The Art and Craft of Chainsaw Carving

By Hal McIntosh

-See life-size carvings of animals and people being created with chainsaws Chainsaw carving competitions are becoming popular at logging events across the nation. Many state and local fairs now feature chainsaw carving demonstrations. Author and artist Hal MacIntosh has gathered a number of photos of works in progress from the North Eastern Chainsaw Carving Championship held each year in upstate New York. -Leaf through pages of beautiful finished pieces by the top chainsaw artists in the country. The works of 23 chainsaw carvers are featured in this book. You'll find that everything imaginable can be created by a skilled chainsaw artisan - from glass-topped tables to stately bed frames, from old world Santa's to beautiful mermaids, from attacking grizzlies to soaring eagles . The Author has even used a chainsaw to carve a life-sized wooden replica of Ronald McDonald. -Learn how to make your own chainsaw art. What chainsaw should I use? Are there different chainsaw carving bars available? Where do I start? The author answers all your questions with a section on chainsaw basics. Step-by-step projects show you how to create "scratch drawings," relief and pierced relief carvings, step cut carvings, life-sized three-dimensional carvings and totem poles. -Find out how a chainsaw can make you money. The author has been running his own successful chainsaw carving business, Timbercrafts, for more than a decade. He shares with you some of his biggest projects and tips for making chainsaw carving your main source of income. Hal MacIntosh made his first chainsaw carving-a wooden goose decoy-in the mid-1960s. Since then, he has published two books (The Tree Climbers Guide Book and The Chain Saw Craft Book), written a number of articles on chainsaw carving for special-interest magazines, and made thousands upon thousands of chainsaw carvings. He runs his own business, called Timbercrafts, and his work has been commissioned by designers for businesses and private homes across the country.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565231287
• ISBN13: 9781565231283
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Pub Co Inc
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Chainsaw Carving: The Art & Craft by Hal Macintosh.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to get started with chainsaw carving! Step by step instructions on several projects and loads of information on chainsaws, sprockets and bars to help you pick the right equipment for the job, technical information etc..It is one of the best Chainsaw Carving books on the market at this time!

chansaw carving

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