I got my first Scrollsaw in 1991. I had originally bought it to help with carving. I did carve for awhile,(I've got a box of unfinshed carvings), but eventually I began working more at scrolling, and less at woodcarving. Back in 1995 I started experimenting with inlay. In 1998 I upgraded my scrollsaw to a professional model. I've done a lot of work with my scrollsaws over the years,
and have mostly perfected my technique.
I've begun carving again since Dec. '07. This is due, in part, to my getting some new tools, Flexcut this time. Another great tool maker. I make it a practice to finish now, (These are the pieces in the Carving Gallery).
I may even get around to finishing all of the pieces in the box.
So,if the Commodore computer hadn't gotten sick,
I may never have taken this journey,
and this site wouldn't be here.
In 1989 my Mom got a Commodore C64C computer, which I had a great time with. Then one day it went south. I knew basically what was wrong with it, so I thought I might have a go at fixing it... To make a long story short, I didn't end up fixing the computer, but I did end up getting really into electronics.
I had Books upon Books, I had a breadboard, digital and analog meters, an osciloscope, probes, tools, and components out the yin-yang. From there the next step to me was obvious, Robots. So I figured a good first tool to help build these was a Dremel. Well, the Dremel came with some woodcarving bits. I played around with them carving my name into a little wooden tray that I used to keep my small electronic's hand tools in. I knew right then that I would really enjoy woodcarving. So I bought a small set of gouges, (they were really cheap). I did a bit of carving with them and ended up buying a better set, Swissmade in fact,( a very fine tool).
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