by Alfred Brossecru

OOD carving machines are generally

doubful if one coaldbe purchased today, ex-

W pretty expensive and complicatedgadgets when purchased, and it is somewhat

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Abovc; The vood blo<k afier roughinq out on lhc bondsaw.and ihc orioinal olarf:r bust of MacArlhur frorn which thr

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coping sav. mrY bc u:rd for the' pril-iminary work if ctaflsmbn docr nol po3rcsr a bandsaw.

cept possibly second-hand. Ilowever, theeraftsman having need of such a machine, andunable to locate one to fit his pocketbook,can build a vely satisfactory carver' asdescribed in this article, at practically noexpense. \

ih. c""v"r will do siltryrisingly aceufatework, making faithful copies in wood fromplaster busts, etc. As a profit proiect thecarver has good possibilities, because any

number of duplicates may beeasrly turned out for sale.

A) plaster bust of GeneralDouglas MacArthur is used hereto demonstrate what the machinecan do, and the drawings show itsconstruetion and dimensions.I{ere's \ow it works:

Place a piece of paper and thebust on the floor directly underthe ceiling light, then trace theoutline by the shadow. A per-fect profile and full face can beobtained- The paper is thenglued to the block in correctposition; profile on the side and

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Finally a very snall pointed- tool i;;fr;:"'".liifa T?' ":,:::':L:::1, "lA *"f.:that cannot be reached ;td"",i";- *" ;;;i*;;;going t*rrouqh the same process is srnoothed downw_ith 1 few hand to,ols and """d;";;. The com_pleted copy_ is ready fo" tfrr""-oilour coat" oflacquer. Thb lettering, ryp;;;itt", "ri. piece ofplain paper is then sl"di".- Ij -rou own a high speed rotary tool you canbuild a carving *r"Lirr" th"t "", ""'pylli ""roirrg,statue or irresulal ffgure witfrin

" its- capacit5r.The simplicitv of thisLrver;;;; an idealproject for the model maker.

the only materials required are l0 pieces ofwoo{,- I cariage bolts and z ;;J Jews. caremust be tahen so the bolt holes ,r""q""fiy spaeed.

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