A Legitimate Counterfeit (Post Your Leroy Art Here!) - Tiki Carving

AA Aaron's Akua Member Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 1596	AA Aaron's Akua Posted posted on Sun, Nov 28, 2004 7:33 PM Hey, Raff. Hope you feel better soon. You & Ben both. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Okay, I didn't get any per se carving done, but I did get my log all set to go. And Ben, before you tell me to hurry up & get this thing carved, remember the other old adage "well begun, half done". (I do need a good kick in the ass once in awhile, though! Don't let me slack off, Ben. LOL!). My log didn't look anything like the one Leroy used, so I had to make a few modifications with the new "Lancelot". This a 1:1 scale print that I made on the 36" plotter at work. Using the sketch that I made from Leroy's scanned-in photo, I figured out the scaled down diameter and offset of the top & bottom of Leroy's upside-down palm trunk. Then I measured everything out & marked up the log using a square & the old "angle of the dangle" method to keep everything straight. A little chainsaw disc action removed lots of non-tiki wood. The Lancelot worked like a charm & saved lots of time. With all of your Tiki Central safety tips, I decided it might be wise to actually read the instructions. Not a bad idea. The first day's grind took it down to the larger (top) diameter. The next day I tapered it down to the smaller offset bottom diameter. Smoothed it all out with a rough sanding disc & leveled out the top & bottom. Tiki-Nathan checked the wrap design to make sure everything looked kosher. It did. I used my paper template to lay down some ink. I'm pretty happy with the way the sketch/projection/wrap method worked out. It all looked a little "iffy" until the lines actually made it onto the log. The nose still needs some work, because the nostrils look like a couple of big martini olives, but that's okay. Everything else looks proportional and that was the big hurdle for me. Just barely got started & I'm ready to move on to another (original) tiki. This copying thing is way too hard! More pix to follow... A-A "Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness." -Pablo Picasso [ Edited by: Aaron's Akua on 2004-11-28 20:42 ]

Hey, Raff. Hope you feel better soon. You & Ben both.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Okay, I didn't get any per se carving done, but I did get my log all set to go. And Ben, before you tell me to hurry up & get this thing carved, remember the other old adage "well begun, half done". (I do need a good kick in the ass once in awhile, though! Don't let me slack off, Ben. LOL!).

My log didn't look anything like the one Leroy used, so I had to make a few modifications with the new "Lancelot".

This a 1:1 scale print that I made on the 36" plotter at work. Using the sketch that I made from Leroy's scanned-in photo, I figured out the scaled down diameter and offset of the top & bottom of Leroy's upside-down palm trunk.

Then I measured everything out & marked up the log using a square & the old "angle of the dangle" method to keep everything straight.

A little chainsaw disc action removed lots of non-tiki wood.

The Lancelot worked like a charm & saved lots of time. With all of your Tiki Central safety tips, I decided it might be wise to actually read the instructions. Not a bad idea.

The first day's grind took it down to the larger (top) diameter. The next day I tapered it down to the smaller offset bottom diameter.

Smoothed it all out with a rough sanding disc & leveled out the top & bottom.

Tiki-Nathan checked the wrap design to make sure everything looked kosher. It did.

I used my paper template to lay down some ink. I'm pretty happy with the way the sketch/projection/wrap method worked out. It all looked a little "iffy" until the lines actually made it onto the log.

The nose still needs some work, because the nostrils look like a couple of big martini olives, but that's okay. Everything else looks proportional and that was the big hurdle for me.

Just barely got started & I'm ready to move on to another (original) tiki. This copying thing is way too hard!

More pix to follow...

A-A

"Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness."
-Pablo Picasso

[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua on 2004-11-28 20:42 ]

Post #127713 by Aaron's Akua on Sun, Nov 28, 2004 7:33 PM