From:
"John Vancamp" <jvcstnwrks@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:01:35 -0500
Subject:
grinder wheels
Never built a cathedral either, but I do most of my work with pnematic
hammer also. Not for any "eletist" reason, it's just that I like the pace
much better than I do with a rapidly spinning rotary tool in my hands.Can't
think of a carving I've screwed up beyond salvaging with a chisel, but I've
had to eat a couple of pieces of stone because of a router bit or saw table
slipping and the tool digging in too deep.
John, I believe the evidence of drill marks you refer to are from carving
with a pointing machine. I've never worked with one, nor worked from any
sort of model, but I have seen pictures of a carver and assistant using a
hand powered drill called a violin. I'm sure walter, and others who have
spent time in the carving shops in Italy could tell you lots about that. I
frequently use a drill to establish depths in relief work, and the radius
slope in some of the sink basins I carve. Recently carved a 5 foot
diameter fountain bowl with a center shaft in it for the next piece up to
sit on. Took about a day and a half with the hammer drill establishing
common depths for 5 or 6 concentric circles before a chisel ever hit the
stone.
JVC
Quoted text begins.Well, I've never built a cathedral so if Walter Arnold says chisels are
the
way to go I'm sure not going to argue with him. I know I always feel
best
when I have a chisel in my hand.
End of quote.
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