Making Wood chips . . . Update

[TW]

You might remember that back on April 15th I started a new project, namely carving a Knight for the Chess Set that I plan on making. I have been working steadily on this project ever since. Carving takes time and patience, two qualities that I usually don't have in abundance. If you have been following the progress in my blog, you know that a portion of the work is being done by someone else (the turning of the pedestal base) as I have no wood lathe to do this work. Well the base is not finished yet , however outside of some light sanding the Knight is finished. I thought that y'all might like to see the end results. I photographed it next to a quarter to give it some scale.





TW

[KBevangelist]

TW, that is just absolutely incredible



KB

[Tracy]

Amazing! You are blessed with an amazing skill.

[Full Quiver]

Based on your age and skill level I was wondering, did you help build the ark of the covenant?




kidding....... great work

[TW]

Here's another shot that shows the detail a little better.




TW

[one love]

simply beautiful...you are very talented!!!! how are you carving them, what are you using for such fine detail?

[TW]

Here is my "Tool Kit" for this project. These are the only tools that I have used.



A set of X-ACTO knives with replaceable blades, a set of jewelers files, a 1/8th inch drill, an assortment of much smaller drills, a pin vise, and 600 grit sandpaper.


TW