Post #450059 by Watango productions on Mon, Apr 27, 2009 4:00 PM

Benz-Thanks heaps for the comps,It's a real buzz to get
the nod from ones peers.:)I carve my piece's pretty much
by just chisel except for the odd cut here and there by chainsaw.
The moai's are a differrent story tho,the moai that you see on the bar
was carved out of pier posts that were removed from the southbank wharf
in Melbourne and have been in the water probably around 150yrs judging
by the hand beaten forged spiked ends that were still attached.I could
dig up a photo if your interrested.this wood is like stone and for these
I use a carba-tec arbotech disc (really scary)to rough out then lots of
sanding which drives me insane but worth the effort.I'll post some photo's
of my tiki collection for you soon but seeing this is the carving thread
I'll just slip em in here and there.:wink:

Marcus-Thanks for the welcome and yeah your right this was long overdue,
the responce so far has been great.Had a kool time at w/sun last year
hang'n out with you and Bob and hope to be back again this year if I can swing
some time off work.I have got afew questions for you ut they can wait as Im runnig
out of hands(this typing stuff wears me out)I'll keep ya posted on w/sun.
Cheers be in touch.

Big daddy-Glad you dig the moai I'll post some pic's of his over side
he's really opened up heap's but like you, I think this mkes him even kooler.

Here's some pic's of my carving shack and some more tiki shots
thanks for taking drop'n by.Watango

[img]https://tikicentral.com/uploads/8744/49f636b9.jpg[/img

[ Edited by: Watango productions 2009-04-27 17:59 ]