Jake Wilson
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Hey there,
I’m pretty new to woodworking and am just embarking on it as a new hobby, which is pretty exciting. I made a guitar while I was in India recently – there was a guy who ran luthier courses on the beach there, which was incidentally a lot cheaper than doing a luthier course back home (and that’s including flights and accommodation!) Anyways, it turned out loads better than I expected given that I had little experience in it. It was all hand tooled and very satisfying.
So now that I’m back home I’m thinking I want to improve my skills, specifically in wood carving. I’m a keen chess player and so I think I’m gonna start by making a set of carved chess pieces. Nothing too fancy but something artistic at least, with simple humanoid shapes for the king and queen and fairly standard piece shapes for the others.
My question is what tools should I be looking at getting? I’ve looked at buying wood carving tools online and have found a lot of options - http://www.for-sale.ie/wood-carving-set. What are the must haves? Is it worth investing in a small lathe? What tools are essential for carving small pieces.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
I’m pretty new to woodworking and am just embarking on it as a new hobby, which is pretty exciting. I made a guitar while I was in India recently – there was a guy who ran luthier courses on the beach there, which was incidentally a lot cheaper than doing a luthier course back home (and that’s including flights and accommodation!) Anyways, it turned out loads better than I expected given that I had little experience in it. It was all hand tooled and very satisfying.
So now that I’m back home I’m thinking I want to improve my skills, specifically in wood carving. I’m a keen chess player and so I think I’m gonna start by making a set of carved chess pieces. Nothing too fancy but something artistic at least, with simple humanoid shapes for the king and queen and fairly standard piece shapes for the others.
My question is what tools should I be looking at getting? I’ve looked at buying wood carving tools online and have found a lot of options - http://www.for-sale.ie/wood-carving-set. What are the must haves? Is it worth investing in a small lathe? What tools are essential for carving small pieces.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
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