THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Joe Stebbing started out carving wood the old-fashioned way. With chisels and a mallet. Trouble was, it took about three months to make a single carving. Stebbing, a plumber by ...

Wood shavings fly as Mark Hermington smooths down the body of his salmon carving with a sander during the quick-carve chain saw competition Thursday as part of the Loggerodeo festivities in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLDWATER — Scott Lepley faced a 4-foot-high log outside the Browne Recreation Center Saturday at Winterfest. With chainsaws, he ...

Sedro-Woolley's Loggerodeo features the popular chainsaw carving competition as one of the attractions at the city's annual Independence Day celebration. The chainsaw carving has a daily quick carve ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn. – Where many people might just see a log – sometimes a very big log – Joe Wavra sees potential. And he’s perfected the art of bringing that potential to life, so to speak, with a ...

One common joinery method used in wood working is the mortise and tenon. A mortise is basically a hole in a piece of wood and the tenon is another piece of wood cut to tightly fit in that hole. The ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When it comes to crafting unique sculptures out of wooden logs, most wouldn’t think the main tool ...

Tina Bollman approaches her craft like any other artist. She looks at her medium and imagines what it could be, and at her disposal are a wide variety of tools, each with a specific purpose. However, ...