Post #278240 by Aaron's Akua on Thu, Jan 11, 2007 1:14 PM

You got it, JP. My carving time's been sqeezed down to about zilch lately. But this is what I've been working on (or trying to!):

I had been on the carving wagon for awhile till Mieko's excellent chop-chop party. In a flurry of spending I ordered a bunch of stuff from Bailey's that arrived like two days before the party.

Here's my favorite purchase, Ken Pleasant's (Kiegs20) Makita 5012b that I snatched up on ebay. Carving geek that I am, I insisted that he sign it for me. I'm kinda sentimental that way... sniff

I bought a dime tip carving bar, 1/4 pitch chain & sprocket from Baileys to go with it.

Also the Lancelot/Squire combo chain disc that I'm pretty happy with (takes the wood off real fast!)

And here's another goodie that didn't cost a cent 'cause I made it myself on the bench grinder. The infamous "BK Duckbill Chisel"!

So, back to the carving. I drew up this "Moai-Ku" design about 2 years ago & never did anything with it till now. The Moai-Ku is an often overlooked style of tiki that originates from the little known island of Rapa-Maui.

I was able to get one more carving session in and this is how it looks at the moment.

I used to have two of these almond log stands that the tiki is sitting on. Can you guess where the other one went???

More carving to follow as I can. Still some more rough out to go then lotsa chiselin'!

Cheers,

A-A