Post #523636 by Bay Park Buzzy on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 11:36 PM

The last few days worth of sunsets:

Tiki update

I have this guy about 90% sanded now.

I want to do the rest in sunlight, but my daylight working time has been filled with this project :down:

A little tiki drafting to get the footprint

then I carve out the footprint outline and continue it up the log

After blocking it out with the chainsaw I used the draw knife to do this part

I get it about this close on this stage

then I work on the top of the legs where they meet the pedestal

End result:

Next step was to start the bell:

I'll probably go another inch in on the base of the bell

I do the tapering of the bell with the drawknine as well. It's hard on the arms and elbows, but its faster and cleaner than chiseling it to that point

and just for fun, and to fill some time, I'm fooling around with this slice that I took off of a log this afternoon

the planer and circular saw got it to here

I'll do the rest with the sander later on

Buzzy Out!