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Pattern Section No. 1!

by Ivan Whillock

Step 2. Use the chisel to make stop cuts along the straight lines. Tilt the chisel slightly into the carving, away from the edge you want to keep. Be careful with these cuts. You are going with the grain, and plunging the tool too deep can split the wood.

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wood from the corners. You should learn to make this cut with a single pass. Again, don't "whittle" at the carving with choppy nervous cuts.

INSTRUCTIONS

Introduction

This is a good way to add a special hand-carved touch to your wood projects. The cuts are easy to master because they are tool specific; that is, they take advantage of the shape of the tool. Once you have learned the technique, the carving goes quickly because you can make repeated cuts with the same tool. Modem egg and dart patterns are often commercially machine made, but doing them with hand tools adds a handmade warmth to them.

workpiece to your bench. A good method for securing the piece is to attach it to a piece of pegboard (larger than the wood) with short screws and clamp the peg-board to your bench. Another method is to leave extra length on the strip of wood to allow space for a clamp.

Step 4. With the No. 3-16mm gouge, make slice cuts from the top edge of the darts to the stop cut around the outside of the egg. Keep the top edge of the dart sharp and straight.

SUPPLIES

Wood: hardwood of choice (same species as the piece of \ furniture it will decorate)—one \ piece 3/4" x 1 -3/4" x length which suits your project Tools: Nos. l-20mm and 2-6mm I chisels; Nos. 3-16mm, 4-6mm, [■ 5-20mm, 5-25mrn, 7-4mm and f 11-16mm gouges; background \ punch Stain of choice

Step 3. After all of the straight lines have been set in, set in the outside arc of each egg with a gouge which fits the arc. In my tool set, if is the No. 5-25mm gouge. Note: a variety of tools will fit the arc. My No. 5-25mm gouge cuts the whole arc in one cut. It is possible to use a smaller tool and make that same cut in several passes. Be careful to make the cuts in the same line so that several cuts look like one. It is best not to "whittle" at the edge with tools that do not fit the arc because you can end up with the fuzzies. Experienced carvers do not clean up the fuzzies, they prevent them in the first place by making single-pass cuts with a sharp tool.