimenting with laminating red cedar burl wood and been sculpting mostly near life sized eagles. I'm having a bear of a time gluing irreglular shapes with compound curves and have used pegs or biscuits to keep them in place. Problem is, when I do the final sanding/shaping often these fasteners are revealed = filling and flaws. I was wondering if anyone has tried using hot glue in combination with regular carpenter's glue to hold it in place (a dab or two at the ends) to work as a "clamp" to hold it in place until the stronger glue sets up. Or failing that what other suggestions are out there, ie: surgical tubing ain't bad but it's limited too.

I'm not the one to say, I've never tried it, but the people I have watched laminate wood have used a form to press the wood laminates. It seemed that the proper form gave enough even pressure over all the surfaces. Maybe I missed something, but I never saw any joining mechanism except pressure and adhesive.