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[[User:Pseudomonas|Pseudomonas]] got started with a course run by http://www.letteringartstrust.org.uk/ , and recommends the book ''The Art of Letter Carving in Stone'' by Tom Perkins (ISBN 978-1861268792) | [[User:Pseudomonas|Pseudomonas]] got started with a course run by http://www.letteringartstrust.org.uk/ , and recommends the book ''The Art of Letter Carving in Stone'' by Tom Perkins (ISBN 978-1861268792) | ||
Stone that's readily carvable includes slate, limestone, sandstone, and marble. Uncarvable or hard-to-work materials include roofing slates, cement, cast stone, granite, or ceramics. | |||
Equipment is basically a chisel and a dummy mallet, http://www.tiranti.co.uk/ (near Gt Portland Street station) sell them, (plus '''goggles''' and '''steel-toecapped-boots'''). | Equipment is basically a chisel and a dummy mallet, http://www.tiranti.co.uk/ (near Gt Portland Street station) sell them, (plus '''goggles''' and '''steel-toecapped-boots'''). | ||
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# Tighten the wingnuts | # Tighten the wingnuts | ||
# Lay the stone on the crossbar | # Lay the stone on the crossbar | ||
# Either clamp the stone directly to the easel, or clamp a piece of wood above the stone with clamps so that the stone is firmly held in place between that and the crossbar. | # Either clamp the stone directly to the easel, or clamp a piece of wood above the stone with [[General Use Hand Tools|clamps]] so that the stone is firmly held in place between that and the crossbar. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:32, 4 August 2014
Pseudomonas got started with a course run by http://www.letteringartstrust.org.uk/ , and recommends the book The Art of Letter Carving in Stone by Tom Perkins (ISBN 978-1861268792)
Stone that's readily carvable includes slate, limestone, sandstone, and marble. Uncarvable or hard-to-work materials include roofing slates, cement, cast stone, granite, or ceramics.
Equipment is basically a chisel and a dummy mallet, http://www.tiranti.co.uk/ (near Gt Portland Street station) sell them, (plus goggles and steel-toecapped-boots).
The easel was built downstairs in the hackspace from some of the scrap timber plus a hinge and a couple of 10mm carriage bolts. It is living next to the stepladders.
- Lean easel securely against a wall
- Lay a crossbar, thicker than your stone, between the square washers and the easel
- Tighten the wingnuts
- Lay the stone on the crossbar
- Either clamp the stone directly to the easel, or clamp a piece of wood above the stone with clamps so that the stone is firmly held in place between that and the crossbar.
