Post #252372 by Tamapoutini on Mon, Sep 4, 2006 9:56 PM

Thanks Grog/Hiltiki + others, glad you are enjoying it!

Benz -No reason why the tokis couldnt be carved with... I have made a set of pounamu woodcarving whao/chisels in the past. Yet to try carving wood with them myself but will certainly give it a go one day...
My G'tar is an electric/acoustic bass (4-string) As an ex-drummer, I find it a lot easier than 6-string but am still only learning really. Had a go at being a rock star but couldnt delude myself forever..haha

On with the next installment... Smaller pics from now on!

Having found the profile I can now flip it over & pen in the back detail & edge lines. Cute bum!

Using a fairly hefty 'bullet-shaped' burr, the arm & leg holes are rooted out & then the gruntiest peripheral wheel is used to make a similar large bevel off the edges (working front & back).

And then a little more... Ive wiped this dry so you can see where Ive been. The 'frosted' areas are due to millions of tiny scratches left by the diamonds. This is as far as I go with the grinding wheel (sometimes going over with the finer wheel if necessary) From here on its all handpiece work...

The internal lines that delineate arm, head, belly etc are cut in with small 'needle' burrs & then bevelled each side to begin shaping. These will all need to be deepened & final levels found a bit later. Taking shape tho'...

*Telling lies... Ive been back to the grinding wheel & given that head a bit of a talking to. Still not quite there but falling into line...

Only about 1/2 days work so far, but things get progressively slower/subtler/fiddlier from here on... Will be a few days yet!

Greenstone Grasshopper signing off. Tama :)

[ Edited by: tamapoutini 2006-09-05 02:35 ]