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John's World

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Patterns
Finishing
Clubs and Links
Wonders of Wood
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Knife Making
My Gallery

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Newsletters

Newsletters 2004 thru present
My Archives of 1999-2002 newsletters, 
There were no newsletters in 2003.

Wonders of Wood Shows

Click here to view Pictures from the Shows from 1999 through 2005  Visit this section to see The Peoples Choice and Best of Show awards as well as participant's tables.  Due to financial and scheduling problems, there was no show in 2006.  

             
The Finishing section discusses techniques with oils, acrylics, and antiquing solutions. A lot of the processes and steps are similar, but there are some critical differences.  Don't ruin a good carving with a poor finishing job.  

John's Gallery

This section shows some of my carvings.  I have included close up photos of the detail work.    If you want more information on the techniques, feel free to ask.  All of the techniques are things others taught me and I'll be happy to pass that information on.

Knife Making

Covers information on
making your own knives such as:  
Source of materials. 
Making your first blade
Shaping.  
Sharpening.
 It's fun and it can save you some money.  
See if it is something you might like to try.

     
Woodcarving Clubs:

  Meeting places and schedules are included as will as other information furnished by the club.  Links to their official  web sites are listed when available.  Additional club information will be added as it becomes available.

Meet us at the
Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project

Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The meetings include a brief business meeting followed by a carving session. The meeting location has changed. Meetings are now held at the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project at 7295 Highway 94 South St. Charles, Missouri 63304. Visitors are always welcome!
Click here to see detailed maps.

See something you like!
Feel free to download images or 
patterns for your own use.

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size (and therefore quality)
to speed loading pages.
If you want originals,

Don't know how to download?
Check out the Download section 
for instructions .

Check out the Pattern section.  
There are some interesting ideas from Doane, as well as classic Santa's 
and other creatures of fantasy.