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Offline yip

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to push or tap?
« on: January 05, 2013, 10:11:05 PM »
  when doing incised carving with a parting chisel, is it easier to tap the chisel or push it by hand?
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Offline Acer Saccharum

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Re: to push or tap?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2013, 10:34:32 PM »
Carving method is such a personal choice. Some use a mallet to tap along(moi), some push by hand (Taylor), and some use a knife(Bill Shipman). I don't know how Eric Kettenburg works, but his site is worth studying for its incised work. http://www.erickettenburg.com/Site/Home.html

Familiarize yourself with our tutorial section.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=12.0

and...

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=23123.0
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