On Wed, Dec 5, 2007, Troy Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> 
> So gentleman,
>  
> if there is a minimum regarding tools needed to get started
> such as:
>  
> work bench (any particular size?)

I use a small carvers bench to produce componants, 24" x 4 ft, and
auxilliary space on an old oks dinning table in the same room for staging
parts.  I recomend a larger workbench, 30" x 4 ft would do, more never
hurts.

> carving tools

Depends on what you are building, some lutes were heavily carved, others
plain.  The rose can be worked with scalpel and small drills, but some use
punches which you would have to make.

I have a small set of gouges and carving tools which ends up involved in
most projects.

> measuring tools

The usual, bevel guage, squares large and small, metric tapes and inch
tapes.

> planes

Block and something long for jointing.

drills
-- 
Dana Emery




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