Post #241730 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sat, Jul 8, 2006 3:09 PM

Sanding line:

Many of these need finishing touches here and there after I do some initial, but necessary sanding first.

Beautiful San Diego day today. Break time now. Yes, I'm working on a holiday. I love my job though, and since I'm my own boss, I told myself that I could knock off early to spend UFC 61: BITTER RIVALS with my loved ones. The breeze has been going good today, so I actually sanded the chair outside

It's too breezy to burn outside right now, so after this post, I'll drag it in and burn it. Then stain it, stamp it, and send it...
PUBLIC PM FOR S. and/or C.: Zaya just left for Cape Cod yesterday, so I have no way to contact you while she is gone for the next couple of weeks. I know you guys check this regularly, so can you email me when you see this to my link below. I'll be done with this tonight after UFC rites are celebrated. I also have two things to ask S. too. thanks.

I will now continue...
When I sand all my stuff, I take frequent breaks to get out of the dust and rest my arms. Today, during one such break, I came up with an idea out of the blue and started to run with it...
I have all kinds of pieces of palm wood lying around. I started with this scrap:

A few minutes of carving and I brought it to this palm plank:

These are the pieces that I will put together for this little project:

This is just a simple prototype project that I'm going to test out while I take dust breaks. If it works out and is as quick as I think, the plan is to carve Maori patterns into another plank, inlay the New Zealand Maori stamps around the carved design, and build a black bamboo frame around it all. I actually spent the morning contacting stamps dealers looking for more stamps...

Here's a close up of the body of the fence post #2. I forgot to post this yesterday:

I'd like to remove more from the base, but I need the wood to bolt into, and it cannot be top heavy.

Tim Sylvia still HW champion of the UFC...(my prediction)
How many hours until I can see Shamrock get beat up!!!
The rest...Monson, Mir, Aldana wins, Stevenson loss (my hopes)
Others...Don't much care, hope they're good...

While I'm here, I can't remember if a gave a shout out to a couple of O'side guys for watching my back a few times now and then...Got you guys covered too, thanks. You can take the boy out of NC, but you cant take NC out of the boy. I was born here, now I live here, but I'll always be from NC...Sorry it took so long to give you guys your props.
People I know don't ask me what I'm up to anymore. They just log in and look...
Break's over.
Blowtorchin' Buzzy out!