What is the point of gluing the paper to the wood block if the very first thing you're going to do is slice it off in strips? I'm not saying that to be sarcastic (though that is in my nature)... I get that the initial slices do actually shape the block a little, but it just seems to me that there must be a better way... like maybe projecting the image onto the wood block periodically, so that you can see the image AND how the work is progressing.
Paper helps to see where and how to carve to achieve the planned result. It's instead of drawing manually. It would be great to use a 3D laser instead of drawing and gluing, but that's already cool!
@@BeaverCraftTools I totally understand the purpose of putting the paper there in the first place, what I'm not seeing is the sense of immediately carving it away before you've used the image on it to its fullest potential. I guess I'm thinking that you should start on one of the faces where there is no paper, and work your way to the lines on the paper there, before carving the image off of that side.
With a projector, you always have to put the block back in the right place! But I understand the meaning of the question, for my part, I always secure the outline and the main details and, then...I redraw, and redraw and...!
@@SoeCarpeDiem That's not so hard though; just put a couple of points to align the image, and mark where the projector is to sit (or just don't ever move it). I used to have a device for that, back in the 80s, called a magnajector, though I'm sure it's caused a housefire or two in its time from kids forgetting to shut it off before they went to bed. But yes, when I use paper stencils for woodcraft, I mark it out rather than gluing it, and then refresh any lines that haven't been reached yet when I'm carving. Granted I'm a rank amateur, but I know what is likely to become a problem for me when I spot it, lol.
What is the point of gluing the paper to the wood block if the very first thing you're going to do is slice it off in strips? I'm not saying that to be sarcastic (though that is in my nature)... I get that the initial slices do actually shape the block a little, but it just seems to me that there must be a better way... like maybe projecting the image onto the wood block periodically, so that you can see the image AND how the work is progressing.
Paper helps to see where and how to carve to achieve the planned result. It's instead of drawing manually. It would be great to use a 3D laser instead of drawing and gluing, but that's already cool!
@@BeaverCraftTools I totally understand the purpose of putting the paper there in the first place, what I'm not seeing is the sense of immediately carving it away before you've used the image on it to its fullest potential. I guess I'm thinking that you should start on one of the faces where there is no paper, and work your way to the lines on the paper there, before carving the image off of that side.
With a projector, you always have to put the block back in the right place! But I understand the meaning of the question, for my part, I always secure the outline and the main details and, then...I redraw, and redraw and...!
@@SoeCarpeDiem That's not so hard though; just put a couple of points to align the image, and mark where the projector is to sit (or just don't ever move it). I used to have a device for that, back in the 80s, called a magnajector, though I'm sure it's caused a housefire or two in its time from kids forgetting to shut it off before they went to bed.
But yes, when I use paper stencils for woodcraft, I mark it out rather than gluing it, and then refresh any lines that haven't been reached yet when I'm carving. Granted I'm a rank amateur, but I know what is likely to become a problem for me when I spot it, lol.
@@AnonymousXIII I also make marks, but when there is too much depth, I redraw by hand!