"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
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"Kate" wrote in message
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Thank you, it sounds like good advice.
A second one would definitely take less time. It took me a week of carving
to get just the top done.
Long learning curve though.

I'll keep it in mind and do some more research.

Also, if you were to make some for sale, you could justify some better
tools. Good tools do increase your confidence and speed.

As a side note, in my youth I lusted after tools often but could not afford
them. So I volunteered my services for projects that required the use of
that tool. Part of my payment was the purchase of that tool.
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Funny you would mention it. I used our hardwood floors as an excuse to buy
the compound miter saw I had been wanting for a long time.
Carving tools aren't THAT expensive and if I do the research I'll bet I can
give a list to Santa and he might be generous.
Thing is, I need to take the time to find just want I want and learn about
the quality THEN I'm going to have to do some serious studying on sharpening
them.
The cheapo tools that I am using right now are all skewed up so I have gound
some to what I want them to be but I KNOW there is an easier way to sharpen
them thatn what I am doing.

When I get a little more time I think I'll pick up Chris Pye's book on
sharpening.... prolly the one on carving too.

K.