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Carve a Ball and Claw Foot by click to enlarge

Carve a Ball and Claw Foot


The ball-and-claw foot, combined with the cabriole leg, is a hallmark of 18th-century furniture. Here, Phil Lowe shows you how to design and carve the version made popular in Colonial Philadelphia.

You'll watch Lowe and learn to make leg-profile patterns; refine the shapes with spokeshaves, rasps and files; lay out the ball and claw on the foot of the blank; rough-carve with straight and spoon gouges; sharpen carving tools; round the legs; and scrape and varnish.

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video & dvd books

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