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With more than a dozen projects, Carving on Turning will introduce you to the many possibilities of how carving can enhance and beautify your woodworking. Featuring several carving styles, such as relief carving, carving in the round and piercing, the manual teaches readers how to add decorative marks to a bowl, how to transform a plain breadboard with a simple design, how to apply lettering to a curved surface, add low-relief carving to a milking stool and bedpost, add decorative elements to furniture, add a 3-dimensional form to a box, use pierce carving on a mirror & plate, and shape a smooth pestle and mortar. The first book of it's kind, Carving on Turning originated from a series of articles in Woodturning Magazine. Carvers will love this book as it proves how easily curved surfaces can be carved. Turners will appreciate the easy-to-understand carving instruction that Chris Pye is so well-known for.

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Carving on Turning introduces woodworkers to the many possibilities of how carving can enhance turned objects. Written by professional carver Chris Pye, the book features several carving styles, such as high and low relief, carving in the round, pierced relief, and lettering, plus provides a comprehensive introduction to carving tools, the cuts each make, and how to handle and sharpen tools. For those new to carving, there's even a handy full-size chart that illustrates the cutting edge profiles of carving tools.

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