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Preface
This handbook—the seventh of the WOODWORKER series—is
issued with the object of instructing those who wish to
enter the ranks of woodcarvers and to start them on the
road to become eventually—if their inclination and
aptitude leads them that way—experts in the craft. When the student has thoroughly mastered the contents of this small manual and practiced and carried out the various examples set before him, he should be able to undertake with confidence any ordinary piece of work and be fully able to continue his studies by the aid of advanced models or designs, as well as having a fair idea of the principles which guide the craftsman. The instructions and illustrations have for the most part appeared in the pages of THE WOODWORKER, and it is the knowledge that some who are now fairly expert carvers were induced to take up the study of the craft by their perusal, which has led to their being issued in book form, after careful revision. The exercises are so arranged that the student is taken step by step through the difficulties that arise in the various stages of marking out the design, grounding out, modeling, etc., the text being made clear by many diagrams and photographs. Among other subjects dealt with is the choice of wood, the sharpening of tools, and the final polishing of the work.
More advanced examples and information will be found in
the pages of THE WOODWORKER, to whose columns the reader
is referred should any difficulties arise in carrying
out the exercises in this course.
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