Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: PART I -- WOODCARVING TOOLS, MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT -- THE WOODCARVING STUDIO & ITS FIXTURES -- Holding Fixtures A Woodcarver's Bench -- 2 ESSENTIAL WOODCARVING HAND TOOLS -- Chisels, Gouges, etc. * Specialty Tools Acquiring Carving Tools * Numbering * Handles -- Knives * Texturing Tools * Mallets * Rasps, Riffers & So Forth * Sanding Devices a -- Measuring Devices * Handy to Have -- 3USEFUL POWER TOOLS -- Band Saws * Routers * Burrs &Tools to Drive Them * Electrically Powered Chisels * -- Pneumatically Powered Chisels * Angle Grinders * Power Sanders -- 4 SHARPENING WOODCARVING TOOLS -- Factors That Affect Tool Sharpness * Bevels & Cutting Angles * Testing for Sharpness * Tool -- Shape s Stones & Other Sharpening Devices * Sharpening a NewV Tool * Sharpening Steel -- Rasps, Rifflers, Files & Burrs * Power Sharpening -- 5 WOODS FOR CARVING -- Hardwoods * Softwoods * Notes on Gluing -- PART II -- LAYOUT, CARVING & FINISHING TECHNIQUES -- 6 WORKING WITH PATTERNS, PHOTOGRAPHY & MODELS -- Working with Patterns * Working with Photography * Working with Models -- 7 LAYOUT OF SPECIAL SHAPES -- Polygons * Ovals * Spirals &Volutes * Spiral Reeds -- SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR WOODCARVERS -- Safety * Hand Position -- 9 INCISED CARVING -- Chip Carving * Triangular Designs a Designs with Curves a A Stylized Sunflower -- 10 RELIEF CARVING -- Applied Carving -- 11 CARVING IN THE ROUND -- Carving Spiral Reeds * Holding the Form -- 12 FINISHING FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT -- Preparation * Patching * Sanding a Staining * Topcoats * Glaze * Strikeout -- A Combination of Glaze & Strikeout -- PART III -- ARCHITECTURAL CARVING WITH POWER & HAND TOOLS -- 13 SET OF TOWEL BARS PROJECT -- Layout * Parting the Twist * Carving the Twist Carving the Leaf Carving the Bar -- Preparing the Plugs -- 14 SPIRAL SHELF SUPPORTS PROJECT -- Layout & Preliminary Steps -- 15 PAIR OF CARVED PANELS PROJECT -- Developing the Pattern * Setting-In the Design * Patching * Cleaning Up What the Router -- Left * Working the Stems u Working the Leaves Working the Flowers & Buds * Texturing -- the Ground -- 16 PAIR OF COLUMN CAPITALS PROJECT -- InitialWork * Working with the Patterns * Setting In the Volute & Shaping the Blank -- 17 DOOR WITH CARVED PANELS PROJECT -- Preparing the Sash * Preparing the Panels -- 18 UNUSUAL DOOR CASING PROJECT -- The Faces * The Plinth Blocks * The Casing -- PART IV -- USEFUL TOOLS & EQUIPMENT YOU CAN BUILD -- 19 POWER STROP & SHARPENING STATION -- The Base The Strop Wheel * An Additional Accessory The Machine in Use -- 20 HOLDING FIXTURES -- For Boards & Planks on Edge For Panels * For Miscellaneous -- 21 ROTATING DEVICES -- A RotatingVise * A Deluxe RotatingVise * Another Rotating Device -- METRIC EQUIVALENTS -- INDEX.

All age.