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Hi All,
Can anyone point me in a direction to get some information on woodcarving with my Dremel (400 XPR)? Looking for patterns, techniques, etc?
Thanks.
Chris
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Hi Chris
I can't really show you the way to pattens But one thing I started out with my Dremel was to make a sign board for the side of the house. I laid out my lines and more or less freehand in my last name. I used a piece of flooring but you can also use a 1x4 and cut to the length needed. Mine has been on the house for about 4 years. I painted the name grooves white so it would stand out more. Watch the grinlines as they are harder than the other
Doug 
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 Chris,I think I can offer some specific help. You might first visit http://jmbh.org/DremelTute.html for basic information. Then I strongly recommend a visit to Wood Carving Illustrated Magazine (.com?). They have three special issues or volumes on Power carving. They are packed with guides, hints and tips and worth trying. Finally, any book site (Amazon.com) can give you a list of woodcarving books. Some authors I am familiar with are; Frank Russell, Tom Wolfe, David Tippey, Bridgewater & Bridgewater, Willard Bondhus and Desire Hanji. Each of these has a special carving type and covers their subjects very well. Let me know how you come out? woodcutr 
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| Hi Chris, I'm new to this forum, but have been a wood carver for 35 years. I have a step by step how to carve on Youtube. got to this link if you want to see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59XQQf_Sxc Sculptor
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Finding patterns is the easy part. A search for "wood carving patterns" I just made turned up several sites. Here are three:
Carving Patterns
Wood Carvers.org
Darkwood Wood Carving
While many sites offer patterns for sale many also have free patterns available to download. Altering the search will turn up more patterns. Tandy Leather for instance offers free patterns in pdf format. PDFs and gifs are best as they allow smoother size scaling.
The big problem is transferring the pattern to your work piece. I for one prefer to spend more time carving than drawing guide lines. Here is a link to an image transfer tutorial.
Image Transfer Information
I for one, would be interested in hearing how others have solved this particular problem.
Curt
Curt
My Web Site
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