Product Description
Chainsaw Carving for Beginners is a complete guide to chainsaw carving that explains everything you need to know to carve amazing wood sculptures safely and successfully. Author Helmut Tschiderer introduces the reader to helpful sections on chainsaw care, maintenance, safety, and other essential tips and tricks. Chainsaw Carving for Beginners will provide you with the fundamental knowledge and techniques of wood carving and sculpting with a chainsaw! Featuring four projects with step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, and expert insight throughout. This must-have resource will walk you through the entire process from start to finish for carving and sculpting an old shoe, a rabbit, an elegant lady, and a mountain goat. Also included are reference pattern views (side, front, back, and top) for each project to guide you as you transform a log into a one-of-a-kind work of art.
Chainsaw Carving for Beginners Contains:
- Introduction;
- Things to think about.
- Which saw is the right one.
- Carving Bar.
- The Chain.
- Purchasing and installing a new saw chain.
- Care and Maintenance.
- Safety Equipment.
- Workplace safety.
- What kind of wood to choose.
- Project 1 Old Shoe;
- Rough draft and model.
- First cuts.
- Double cut.
- Finer cuts.
- Making convex and concave cuts.
- Details.
- Finishing.
- Patterns.
- Project 2 Beautiful Rabbit;
- First steps.
- Cutting rough shape.
- Rounding contours .
- Defining individual body parts.
- Rounding and smoothing.
- Finishing the body.
- Shaping the face.
- Patterns.
- Project 3 An Elegant Lady;
- Tips on defining proportions.
- Cutting the head.
- Cutting the body.
- Refining work on the head.
- Refining the body.
- Cosmetic and finishing touches.
- Patterns.
- Project 4 Mountain Goat;
- First Steps.
- Transferring the contour.
- Carving the contours.
- Finer cuts.
- Further touch-ups.
- Working the detail.
- Cutting the base.
- Cutting the horns.
- Patterns.
- Tips & Tricks;
- Repairing Cracks and overdone saw cuts.
- Scale ruler.
- The Finish
Chainsaw Carving for Beginners Specifications:
- 4 Projects with patterns and 250 photographs.
- Softcover.
- 144 Pages.
- Author/ Artist - Helmut Tschiderer.