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The 'sampler' or sample board is a place to record all the different cuts that we are learning. A reminder for the future.
| 30 January 2024 09:06
Bill - What an interesting question!
To be honest, I've never had that problem. I think I absorb a sense of where the line goes before I cut it. Sort of seeing through the shaving.
Does that make sense? It's early days for you as a carver; I think that issue will disappear as you progress and carve more and more lines.
| 30 January 2024 02:48
Hi Chris, I am moving along the sampler well and enjoying it. As I move along cutting the border, the corkscrew of wood blocks my view of the pencil line guide at times. Is there a tip for dealing with that?
| 25 September 2016 23:21
Vivienne - I'm using Limewood (thought the cutting like butter has a lot to do with sharp tools!). There are suggestions for other good carving woods in the download that accompanies the Beginner's series.
| 24 September 2016 16:46
Hullo Chris,
Please tell me the kind of wood you are using.
Mine certainly doesn't cut like butter, as your piece does.
