Post #528090 by Bay Park Buzzy on Tue, May 4, 2010 11:23 PM

Yesterday's sunset:

Today's sunset:

There's supposed to be fog coming the next few`days.

By sunset yesterday I had the second leg this far...

and the third leg this far:

I finished the third leg last night:

I don't really know if that's the third leg. If it isn't, then just pretend. It looks close enough.

Today I worked on the bell first. Here's how off it is:

I took it down a little with the disc sander to even it out;

Then I started to turn the log into a drum. To do this, I had to remove all the wood in the middle:

I went down real far from the top, and then went in from the bottom. yhis part was super hard to do. i really cut up my hand doing it:

I started at about 10am today. Broke through at 6 pm and worked until sunset. I still have at least a few more hours on the inside left. sanding's gonna suck!

At the end of the day I got it close to done and cleaner:

It's thicker than it should be until after I carve details on the bell part. i left it thick for support while I finsh it.

On 2010-05-03 13:27, MadDogMike wrote:
Never squat with yer spurs on.

That's what she said!

On 2010-05-03 19:51, seeksurf wrote:
I'm digging the janus marq carve.

It's a beauty. I need to take good pictures of it now that it's done.

On 2010-05-03 20:01, tikigodz wrote:
whats up with the teaser on #1 Need more detials Mr Buzzy!

I carved that one a couple months back and am sanding and staining it this week. I did a stain test for the finish on that other Marq piece in prep for it.

On 2010-05-04 21:35, RevBambooBen wrote:
many Moohalos for the Chipin Males 8x10 from last year. didn't get a chance to hang it the other day. will do it right real soon....

many Moohalos for another GREAT DAY in the Bamboo Ben shop parking lot! You and the whole day Rocked! I didn;t get a head burn this year! Only some leg and arm base coat tan.

My hands are tired...lots of choppin today.
Buzzy Out

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-05-04 23:24 ]