Woodcutting on Different Scales

The cutting and carving of wood takes in thousands of methods. From cutting trees in a lumber-yard to carving faces in a workshop, there are many ways to use wood. It's amazing how woodwork has helped us in our lives with wood being used in furniture making and architecture.

Here are two examples at the opposite ends of the scale. In the film below you can watch a person cut wood using a band sawmill.

And in this film below you can watch a person hand-carve leaves into a bedpost.

Woodcarving - Pure Craftsmanship

Gerrymet discovered a highly talented woodcarver called Peter who is based in Yorkshire. His woodworking skills are on display via his Twitter feed here - Woodcarving Peter. We particularly like his dragons below but there are many examples of his woodwork skills you can see on his timeline.

📷 Check out this fine wood craftsmanship of dragons.  We wonder what kind of chisels and other tooling... https://t.co/n0kZNZQKsE

— Gerrymet Ltd (@sawblades_uk) July 26, 2018

Chainsaw Woodcarving

It takes a great amount of practice and skill to make woodcarvings as perfect as these by using of all tools a chainsaw. Amazing.

Wood carving at its finest - using a chainsaw! https://t.co/BRNcj0O9NW

— Gerrymet Ltd (@sawblades_uk) July 23, 2018

Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts

Here's one for the woodcraft community. 

Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts is a specialist woodworking magazine that focusses on the art of scroll sawing and scrollwork. A scroll saw, by the way, for anyone who unsure, is a small electric saw (or pedal-operated saw) you use to cut intricate curves in wood or metal and other materials. It's an ancient craft where the decoration is dominated by spiralling scrolls.

If this sounds interesting, you might want to take a look at the Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine - "published quarterly and features interesting and creative scrollers, projects, and techniques, inspiring articles showing artists."

You can take a look at their website here - Scroll Saw