Post #72595 by Lake Surfer on Mon, Jan 26, 2004 10:39 AM

Thanks guys for the tips... I'll work with what I got and take all the info into account. Winter does seem like a rough time here to carve.... dry air and not to mention the studio is pretty cold... no heat in this old basement.

Benzart, you mentioned the grain on the pine... makes a ton of sense since I just recently (2 months) got these new chunks of Blue Spruce and have yet to work with pine in the winter. My birch isn't cracking quite as bad as the pine.

I learn as I go... there's a lot of different types of wood and a lot to learn about them... Over time I'll learn which ones work best for me...