[Ashbys]

Great thread.

I will have to give this a try .

Thanks Mike!

Ash

[Iowa Carver]

Thanks Mike for the great tutorial. I appreciate it!

Corey

[Mike_B-NY]

Marcia,

OMG! Those are great. I'm not guilty anymore about taking time out to sleep... you didn't need that last part anyway... at least not the text . Your adaptations of the basic concept are fantastic.

How to get rid of the fuzzies? Start with a very well sharpened knife, after that sometimes the cuts have to go deeper because only part of the chip pops, and it pops out because the grain breaks, not because it was sliced out all the way. The cuts still haven't completely met at the bottom and you have to complete them. At the bottom of the chip it's OK to actually push the cuts past the point where they meet. Just don't do that at the surface of the cut. Hope that helps.

Can't wait to see more. And that goes for anyone else... come on... let's see pictures.

[gene messer]

Mike .. Thank you .. you did a great tutorial .. easy and informative... you did great ..

I want so much for others to join in to this and you did just that ... Any help to all of us is vital .. and keep it up .... your neeeded in this type of work ..

I know the work involved in getting this together .. so thanks so much for the time invested .. Look at the u-tube outlet for teaching .. thers a need there as well ..

great job ..

Gene

[Mike_B-NY]

High praise coming from someone that puts out the tutorials you do Gene... .

To you and all the others that said ... you're more than welcome, glad you enjoyed it (and I expect more pictures). Woodcarving is never work to me, and teaching it is even less so. Gotta admit though... I am a little tuckered out from the weekend. Gotta get back to my day job and rest up <BG>.

[Iowa Carver]

Wonderful Marci, those a great looking figures and they eye's have it... so to speak

Corey

[Claude]

Mike:
Thanks for posting the tutorial. I couldn't wait and did a quick Santa based on your first photo. I didn't get the eyes quite right, because I was guessing about the cuts, but it looks pretty well anyway. It has wet paint, but I'll try to post a photo in the next couple of days.

Claude

[Marci MN]

Thank you Mike. I'm still trying to learn the 'chip' carving part. I seem to have my last cut way off and miss the bottom of the chip. I think thats why I didnt do anything on the lady and lil one. I will try to learn on larger sized projects.

Yay Claude.. I cant wait to see yours...

[Mike_B-NY]

Lol, so Claude, you're one of "those" students?

"Instructions? We don' need no stinkin' instructions!"
...and/or always 10 steps ahead?


Glad you had fun with it... look forward to the pics.

[BobT]

Thank you Mike. This was far more than I expected. You do a great job of teaching. I hope I can take one of your classes someday.
I really appreciate your efforts.
BobT