Post #239215 by LowKat on Fri, Jun 23, 2006 1:40 AM

Tiki #4

Started this one 3 days ago. It's a "full body" that's 62" tall and about 21" in diameter.

One of my wife's clients had seen what I've been doing and ordered one for her husband's 60th birthday in August. By the way, how much would you charge for something similar?

As you can see, I did my layout up the front on a vertical line then used a band of sheet metal to transfer the lines all the way around.

Did the major cuts with a chainsaw. Next thing you know, it's tiki #4

Drilled some 1/2" holes in his hands so some short removable wooden dowels fit in, then the tiki torches slip over them.

Still need to upload the photos with stain and oil.

A friend turned me on to some logs at his construction company storage yard. There's quite a few species and all are seasoned.

Amongst them is 6 pieces of Doug Fir about 12 feet long and 6 feet in diameter!! He told me "sorry, I'm gonna mill that stuff but you can have as much of anything else you want"

... TIKI HEAVEN ...

WHAT I LEARNED.

#1 I'm addicted to carving.
#2 Ask everybody if they need a Tiki..
#3 A Dremel tool is da' kine for cleaning up the little stuff.
#4 Get a big fan for blowing away the dust from the disc sander.
#5 Making a totally symmetrical piece is difficult. Move back and forth from left to right often. If you move before too much is completed, it helps keep the symmetry. It's much easier to copy a few strokes of the chisel than making a complete identical matching arm, foot, eyeball or whatever.

[ Edited by: LowKat 2006-07-02 23:57 ]