Creative Woodworks & crafts 2003-08, страница 38
38 • Creative Woodworks S Crafts August 9003 continued on page 40 A little imagination, |a few boards, and jsome sharp tools tare all you need to ? create a wooden ; bank that makes a Igreat child's gift, llhe banks pictured |in I his article were made using dimensional lumber, with :details carved into ; tho wood rather sthan added on cv/ith individual S.pieces. Painting ?'brings out the i details, and a coat ^'of oil or varnish completes tho job. Softwoods such as basswood, butternut, aspen, or pine, as well as harder woods including maple, birch and oak can be used to mace the basic structure. II might be a simple gable-roofed house, a castle, a log cabin, or even a replica of an o d outhouse! Part of the challenge and fun- is devising a clever way for a child to open the bank and get at their growing savings! If you haven't carved before, the good news is that the techniques required for this kind of work are simple and auickiy 'earned. At the east, you'll need a gooc quality knife with a sharp blade and a small chiscl. It is also helpful to have a small V-too!, a second chisel with slightly rounded corners, and a smail carver's gouge. Tho first step is lo choose your design, which can be anything you imagine—?rom realistic to whimsical. Cut out the wood parts and make sure they fit together well, but don't assemble thorn yet (see photo 1). Next, create wit.n stop cuts (see photo 3). Use your sharp knife to cut straight down along all of the lines you've traced on each board. You're essentialy repeating everything you dia with pencil or carbon paper, tracing the pattern into the wood rather than onto it. These stop cuts form guide-linos for crealing relief images of your bank's features. the design to bo carved inlo the wood, and sketch it directly onto the boaros (see photo 2). This car be done freehand with a ruler and square, or created on a computer, orinted out, and traced on the boards using car bon paper. The next steps are intended to give shape to your design by making some details stand out and recessing others. For example, work around the outlines of a window, cutting away the wood along your stop cut to reveal Ihe frame. Do the same thing on the inside, recessing the penes to expose "he outer frame and the mullions. You'll need to be aware of Ihe grain structure in each beard so that you can cut with, rather than against, the grain and avoid gouging the wood. With a little practice you'll soon have a feel for Ihe wood (see photo 4). Create roof tiles or shakes in the samo manner, with stop cuts across the roof ~o represent the courses of shingles, staggered V-cuts to define individual shingles, and angled chisel cuts at the bottom of each course to form the shadow line and give dimension to the shingles. Siding, bricks or stones are simulated in the same way. Chisel ou" on one or both sides of stop culs as necessary to form the shapes in your design (see photo 5). HSSOBUB |
