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Rough cutting tools: When carving, it is important to remove as much wood as possible before using

gauges or knives. The band saw, coping saw, chainsaw, and grinder are all used for this purpose.

Simply begin by drawing the design on the wood and begin removing material with one of these

tools.

Dremel: The Dremel tool is a small grinder. It is useful for fine detail

cutting and grinding.

Wood Carving Chisels: Chisels work much like a gouge. They may be

driven by hand or by mallet. Unlike gouges, however, chisels have flat

cutting edges and are beveled on three sides. They are used for removing

large amounts of stock. Fine detail carving and shaping are not done with

chisels because their flat edges tend to split or lift the wood along the

grain.

V-tool/parting tool: V-tools get there name because the blade is

shaped in a V. They are designed to fit in the palm of your hand.

Because they are v-shaped, the blades do not split or lift the wood

like a chisel does. Fine detail carving is done with a v-tool.

Relief carving
This form of art is accomplished by carving images into a flat piece of wood,
usually depicting scenes of people and/or nature. In relief carving, foreground images
project from the carved background, and are classified into two groups: High
Projections and Medium Projections. Each refers to the degree the image protrudes
from the background. On high degree projections, the relief stands out almost like a
figure carving. The cuts here are deep. The images on medium degree projects,
however, are closer to the background. The sample of the right shows a high degree
projection in the foreground and a medium degree projection in the background.
The most commonly used tools in relief carving are the gouge, the v-tool, and the
Dremel.

Band saw

Coping Saw

Chainsaw

Grinder

Unit VI: Wood Specialties