What tools are used to do wood carving

Tools: knife (carving knife), chisel, chisel, awl (cone), flat axe and hammer

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1. knife (carving knife):

Basically, there are two major categories. One type is "wengtube-shaped" billet knife, commonly known as "chopping dahuang", "blank knife", a class of "drill bar-shaped" repair knife. The repair knife, mainly used for digging fine blanks and repair light.

2. Chisel:

Carvers use chisels to carve stone, wood, metal or other materials, while printmakers use chisels to make woodblock prints.

3. round chisel:

A chisel with a sharp blade made into a curved shape, used for wood carving.

4. Awl:

There are two main types, one is a cone, which is the most commonly used, and the other is one similar to a cone but with four prongs sharpened, which is mainly used for drilling holes, and can also be used for drawing lines on metal.

5. axe:

The purpose of the axe is to match the billet with a large number of chopping wood

6. hammer:

Wood carving hammer shape to flat, flat, wide, and square for the good. Hammer is divided into wooden and iron two kinds of wooden hammer is generally used in the wood than the major hardwoods, such as mahogany, boxwood, sandalwood, beech and fruit tree wood.

Expanded

Traditional carving that is the manual way to use the knife, axe and other tools in wood, stone and other substrates for artistic creation. Modern engraving according to the tools and methods can be divided into chemical etching, electric etching, hand engraving, laser engraving, marking engraving, mechanical engraving, roller mold engraving and so on.

The tool is the carver engaged in the creation of the most direct assistant and companion. In the wood carving process, the carving knife and its auxiliary tools play a very important role. To see how a person's craftsmanship, you only need to observe his tools will be able to know, and the maintenance of tools, can also prove the quality of laborers.

In the creation of wood carving, the tools are ready, will grind will use, not only can improve efficiency, and in the modeling can give full play to their skills, so that the knife chiseling refining, clear and smooth, increase the artistic expression of the work.

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