Mr. Dale....tiki #4,

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Thu, Aug 12, 2004 4:45 PM Mr. Dale, Your work is really excellent. I've been working the opposite..on my first palm wood tiki. I thought Mallet & chisels were the way to go. About half way through I said the hell with it & bought a new Dremel Flexshaft kit. Unbelievable difference! Now I'm using the Dremel kit for the precision cuts & a chisel to take out the bulk extra wood in between. I'm still trying to figure out a happy medium - a fast way to rough things out with power tools. I'm sort of intrigued by Cheeky's reference to an "arbotech". I'm going to see if I can look this up. Can't bring myself to use a chainsaw yet - at least not on a 2-foot tiki. Now, maybe a 6 footer! Keep carvin' and postin'. We need to see more! Aaron

Mr. Dale,

Your work is really excellent. I've been working the opposite..on my first palm wood tiki. I thought Mallet & chisels were the way to go. About half way through I said the hell with it & bought a new Dremel Flexshaft kit. Unbelievable difference! Now I'm using the Dremel kit for the precision cuts & a chisel to take out the bulk extra wood in between. I'm still trying to figure out a happy medium - a fast way to rough things out with power tools. I'm sort of intrigued by Cheeky's reference to an "arbotech". I'm going to see if I can look this up. Can't bring myself to use a chainsaw yet - at least not on a 2-foot tiki. Now, maybe a 6 footer!

Keep carvin' and postin'. We need to see more!

Aaron

Post #108046 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, Aug 12, 2004 4:45 PM