We combined a list of useful links:
Woodcarving Library
Review our library. It holds hundreds of books available to our club members and to members of the local woodturning clubs: WBW and SVW.
Woodcarving Resources
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Buy Woodcarving Tools: Our Recommendations for Beginners
Review our curated woodcarving shopping list for beginners and advanced carvers. Explore recommended knives, gouges, sharpening supplies, and other products.
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News and Publications about SCVC
A curated list of newspapers, magazines, blogs, and archives that have featured the Santa Clara Valley Carvers and its members. Highlights include articles in Chip Chats magazine and local newspapers such as the Mercury News and the Campbell Reporter.
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Bird Roughouts Available
We have dozens of bird roughouts looking for a new home! If you’re interested in acquiring a few bird roughouts, please contact the club…
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Carving Wood Suppliers
Carvers can join the club order or buy directly from suppliers, choosing from basswood, butternut, cottonwood bark, and assorted hardwoods. Rough outs and boards with chip carving patterns are also available.
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Carving Tool Suppliers
Discover top carving tool sources: local Bay Area gems like Hida Tool, Suzuki ya, and WoodCraft, plus national favorites such as Pfeil, Mora, Lee Ferguson, Flexcut, and more…
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SCVC Woodcarving Flyer
Review our woodcarving flyers. We have three designs that can be printed on a single page. If you want to help us, please download the PDF, print it, and share copies with us. See details inside.
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Magazine Subscriptions
Explore top woodcarving, woodturning, and woodworking magazines for fresh ideas, patterns, and projects.
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Free Woodcarving Patterns
Chip Carving Patterns Supernova coasters – this chip carving pattern was designed for beginners but it is great for chip carvers of all levels
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Nearby Woodcarving Clubs
A directory of wood carving and woodworking clubs in and around California, including chapters of the California Carvers Guild as well as other regional organizations such as Bay Area Spoon Carvers and the Oregon Carvers Guild.
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Woodcarving Websites
Explore a curated list of top woodcarving websites, featuring carving projects, tutorials, tools, supplies, and community resources:
READ N TRY – chip carving patterns (free and paid) and chip carving practice boards. Maintained by Roman, who has been a member of our woodcarving club since 2014.
TVC Friends – a list of wood carving websites maintained by Tri-Valley Carvers club.