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All basswood is not created equal. Heinecke is the best, as others have indicated. I have got some decent wood at a Woodcraft store, only because I needed it right away. Expect to pay around $8.00 per board foot, not including shipping, when getting the best basswood.

I had my wife pick...

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I have 4 light bulbs in my garage right now that are trying to light a 20'X30' space. I have found that Sam's Club has LED lights that I believe are 3' to 4' long. I can mount these next to my light bulb outlets and then screw a plug in outlet into the ceramic bulb holders, plug in the LED's and they...

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Gene Messer and Mike Shipley are good places to start. Check out Arlene Zomer at carverswoodshop on youtube. She sells her project DVD's for $10.00. She is very creative, and you can carve along with the DVD.

I don't want to burst your bubble, but I would invest in a better carving knife...

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If it was me, I would approach this like a carving blank. I would work on getting a good front profile, and then transfer that to the wood of your choice. Not sure how you are going to form the aluminum sheet, but if you are going to tap it into shape, I would use a hard wood like oak or ash.
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As stated, Heinecke is the best wood around!

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Man, that is just silly...Dallas at Old Texas Woodcarvers charged $4.00 for a gouge I had him sharpen for me. I am still of the opinion that for me, I will pay a professional to sharpen my tools, and I will gladly spend the rest of my time making chips.

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Very, very nice!

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I have a 14" Grizzly saw, and really like it. Directions were a bit jacked up, as I think someone translated it into English from Chinese, and it was a bit confusing. It has, and will, do everything I need it to do, but at a lot less money than a Delta or Jet.

I can hook my Rigid...

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Strictly a sales gimmick...I would expect that every retail establishment could wish 'everything must go', so they could restock and sell it all again!

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Sappy...I lost my father at 15 years old, and knew what my mom went through. That was 40 years ago in June, and the relationship I have with her today is very close and a direct result of her and I having to work together on the farm after dad passed. I have 2 older sisters, but was the only one at...

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There is a company in Ohio, Havel's, that makes a large share of the scalpel blades sold in the US. They sell blades for the hunting industry under the company name of Havalon, and for the taxidermy trade as well.

The specifically say that none of their blades should be used for wood carving....

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RV,
I agree with you...I keep the kitchen knives sharp by using an AccuSharp, and a device called a Hunter Honer. My hunting knives get tuned up by a guy that used to be the sharpening R&D guy for Imperial/Schrade in New York before they folded. He charges $3 per knife.

I believe...

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I used to have Rick at Little Shavers do my tools, and really miss him! I have found Dallas at Old Texas Woodcarvers does an EXCELLENT job on all of the tools I have had him sharpen. I boogered the edge on a bent gouge, and he restored it to better than when it was new!

Prices are very...