Getting Started with Wood Carving - The Woodcarver's Cabin- doug linker wood carving videos for beginners instructions ,The best wood carving is the kind that you can easily obtain. Most carvers prefer basswood, which is tight grained and holds together well when carved. If it grows in your area, it can be cut and dried with little trouble. Basswood can also be purchased by mail order or picked up at wood carving shows. Also if there’s a sawmill near you, you ...Doug Linker beginners tutorials - Woodcarving IllustratedNov 09, 2019·Doug Linker beginners tutorials. Doug Linker is making a series of beginner videos and so far he has stropping, types of wood, and techniques/safety. I have only watched the stropping one and just started the types of wood tutorial. They seem excellent and maybe a candidate for "stickies." Living among knives and fire.