Post #385540 by Aaron's Akua on Sun, Jun 8, 2008 6:16 PM

Aloha seeksurf, bennella, Benz, Polynesiac Jim, hewey & Big G!

Sorry for the late reply, but my night classes have been seriously cutting into TC time.

Benz, here's a close up for you:

That's the best my little camera can do - not too sharp for close ups. It would help if the wood was all sanded up, but trust me, this log has some real wavy-gravy burl action, and this part shown below that bumps out from the rest was pretty much nothing but burl. The whole thing weighed about 800 lbs - about 30" diameter, so we sliced it down the middle to make it manageable to move.

Actually, I just moved these out of the middle of my garage floor to the new carving area to appease my wife. I have no idea what kind of tikis they will become, but I have about 4 or 5 projects in various stages of uncompletion that will have to come first.

Sorry GMAN, 2 months is actually pretty optimistic. Too much stuff going on, too many house projects, career & kids sports competing with carving. I'm still not sure how the rest of you guys manage to get so much carving in. I used to have a lot more time back when my wife & I were DINKS (Dual Income, No KidS)... It's a good problem to have, though! :)

I will definitely give my thread a bump when I have something worthwhile to show!

Peace & Aloha,

A-A