StephenC Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Hello All, My name is Stephen and I am from the UK. I haven't actually done any carving yet and after a lot of thought I have decided to go down the route of "man the toolmaker" before "man the carver"!. To this end I have searched the furthest reaches of The Carving Path's forums and have learnt an a lot about the principles and practice of small tool making. In the past I have done some model making and silversmithing so have a few small tools to hand. Tool making is totally new to me but I am enjoying finding out about normalizing, hardening and tempering, etc. I now found or purchased a small collection of hacksaw blades, old files, silver steel UK/drill stock US, piano/music wire, heavy gauge needles, masonary nails and old needle files. Currently I am consolidating all the information that I have found into something workable for me. However, I do have a few questions and a few things that are confusing me and will post these a bit later in the Tools and Technical section. Hopefully someone can come to my aid. Thanks, Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 welcome and all the best from new zealand and good luck like my self i have learnt a lot too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Hi Stephen, Welcome around, if I may don't do to many different tools to start with, try to carve as much as you can then you will know more about what tools are best suited for you. Good luck and enjoy the carving path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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