Post #526672 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 2:23 AM

sunsets:

Quick update to catch me up to the present:

I was cleaning this tree of all the dead branches:

And just like every year, I said to myself that I should see if the wood is carveable. The only difference was that this year I actually hacked and saved a couple hunks and carved one up

It has neat bark like this, so I wanted to leave some on:

To test it out as a carving wood, I quickly did yet another Moai pendant:

Super soft. I'll have to find its limits...

sanded and stained it:

Eventually, I'll start making these Frank Schirman type of carvings from this wood, if it works out:

:lol:

On to other older stuff I'm just wrapping up...

Sanded:

Rim done and stained:

second round of stain:

Sanded:

Stained part one:

stained part four:

Sanded, burned and/or stained:

Finished, round one:

Finished, round two:

Drum leg stencil making step by steps, from rough scaled to final master stencil:

How it will fit on the legs:

Now I just have to transfer the stencil on each leg and then, obviously, carve them out

That just about covers it, tikiwise.

On 2010-04-21 15:34, Billy the Crud wrote:
Is that the same little puppy I saw last time I popped by? MAN, does time fly. I still have some longboard foam blanks if you want one, Buzzy.

She weighs 36 lbs now. More than double from when I got her. Is that big log that I wanted still out in the street in front of your house? I just got a truck last week so I can come get it now. And if it is, I promise I won't bring Cammo with me this time.

Buzzy Out!