Post #451566 by congatiki on Mon, May 4, 2009 10:29 AM

Thanks Laojia, Seeks and Clarita. Yea, sure is nice to get outside and carve in
nice weather. For the last several months its been indoor carving and then outside
in the cold for sanding and finishing up.

Clarita, I really don't do anything special with my logs other than keeping them in
my garage until I use them. I generally buy 4-6 basswood logs and toss them in my
garage until it's their turn for chizzlin'. Some I get split into half logs and
others are full round. The last few carvings are from pieces that were cut last
summer. I usually like to carve right after they are cut, still a little wet inside,
it's just like carving butter.

Most of my carvings are sorta moody, but I like the fact that my latest feller is
happy. He's gonna get a lot happier too!