Calling all Florida tiki artists new and accomplished - Tiki Carving

A AlohaStation Tiki Socialite So FL Joined: Sep 27, 2004 Posts: 2434	A AlohaStation Posted posted on Sat, Jul 28, 2007 5:58 PM Well no good news here. I went to start the tiki this morning and things did not go well. The stump is just too hard. The chain saw took forever to make four small cuts and threw the chain twice. So I tried the grinder that worked OK but it would have taken too long to finish. Chisels - forget it! The owner and I spoke and parted ways . Black Olive is hard - and this stump had been curing for 3 years. I honestly felt like I was carving stone. If anyone else out there is interested, contact mdommert, he still wants it carved. Sorry.

Well no good news here. I went to start the tiki this morning and things did not go well. The stump is just too hard. The chain saw took forever to make four small cuts and threw the chain twice. So I tried the grinder that worked OK but it would have taken too long to finish. Chisels - forget it! The owner and I spoke and parted ways . Black Olive is hard - and this stump had been curing for 3 years. I honestly felt like I was carving stone. If anyone else out there is interested, contact mdommert, he still wants it carved. Sorry.

Post #321695 by AlohaStation on Sat, Jul 28, 2007 5:58 PM