Post #241808 by Bay Park Buzzy on Sat, Jul 8, 2006 11:54 PM

G:That UFC was disappointing...as a whole. Good blood fight early...Pissed no Monson coverage other than 2 seconds of nothing: Is that a new tribal tattoo he is sporting? I'm going to have to search my UFC archives and see...
But first...

Chair's done, three more due as soon as possible -if I can ever get the wood...Shouldn't have split those logs a few months back after all. I even remember thinking before I cut those, "No one else is ever going to want another one of those...I want to see if I can split these big old logs."

I'm putting this picture here because I know that people do not bother to read my words, and I want them to know this is a chair

Worked on that Maori frame stamp thing too:
Planed the palm panel flater and even, and then cut black bamboo pieces to fit. Butt joints for this. I tried miters the first time, but I need to make a jig template with clamps to do it right. This is a learning piece, so easy is the key, for now. At least I tried the hard way first...

It measures about 14 x 6 inches

It takes longer than you would think to do this, because you probably wouldn't notice the hand carved shaping that I had to do to get the bamboo flush. Let me point it out to you here:

here is a close up of the palm plank grain and one of the bamboo pieces slighly planed to sit flush with the plank

Some times I could go on for ever...most of the time I actually do.
Tonight's bedside reading for me will be The Art of Maori Carving. I hope me eyes don't melt for looking at the wrong moko accidently...I actually know less, the more I try to learn, but I keep trying nontheless...I'm stubborn like that.
Boring Buzzy Out!