Carving - Page 7 of 22

Gimson used simple, decorative carving and motifs drawn from rural forms in much of his work. Just a handful of layout and carving tools will yield beautiful results.

Flatten and polish both faces of the knife, then establish and hone the bevels of this simple carving tool.

Rollie Johnson takes the Shaper Origin, a handheld CNC machine, for a test-drive, creating dovetailed keys, inlaying signatures, and even fitting finicky hinges.

Daniel Clay demonstrates the Swiss method of chip carving

Building chip-carving skills is about repetition. Daniel Clay's pattern provides an excellent foundation, taking you from basic cuts to more advanced ones.

Adapting a tip from Dave Fisher's "Carve a Greenwood Bowl," (FWW #263), a reader uses a clamping jig to secure large bowls on the floor while working with a two-handed…

It’s common to get furniture design inspiration from the furniture of other designers, but if you want to expand your design horizons, try an alternate approach

A few key carving techniques handle every letter in the alphabet.

Bill Pavlak relished the opportunity to revisit the process of dishing out a large surface by hand. Not only was this a special project in and of itself, it was also a chance to prove to himself that he had in fact learned a few things over the years.

Be free from the grasp of the grit.