The best and most affordable carving tool is one that will be around for years to come. That is what you get when you order a carving knife from Deepwoods Ventures. These hand forged tools and unique maple burl handles are build to last a lifetime and then possibly the lifetime of your grandchildren as well. » Continue reading “The best woodcarving knifes I have used.”
This bear was one of the first club projects that we tackled. It was great fun discussing this project in our group.
The Jayland carving club meets every Wednesday night at 6PM at the jay County Community Center.
The Bear Left Profile
The Bear
The Bear Left Profile
Marine Home
Basswood Snowment
Christmas Tree Topper Carving
Carved for Indiana grown basswood, this tree topper took two weeks to carve and two days to paint.
This project was carved from 2″ stock and measures 12″ in height. The stand is fashioned from #10 copper ground wire.
This project came from WoodCarving Illustrated.
Today I installed a WordPress plugin to post all my BLOG entries to twitter. This is the first test to see how this connection works.
Ok the test is compelte and the Twitter Tool plug in works like a charm. I would recommend thsi plugin to any WordPress blogger that is looking to become more visable in their posts.
Trying to find the correct syntax to display a sidebar menu that shows all the “Child Pages” along with a custom title can be challenging.
<li> <?php wp_list_pages(‘child_of=10&title_li=<h2>’ . __(‘Your Custom Menu Title Here’) . ‘</h2>’); ?></li>
When woodcarving keeping your tools sharp will produce clean cuts and makes the carving experience more enjoyable. The key in keeping your tools polished and razor sharp is the strop. A “Strop” is a piece of leather that is glued to a flat board. Polishing compound is often applied to the leather, this action is referred as “Loading” the strop.
Since my early days of carving I have always been told » Continue reading “Loading the strop”
Basswood Snowment
In my recent research on the internet dealing with WARN notices in Indiana, I started wondering about all the jobs that has left our country and moved to China, Mexico, Japan, Twain, or Malaysia. For those of you that are new to a WARN notice, it is …
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) was enacted on August 4, 1988 and became effective on February 4, 1989.
WARN offers protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a labor union); to the State dislocated worker unit; and to the appropriate unit of local government.
To read more about WARN notices visit the DOL website, Click here.
Ok where was I, oh yea, made in the USA. Since I work in the Information Technology field (IT) I started wondering if there are any Business Orientated Devices that are fully manufactured in the USA. In my quick internet search, I have come up with ZERO! Not One. Many are assembled, but not one device I looked at was 100% manufactured in the USA!
