Post #315216 by Bohemiann on Wed, Jun 27, 2007 7:06 AM

I just started to carve in the last year. I had a great little electric Echo that I got at home depot with a 10" bar, It was great for as much detail as I was ready for but still kicked around a bit. It died a few months ago and I have not been able to find another, discontinued. So I sold off a few Tikis and bought the Echo CS-306 Carving package from Browning, It comes with a great video on how to carve a....frog and something else they said was a Christmas tree but looked like a ....never-mind. With it's tapered bar it really is sweet and allows me to achieve great detail. ( Actually I kinda like "Sword" over bar ) I use a gas Poulan 2150 with a 18" bar for the bigger stuff. A friend hooked me up with a grinder and the lights came on. the devil, or in this case the Tiki, is in the details . My carvings took a quantum leap in their appearance and peoples interest in them. I don't really sell many. I mostly carve for myself and as gifts, but as I improve and these guys start piling up I may have to part with a few guys to pay for one of those Husqvarna's.

Here is a guy I still need to finish off with some detail work and polish up a bit. Not very traditional but fun. I really would like to get to Coontiki and collaborate with some of the more advanced guys. I suppose as I get more into it a will wind up with a set of hand carving tools, move from palm to some real wood and not rely so much on power tools. Evolution Happens.