Post #431507 by Bay Park Buzzy on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 6:14 PM

On 2009-01-28 01:02, Lake Surfer wrote:
Yep, that Rarotonga Conga is some carving magic, Buzzy.
Gimme another Bay Park Sunset to warm my cold bones... its -5 degrees.

Thanks Lake! Here's yesterday's to warm those bones:

And today's:

Carving temp at sunset today:

Yep, looks like winter:

I worked late into the evening a couple nights ago and got this guy finished:

He's just a practice run for a later effort

Today was finish the big fat drum day:


Tiki face details:

sanding time! Ugh...

I also finished the finishing of the Rarotonga Conga:

I'll probably do the head tomorrow.

On 2009-01-26 21:54, seeksurf wrote:
WOW! on the 3 pecker guys NICE!

Thanks seeks. Coming down the home stretch on this one...

On 2009-01-27 19:10, Babalu wrote:
Are you going to use nails on the skin for this one, or are you going to experiment...top groove?

Naw, fixed head for this one. I was looking into hardware for another one down the line. I also want to try one with a goat skin to see how that sounds. Hope I have enough wood for all these ideas...

On 2009-01-27 19:59, Tiki Diablo wrote:
Got the drums down Buzz. I've only made one and it was one of my favorite functional tikis.

Thanks TD. I know what you mean about the functional aspect. Having a great looking tiki sitting in the room is cool, it's even cooler when it serves a function as well. And the function the drum serves is FUN FUN FUN!

On 2009-01-28 07:06, Cammo wrote:
"WOW! on the 3 pecker guys NICE!"
I'd suggest that the entire Tiki Ohana give the "WOW! On the 3 Pecker Guys NICE Award" forthwith hereafter on any and all truly exceptional work, starting right here with Buzzy's drum.

It might function better to use it as a comparitive device instead. Such as: "Wow! That's better than 3 peckered drum!"
Sounds kind of redneck. Which is cool...

I hear someone needs a Tiki Guy evaluation out there...
To the rescue!
Buzzy Out!