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Organizing Sandpaper

  From Carol Leavy via E-mail  I use small strips of sandpaper, and sometimes the grit of the sandpaper is not visible on the backs of the small
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DMT Dia-Flat Lapping Plate

  When you sharpen gouges and V-tools using oil stones or waterstones, the tools can wear a groove into the stone, which makes it difficult to ...
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Stropping Angle

    From Don Ghee Huntington Station, N.Y. No matter how you strop, whether by hand or with power, the surface you are working is always face down and ...
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Micro Pro Champion micro motor

  Woodcarvers Supply has redesigned their Pro Champion micro motor to give it a higher top speed and greater power (torque). The tool now features a ...
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Motivated to Create: The Importance of Painting

Popular Caricature Carving Instructors share their painting tips...
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Shopmade Work Positioner

Create a solid positionable carving stand with a few scraps of plywood and some common hardware....
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Durable Wooden Honing Tools

                        From Ed Livingston, Pinellas Park, Fla.  Wooden honing tools, whether they are commercial products or shopmade hones matched to the exact profile of your tools, can ...
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Finding and Marking Centerlines

                From Doug Storment, San Antonio, Tex. Most carvers struggle to sketch an accurate centerline on an irregularly shaped band-saw cutout. I use a laser level—the ...
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Keeping Tools Organized

TOP TIP From Joe SavareseBrooklyn, N.Y. , Whenever you are working with sharp tools, it is important to be organized. I start by color coding my tool ...
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Inexpensive Tool Rack

From Roy Smith, Clovis, Calif. It’s easy to make a rack for carving tools out of 1"-diameter PVC pipe. First, choose the length to make the ...
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