Bill Janney :: Instructors :: GRS Training Center

Bill Janney

Bill retired from General Motors as a professional trainer. His love of woodcarving and teaching led him to write Gunstock Carving, a successful book which is in the fourth printing. He has made four instructional videos showing fish scale, basket weave, animals, scroll, and finishing gun stocks, so that others could learn. Woodcarving Illustrated, Power Carver, and Chip Chats (National Woodcarvers Association publication) have featured Bill a number of times. Bill has appeared on PBS on The American Woodshop with Scott Phillips. In August 2007, the DIY Television Network aired a half hour program about his carving, the tools he uses, and his wood finishing techniques. Bill enjoys carving his clients’ guns to make them a special work of art.