New in North Carolina (for now)

[cbramsey5898]

Good evening to all. My name is Charles and I decided (actually Wifey strongly suggested I take up a hobby so I didn't cause her to go insane. I was a Design Engineer and have been in this or similar line of work for about 20 years.

More later.

[Mottles]

Hi and welcome..hard to go wrong taking up woodcarving. Just remember safety comes first...a carving glove, thumb guard and knife would be a good place to begin.We all were newbie's to woodcarving so if you need help just ask. What type of carving are you interested in learning?
Kathy

[Joy]

Welcome to the group! What are you interested in carving? Watch out!!!! carving is addicting.

[Riverman]

Hi Charles, welcome to the group!
Bob

[Al_Hillis]

wELCOME TO THE BOARD CHARLES , GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US

[Ron T]

Hello and welcome, Charles. It's nice to have you here with us.

[Claude]

Plenty of room on the forum here for designers and engineers...welcome to the forum!

Need a little challenge? How about carving something like this:

http://mysite.verizon.net/cfreaner/Bottlestopper.mov

The challenge part is that the head moves through 60 degree arc and the arm moves through 90 degree arc. Both are activated by a pull on the string, so the length of pull must be the same even though each moves through a different arc.

Claude (also an engineer...)

[cbramsey5898]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I apologize for the delay in posting this response but I have been busy trying to get our home in North Carolina on the market.

As far as what I am interested in carving, I think in the near term to concentrate on relief or chip carving. I also plan on trying other types of carving to see how good a fit it would be.

More later. Thank you all again.