I assume the intaglio carving on the Townsend leg is incised with a V-tool. Is this very precise carving where the modification of lowering the heel and wing angles that you showed previously comes…
I assume the intaglio carving on the Townsend leg is incised with a V-tool. Is this very precise carving where the modification of lowering the heel and wing angles that you showed previously comes in handy? It would seem that the downside of this modification would be a less durable edge, though maybe not a problem in mahagony.
Howard Steier
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Comment by al breed on July 6, 2010 at 7:57am -
Howard- Yes, I modified the v-tool to do this. It's a bent v, about 2-4 mm. You can use a straight V, but it definitely wants to be modified and requires a little more skill in turning the corners than a bent one. Durability of the edge is not a problem, but if you grind the edge back too much it will break if you hammer it into hardwood. I split two of them in half within the last 6 months, but I was using a mallet in hard mahogany- my fault.-Al
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