- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing (1 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1565231287
- ISBN-13: 978-1565231283
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.7 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 445,992 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The gallery of examples is awe-inspiring, informed by technical tips..." -- Permaculture Magazine, Spring 2003.
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Startling wooden figures that have been carved with a chainsaw can be seen around the country at fairs, in yards, and on ESPN's logger competitions. This is the first book that explains all of the elements of the chainsaw carving art: techniques, equipment, safety precautions, and aesthetic considerations. Step-by-step tutorials show how the Blue Heron garden sculpture and the popular Black Bear are carved. Dozens of project ideas, accompanied by hundreds of colour photos of spectacular carvings, are also included. Anyone who has ever handled a chainsaw will find this book irresistible.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Perhaps that is a bit harsh but it was my first impression on skim reading the book. But they are excellent photographs and there is a very clear sequence of photographs and a description of how to carve a heron in front of reeds. However the sequence described in the text did not seem quite logical to me, and it did not match the accompanying photo set, which did follow logic. However I still haven't passed carving mushrooms so perhaps I am not qualified to comment. It wasn't the book I had hoped for...
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Disappointing: NOT an instructional book!
4 Oct 2003
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Disregard the comments "until now there has been very little, if any, how-to information for beginners" or "Excellent resource for the beginner" noted in other reviews. They are WRONG! I am a beginner, and after reading this book cover to cover I don't think I am anything more than the same beginner I was when I started. Here's the breakdown of the book:
140 pages total. 60 pages are just color pictures of what I would classify as very advanced carvings and no info or details on how they were made. 28 pages are chainsaw facts, including 9 pages of color chainsaw pictures (no comments or advice on one model vs another, just lots of pictures of chainsaws...big deal). in the remaining 47 pages dedicated to "carving", there are only four actual projects. Of these four, just two have multiple pictures and step-by-step instructions.
For a beginner who is looking to learn this beautiful art, I estimate there about 30 pages of actual content you are interested in. Save your money and look for something else! That's exactly what I'm going to do right after I post this review.
Where would we be without Hal?
13 Dec 2008
Format:Paperback
Hal Macintosh predates the internet, predates Photoshop, predates MS Paint. This book shows the field before information was readily available, when the only way to learn how to carve was to watch carvers at contests. Many carvers in the field got their start from Hal's books, when this was the only source of written information about the field.
Learning to chainsaw carve using Hal's books alone is a total immersion process, wherein you are not sure how the parts you're seeing quite fit together until one day you carve something new and step back and say, "I didn't know I could do that!" Then you look at the pictures of other people's carvings and realize yours are just as good.
No chainsaw library is complete with only these books, but no library is complete without them, either.
Learning to chainsaw carve using Hal's books alone is a total immersion process, wherein you are not sure how the parts you're seeing quite fit together until one day you carve something new and step back and say, "I didn't know I could do that!" Then you look at the pictures of other people's carvings and realize yours are just as good.
No chainsaw library is complete with only these books, but no library is complete without them, either.
chansaw carving
8 May 2001
Format:Paperback
Excellent resource for the beginner, step by step photos take you thru the entire project. Excellent section on tools. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to get into chainsaw carving. Cant wait for his next book
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