JUMBOKU-he's back!--new pix 11-04 p.15 - Tiki Carving

G GMAN Member My Island Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 2999	G GMAN Posted posted on Sun, Mar 11, 2007 6:19 AM Yo Brad.... Man those look great! I loved that shot on your monitor. Sweet stuff. Any decision on the paddles/spears? I was thinking you could make both and have the second set ready......that way they could travel AND make war depending on how you felt on any particular day? Yep, chisels can be like that if you're not nice and/or your wood is chippy. On your next project, keep a tube of superglue gel with ya and when the grain (or a rogue chisel) gets away from you, back out carefully and glue the offender back in place. Let it dry and then go back and attack it from 180 degrees if possible. Once you sand it out ya won't see the glue or the crack. If that doesn't help, try singling out the evil chisel and humiliating it in front of his peers. I've done this with some success. -Gman

Yo Brad....

Man those look great! I loved that shot on your monitor. Sweet stuff. Any decision on the paddles/spears? I was thinking you could make both and have the second set ready......that way they could travel AND make war depending on how you felt on any particular day?

Yep, chisels can be like that if you're not nice and/or your wood is chippy. On your next project, keep a tube of superglue gel with ya and when the grain (or a rogue chisel) gets away from you, back out carefully and glue the offender back in place. Let it dry and then go back and attack it from 180 degrees if possible. Once you sand it out ya won't see the glue or the crack.

If that doesn't help, try singling out the evil chisel and humiliating it in front of his peers. I've done this with some success.

-Gman

Post #291005 by GMAN on Sun, Mar 11, 2007 6:19 AM