Post #524259 by Bay Park Buzzy on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 11:54 PM

Sunsets:

I rested the elbows a couple days and then took to the drum again with the drawkinfe. I got the bell tapered to where I want it:


Now I have to crack out the ruler and even up the bottom circumference of the bell in a couple spots. After that I'll even the bell up with the sander.

I finished sanding this guy:

and stained him:

I think I still need one more coat of stain. I'll see how it looks in sunlight tomorrow

And for my for fun project...

I didn;t just want a piece of wood shaped like a surfboard, I wanted as close to a scaled ereal surfboard as I could manage with a piece of crappy palm.
First thing I did was make the bottom rocker and started to bring the top down to match

I mark out the sots that need sanding. Then I kept sanding it down until it felt and looked right

Side view of it now:

Top view

I'll sand it all all pretty and perfect and then probably wood burn some ripoff 60's looking logo on it and add a fin I plan to make out of some carobwood

Now I want to make one out of a giant piece of redwood.

On 2010-04-13 06:44, Creative Chimp wrote:
imagine if you cloned yourself how much more product you could pump out........great work.
"Buzzomatic 2000 tiki machine.........everyone should have one in their tool shed."

If that happened: I'd fire myotherselfself for being a lazy malcontent right before I quit because I was tired of myotherselftheboss' demands...
And, That's what she said!

On 2010-04-13 11:52, furball wrote:
I like seeing the pre-drafting you are doing. So clean and precise.

Saves a lot of time to draw it right initially. I've always taken the extra tome to draw it out extra careful and recise before I start carving it.

On 2010-04-14 18:49, TheBigT wrote:
Oh, have u realized your turtle "boxy" appears to be a red ear? Water turtle.. :o

Yeah, I figured that out after a few days. I saw a book at the pet store when I was trying to figure out what to feed it. No one answered my found turtle flyers so a good home was found for him and soon he'll be headed to a custom turtle pond with other turtle buddies.

On 2010-04-14 19:00, Beachbumz wrote:
What type of leather should I get to do the head when I do start and finish one sometime??
Aloha

If the state you live in allows it: Grizzly Bear. You can get it onlineat several hide supply stores. I can't get it here because even though we don't have them in this state, they're protected because they are the state animal, and are on the flag and stuff.
Actually, I've used both goat and cow. I'd use cow on a larger sized drum to get a thunderous lower sound. the goat sounds real good, but isn;t as low sounding as the cow. I'd use it for smaller drums that won;t sound that low anyway. Cow's good if you're going to use it as a table more than a drum.

Buzzy Out!