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Offline Dstavlo

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Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« on: March 21, 2019, 08:20:20 PM »
Hello all,
I'm quite familiar with the tools and techniques used for cutting relief carving, but one thing that doesn't appear to have been discussed much is how incised lines are cut. Does anyone have any photos of the tools they use for this purpose or a brief description of how they do it?
Thanks,
David


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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2019, 08:38:11 PM »
Thank you for the links and sorry for belaboring the topic. I did search the forum before posting but didn't come across these posts. Perhaps my search terms were too specific. Anyway these are helpful thanks again.

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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2019, 07:45:50 PM »
 Get Jack Brooks’s video on carving a stock. It’s the best I’ve seen. He incise carves a buttstock in a couple of hours. And, shows you how to sharpen the gouges as well.

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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2019, 07:54:58 PM »
 as a novice, here's how I do it. I cut a deep line in the center of where I want it with an exacto knife, then I run a small veener down the line, repeating to get the depth I want. I then clean it up and make minor corrections with a curved V riffler.
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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2019, 11:36:56 PM »
Jack basically stabs it in with gouges with the proper radius. Then he goes back with the same gouges after it’s all been stabbed in once, and backs of a bit and widens, and flairs the cut.

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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2019, 04:02:52 AM »
I use the same "V" Parting tool for pretty much everything!  Incise and relief carving.   ;)
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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2019, 03:10:20 PM »
I use the same "V" Parting tool for pretty much everything!  Incise and relief carving.   ;)
Ditto. I do some stabing too when it's convenient. STABBY STABBY STABBY.....ooops got carried away. :P
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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2019, 04:08:20 PM »
Thank you for the links and sorry for belaboring the topic. I did search the forum before posting but didn't come across these posts. Perhaps my search terms were too specific. Anyway these are helpful thanks again.

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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2019, 04:33:52 PM »
For incise and relief carving I use a palm length 2mm v tool I found in Japan. It is all done freehand, no mallet.







Example of incised carving with some relief work on recent work.



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Re: Tools/techniques for cutting incised lines
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2019, 05:49:05 PM »
Lots of different techniques and tools. I build so slowly I have to do a bunch of practice work before doing the real thing. Sharp tool plus practice will yield good cuts.  Now design is another thing!
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