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| Woodcarving Tools, Materials & Equipment (Woodcarving) | 
| Author: Chris Pye
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
Buy New: $51.93
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 419174
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 362
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0946819491
Dewey Decimal Number: 730.028
EAN: 9780946819492
ASIN: 0946819491
Publication Date: June 30, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Nearly 700 photographs and line drawings accompany informative text, exploring types, purchase, and care of woodcarving tools. Details sharpening methods and equipment; accessory tools; abrading; carpentry; electric tools, and much more. Modify tools to suit individual needs, and what holding devices to use. "...the Cadillac of books on woodcarving....It is more than just a craft-tool, project-oriented whittler's guide....Pye is a man who knows woodcarving...."--Arts & Activities. 362 pages, 8 color illus., 690 b/w illus., 8 1/4 x 10 7/8.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not what I expected December 28, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is an encyclopedia. I just wanted to know what to buy as a first tool and find out what kind of wood to start with. Wow! There is a lot more to whittlin' than I expected. I need a basic primer for now. I will keep this book as a master reference for the future. The sizing chart is way cool.
 Woodcarving Tools, Materials & Equipment is Outstanding! September 14, 2000
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Chris is an English carver with a vast knowledge of tools and carving history. This not your typical wood carving book with remedial carving instructions and patterns for spirits and gnomes. In fact there are "no" patterns in this book.The book has a very thorough description of every carving tool imaginable and a discussion of how many of them are made commercially and explains how others can be made at home. He also tells you how to modify existing tools--reshaping, grinding, and bending. He included a very good explanation on how to anneal, harden, and temper your own carving tools. I first opened this book, early one evening, intending to read for an hour or so; I finally set it down at 2:00am. In one session, I learned more than enough to justify the cost.
Wow, excellent book on carving tools! February 25, 1999
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is not a book on carving, it is a book about the tools and etc. The sections on selecting and sharpening tools are spot on. Mr. Pye writes very well; this is a good read.Highly recommended
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