I'm taking a whack at one today and wondered who has been down this road before.
Regards,
Tom Watson
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Any Carving Tips On Staunton Style Knights?
Sep 27, 2009
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Tom Watson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Start with a block of wood and carve away everything that doesn't look like a Staunton Knight.
Hope this helps,
Scott
unlike the more ornate complex ones. Are you doing the whole set, Tom?
Yeah. I'm doing this one:
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Tom Watson
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Usually one turns the head as an eggshape, then cuts (observing grain direction) the eggshape to an oval slab. A file or rasp makes two notches that suggest the horse-head shape.
I did it with steel rods, using a drillpress as a lathe, and a bench grinder for the flattening operation. It's up to you whether to add embellishments, I stopped right there (my Dremel points weren't up to the challenge of carving a proper mane).
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