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B A R R Y wrote:

Does anyone have a suggestion of a book for the beginning relief
carver?

If you're interested in relatively large-scale things (think
architectural details or furniture decorations) rather than miniature
bits, you might want to look up Charles Marshall Sayers "The Book of
Wood Carving." It's definitely written for beginners, and breaks things
out in a way that's not intimidating. Lee Valley carries (or at least
at one point carried) it, along with a set of a half dozen or so
recommended tools.

I'm not sure how easy you'd find carving with a recuperating shoulder,
though. Maybe it could be considered a part of therapy if a PT is
watching or something.

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Andrew Erickson

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot