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BPB Bay Park Buzzy Tiki Socialite West Bay Park, San Diego, CA Joined: Apr 07, 2006 Posts: 3066	BPB Bay Park Buzzy Posted posted on Mon, Jan 8, 2007 5:09 PM Mieko: I started looking into these after I checked out your little set at the last chopchop. It made sense to use these to complement the hookknife, so I went big and bought the starter set. It has 16 interchangeable gouges that can be used in an included palm and mallet handle. They will also fit in the RPC setup, which I will probably have soon. Also on the backorder is the Mini and micro palm tool sets. All of which were graciously discounted for my by Dennis at cybercarving.com. Stiki: I think the only thing I'm in excess of is the SlipStrop. Sure, my old one, along with the half used polishing compound, is all yours! Happy birthday Buddy! Today's b&b: My hypothesis: It is actually cheaper to take mass produced products and alter them into custom products, than it is to manufacture custom products from scratch. The project: I need to test the making of two custom signs for a pole, to be placed in front of a beach rental shop, and make them cheaply as possible. To test my hypothesis: Two new signs, fresh off the boat Since these are new to the market, I'm sorry that I cannot state the actual wholesale unit cost for these. It is cheaper than lumber, though. I promise. The shape also saves a lot of time on my end, because I don't have the new yankee workshop, yet. But I do have a ryobi planer. I used it to plane off the the face of the sign,to put a new set of hand carved letters on I made a stencil for the letters I needed from other signs Then I drew out the outline of the letters Never doing this before, I tried the first letter. I traced the outline with the hookknife and then used a mallet gouge as a palm gouge and took down the material around the letters. I then sanded it quickly with the dremel to see if this process would work for the whole sign Good enough. I then traced the rest of the letters with the hookknife, and prepared to do the rest the same way. Then, Ding Dong! The mailman came. New tools! I put them to use immediately and finished the rest of the rough out in about ten minutes Damn, these palm tools rock! Now I'll go and sand it. Let me get the sunset real quick Buzzy Out damn speling! [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2007-01-08 17:11 ]

Mieko: I started looking into these after I checked out your little set at the last chopchop. It made sense to use these to complement the hookknife, so I went big and bought the starter set. It has 16 interchangeable gouges that can be used in an included palm and mallet handle. They will also fit in the RPC setup, which I will probably have soon. Also on the backorder is the Mini and micro palm tool sets. All of which were graciously discounted for my by Dennis at cybercarving.com.

Stiki: I think the only thing I'm in excess of is the SlipStrop. Sure, my old one, along with the half used polishing compound, is all yours! Happy birthday Buddy!

Today's b&b:
My hypothesis: It is actually cheaper to take mass produced products and alter them into custom products, than it is to manufacture custom products from scratch.

The project:
I need to test the making of two custom signs for a pole, to be placed in front of a beach rental shop, and make them cheaply as possible.

To test my hypothesis:
Two new signs, fresh off the boat

Since these are new to the market, I'm sorry that I cannot state the actual wholesale unit cost for these. It is cheaper than lumber, though. I promise. The shape also saves a lot of time on my end, because I don't have the new yankee workshop, yet.

But I do have a ryobi planer. I used it to plane off the the face of the sign,to put a new set of hand carved letters on

I made a stencil for the letters I needed from other signs

Then I drew out the outline of the letters

Never doing this before, I tried the first letter. I traced the outline with the hookknife and then used a mallet gouge as a palm gouge and took down the material around the letters. I then sanded it quickly with the dremel to see if this process would work for the whole sign

Good enough.

I then traced the rest of the letters with the hookknife, and prepared to do the rest the same way.

Then, Ding Dong! The mailman came. New tools!

I put them to use immediately and finished the rest of the rough out in about ten minutes

Damn, these palm tools rock!

Now I'll go and sand it.
Let me get the sunset real quick

Buzzy Out

damn speling!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2007-01-08 17:11 ]

Post #277567 by Bay Park Buzzy on Mon, Jan 8, 2007 5:09 PM