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This video is taken from the Liberty Pelican project.
Wood is a 'natural' material; it's affected by the surroundings: moisture and temperature for example. It's also unpredictable and although we make the best assessment we can, we can still be coaught out by our wood behaving in a way we weren't expecting.
Here, the piece developed a small crack, which I had to do somethign about...
| 25 November 2013 08:07
William 15:05 - You can see here, and in Merlin project, my preferred method: carefully planned and match wedges of the same wood after everyhting has settled down. I never use epoxy or other filler; it just never looks right, nor will it take a finish in the same way as the surrounding wood, though I'm sure it would be fine for a painted or gilded carving. I'll fill finer splits ('shakes') with harder wax as I finish the carving as a whole.
| 25 November 2013 08:00
William 15:01 - No, I have one set of carving tools for everything. I do find that the edges, which have been giving a fine finish on Oak, show some scratches on Limewood, which reveals any flaw in the tool immediately. So I do have to touch them up. But the bevel etc remain the same. Good quality Limewood and air-dried mild European Oak - the woods I work in - are very similar in hardness. If there was a big difference, then I'd have to think about 2 sets of tools.
