Carving Raised Letters In Wood

If you want to start wood carving all you need are a few tools and a space to work in.

Carving raised letters in wood.

Some people use the v tool starting shallow and going deeper until the vee reaches the width of the letter. Pre plan your cuts so letters may be completed with a number of cuts in opposing directions to counter the effect of an edge cutting against the grain. Then when done i just peel away the pattern. I prefer to blacken the back of the paper with a soft leaded pencil and trace the letters onto the wood.

With the paper stencil glued to the wood trace the outside of one letter with the tip of your chip carving knife. Gary junken in this video mcdermott demonstrates carving letters in wood starting with the letter r this complex letter covers almost all of the techniques required to carve any other letter in the alphabet. Get it as soon as fri sep 18. Carving letters into wood is a great craft project you can use to make personalized signs or decorations.

For more tips on carving read mcdermott s companion article from fine woodworking magazine. After you put your letters on the wood you can either carve the letters by hand with a chisel or use a handheld rotary tool to work faster. It really depends on the letters. 4 6 out of 5 stars 251.

The path of a letter will lead the v tool into changes of grain direction. Jun 19 2014 a while ago i tried to do the 31 days of posts thing and failed miserably granted i was doing it in addition to my regular everyday posting schedule but at least i introduced you. Use the wider angle of the palm tool to open up cuts where appropriate. The idea is to define the outer edge of the letter in paper remove the paper after it s free from the surrounding paper then remove the wood within the area outlined.

Otherwise if your doing raised letters you have to use vbit and end mill to get what your after. In this tutorial video i show you how to wood carve power carve with any rotary tool like the dremel and how to stencil letters to wood carve. This would be the way to go for raised letters too. For cut out types use what those here suggest in the vbits.

Then cut to the pattern.