Post #456750 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, May 27, 2009 9:54 PM

No sunset picture today because I'm trying to let that crybaby Little Lost tiki catch up to my TC photo download total so he'll shut up about it every time I see him.

(Actually, it was cloudy today at sunset.)

Tiki work:

After getting the bottom of the Tikiyaki drum carved, I went back and cleaned up the inside a lot more.


I still have to smooth out a couple hard to reach spots with a curved hand planer tomorrow

Next I did a whole lot of tiki drafting:

All I have to do is carve between the lines

For the top part of the drum, I used this picture for reference:

Here's how I did the drum base that sits on the tiki's head:

All the patterns are different:

Now it was time to do the top of the drum. I found it is easier to keep the lines straight when I carve it from straight above in the chair. Here's my workplace setup for this stage:

I took the two portions that were visible in the source picture, split them up, and then mirrored them so that they looked a little like abstract tikis:

The other one:

For the two remaining panels, I went back to this source:

Here's the first one I did

And the second

All carved up:

A little more work on the inside part, a little work on the rim, a lot of sanding, some staining, and stretching the head is all I have left on it.

On 2009-05-25 10:45, GROG wrote:
Your stuff looked great in Amy's back yard, Buzzmeister.

Thanks GROG. Great hanging out with you on the weekend.

On 2009-05-25 11:13, tikiyaki wrote:
Can't wait to do a proper bongo beatdown on that drum and wake the natives !

Soon! Very, very soon!

On 2009-05-25 11:54, 4WDtiki wrote:
Doesn't Erik live right over near there?
I'm just sayin'...
:lol:

What would Erik want with a tiki?

On 2009-05-25 12:04, GMAN wrote:
Good to see the Factory is still pumping out product. You and the arms manufacturers must be the only folks doing good business right now :lol:

I'm working real hard so I will be able to afford to get some ammo. :lol:

On 2009-05-26 19:27, RevBambooBen wrote:
I have the KEY! :wink:
sunday was nice. :)

Tiki Bar Takeover Party! Sunday was pretty cool...and the weather was warm! Ummmmmm....bacon amd BMWs!

On 2009-05-27 03:27, HOUSE OF KU wrote:

:)

Now that's A REAL McCOY!

After "that's what she said" and Bowana jokes, my favorite thing to say is "Now that's a real McCoy!"
Buzzy Out!