Post #429703 by Bay Park Buzzy on Tue, Jan 20, 2009 11:55 AM

We had a change in the sunsets over the weekend:
Sunday:

Yesterday:


It's supposed to rain in the next couple days and get a little bit colder. Hopefully a "little bit colder" means it will be down to 70.

Carving Update:

I tried to carve all the legs on the conga drum in a couple marathon sessions the last day or so. I started by drawing out the bodies of the three and carving one on Sunday night. It took longer to carve the first one, so I finished that one early Monday morning. Before sunset yesterday, I had all three bodies carved and the faces ready for layouts and carving:

After a short rest, I started on the faces

My heart was into it, but my body failed me and I finally collapsed in exhaustion last night and only got two of three faces carved.

I almost carved three 18" full bodied tikis on the drum in less than 24 hours yesterday. I'm pissed that I got tired and couldn't finish it. I hope to have it finished by the start of Taco Tuesday at 3pm. I should have more than enough time.

I usually do not name my pieces, but this one is called "The Rarotonga Conga." It seemed obvious...

Factory Update:
I've still been working on getting all my logs sorted and stacked. The last couple loads I got were just dumped in a big pile wil no room to move and sort them out. They've been sitting there in disarray for a few months now. I finally got a lot done to get them stacked and sorted the right way last week
I have all the short stumpy ones separated from the long and good ones

That stack in the back is 5-6' tall

I have all these to organize still:

Still have a lot to do but at least I don't have to worry about wood for a couple years

I managed to get a lot of good wood out of this. The few I've used have been of superior quality. there's a lot of dogs in the lot too, but they have been disappearing quickly.

Now to carve another face...
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2009-01-20 12:15 ]