tsterling Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 I’m in the process of developing a “Getting Started” or “Resources” section for the forum. We get lots of questions from new folks about tools, woods, etc. Rather than trying to answer these types of general questions over and over, or sending them to the SEARCH function, I think it will be useful to have some distillations of previous postings concerning items of general interest. That way we can point them gently to the “Getting Started" section, hopefully to be answering more specific questions after they’ve browsed that section. I plan on having two kinds of items available: 1. Adobe Acrobat PDF’s of useful subjects taken from Carving Path postings (small amount of editing) 2. Links to external sources This section won’t be available for everyone to post in, just to keep things clean so there isn’t a lot of extraneous postings a newbie would have to try to wade through. That said, I think anyone who wishes to develop something for this area is welcome to, they’ll just need to go through one of the admin folks to post it. I’m asking for everyone to put their thinking hats on to come up with useful stuff to go in here, especially external links to quality carving related sites. A small rule here, if the link is to a commercial vendor, like a tool or wood source, please make sure either you or one of our other members has had some sort of good experience with them. We only want to post reputable commercial source links. What sorts of things were helpful to you in getting started, or what do you wish you had available? Here’s what I’ve got assembled so far: PDF resources Finishes: A general discussion from multiple topics Dyeing Antler and Ivory Potassium Permanganate Metal Art Technique: Jim Kelso's Grape Leaves Moth Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Japanese_Patination Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Aduki Pin Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Lindsay Graver Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Owl Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Paperweight Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Sword Fern Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Scraper_and_Stone_Finishing Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Uchidashi Frog Tutorial Jim Kelso’s Vera Box Tutorial Dick Bonham's metal fabrications Ford Hallam’s Kozuka(?) tutorial Tools: General discussions from multiple topics Jim Kelso’s engraver tutorial Don Fogg's Toolmaking Tutorials Workholding general discussions Materials: Woods, Tagua, Fossil ivory from multiple topics Carving: Natasha's tutorial(s) Jim Kelso’s Leaf Tutorial Tom Sterling's croc skull tutorial Intend to add Janel's sequential pics Eye inlay from multiple topics External links so far: Finishes/Colorants: Urushi Lacquer: http://www.urushi-kobo.com/index.html Potassium Permangante: http://secure.sciencecompany.com/Potassium...-P6507C670.aspx Walnut and other organic dyes: http://www.kremerpigmente.de/englisch/krpigm061.htm Materials: Gold Powder: http://apps.webcreate.com/ecom/catalog/pro...ProductID=17914 Gold Leaf (Europe): http://www.cooksongold.net/ Fossil and hippo ivory: http://www.boonetrading.com/ http://www.kowakivory.com/index.html http://www.osofamoso.com/ http://www.ivorybuyer.com/sales/workingtips.htm http://www.ijtrade.com/mammoth/index.htm Boxwood: http://www.gilmerwood.com/ (USA) http://www.forloversofwood.com/canada/specialty/misc.html (Canada) http://www.store.octopus.com.tr/ (Turkey) Steel for tools: http://www.toolanddie.com/ Music wire and steel: http://www.precisionbrand.com/products/def....asp?p_catid=48 Japanese-style art metals: www.reactivemetals.com Antler and horn: http://www.hideandfur.com/ Inro cord: http://www.internetsuke.com/enter/index.html Instruction: Tom Sterling's Free Netsuke Carving eBook: http://www.sterlingsculptures.com/ Tools: Carving tools, including Dockyard brand: http://www.thewoodcraftshop.com Small carving tools http://www.ramelson.com/ Various tools: http://www.leevalley.com/ http://www.axminster.co.uk/ http://www.capeforge.com/ http://www.kestreltool.com/ http://www.micromark.com/ Japanese-style tools: http://www.barenforum.org/mall/products/shimizu.php Diamond burrs: http://www.mtmist.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbie Posted March 7, 2008 Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 Tom, This posting is wonderful, I was just tripping through the old postings and this one is great. It answers alot of questions new members are asking and they probably don't ever know this well of great information is available. Maybe it should be more obvious so people can find it - ya think - or did you swear that off too? I try to avoid thinking, I'm illequiped!!!!!!!!!!!! Debbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Trout Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 being able to easily find things dramatically increases the utility value, it also makes it easier for members to refer those who miss such resources to the information since they dont have to recall it and find it actually I can hardly wait to download all those pdf's you have assembled thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgb Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 the tutorial pdf's seem to not be linked anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsterling Posted December 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 the tutorial pdf's seem to not be linked anymore The reference pdf's are in the "Getting Started and Resources" forum and they sem to work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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