It has been a while since I posted here so I thought would update my progress in hopes that it might help someone else.
I bought an Ott-Lite to help with my lighting situation. It eliminated the strain on my eyes, the glare on my project, and the pain in my back caused from bad posture when working.
I started doing exercises to strengthen the muscles in my right hand and wrist. It has helped a lot. I am ambidextrous and found I can carve with my left hand because it is much stronger. However, I lack the ability to control my cuts and do fine detail when carving. Strengthening my right hand has helped make the carving easier.
I also have a Table-Mate adjustable angle table. It is basically a higher tech version of the old TV trays. I got the idea after watching Marty’s video last month. I tried over and over again to carve on my lap and was just having to much trouble seeing properly, getting the the right angle, and keeping my work from moving to much. So, I move my work to the table. I put my knife box that came with my kit on the lazy Susan and then put my practice board against it so the board was at angle. This eliminated the slight pain I was having from working with my wrist in a downward angle all the time. The new table replicated this angle and works better than the knife box.
hope that this’ll help others find a solution as well.
HAPPY CARVING!!