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Chip Carving Practice Boards With Patterns: 9 Basswood Boards for a Confident Start
The hardest part of starting chip carving isn’t the carving, it’s the layout: compass, ruler, pencil and half an evening spent drawing a pattern. This set takes care of that step. Each of the 9 STRYI basswood practice boards comes with the pattern already printed, so you can pick up your chip carving knife and start right away. Clean pattern lines guide your hand, and basswood cuts softly and cleanly, so your first triangular chips come out neat from the very first tries.
Why Buy These Chip Carving Practice Boards From Us
We work with chip carving tools, so we know this skill is built by repeating the same movements again and again. With the pattern already on the board, you can focus on what matters: knife angle, cut depth and clean relief cuts, not layout. Nine boards let you practice the basic elements as many times as it takes for your hand to remember the motion. Even, knot-free basswood means the boards won’t let you down on fine edges. At stameski.com you can add chip carving knives to the same order.
Who These Basswood Practice Boards Are For
- Beginners taking their first steps in chip carving
- Anyone who just bought chip carving knives and wants to practice right away
- Club and school teachers who need identical material for students
- Chip carving workshop leaders
- Experienced carvers warming up or testing a new knife
- A great gift to go with a chip carving knife
What to Make and How to Use These Practice Boards
These boards are designed for practicing chip carving: three-corner chips, almond shapes, rosettes, borders and simple ornaments. Lay the board on a table, secure it so it doesn’t slip and start with the first (simplest) board. With a chip carving knife, make the vertical stop cuts along the pattern lines from the center of each triangle to its corners. Then remove the chip with angled cuts at about 60–65°. Keep the depth and angle consistent, and the ornament will come out even. Move on to the next board once the elements on the current one come out clean. Finished boards can be oiled or waxed and used as decorative coasters, box inserts or keepsakes.
Wood Carving Kits That Work Best With These Boards
- Just getting started? Our beginner wood carving kits include the basic knives for your first ornament on these boards.
- Want perfectly crisp facets? Choose our professional carving sets for precise chip carving.
Order the Practice Board Set and Carve Your First Ornament Today
Nine boards are nine steps from your first cut to a clean, beautiful ornament. Add the set to your cart with a knife and start practicing tonight.
