Post #535764 by mrtikibar on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 8:51 AM

This isn't exactly my first tiki but it is the first one I have carved with a rational plan and some decent tools.
Getting center lines on the wood! Never thought to do that. I bought a pencil they sold at the class that really works well on the wood. (Stabilo 8008 Aquarellable.) Maybe this is something like many of you carvers use. I was shown how to transfer a design, say an eye, from one side of the tiki to the other with tracing paper. First you draw an eye on one side. Next. you tack a piece of tracing paper over the eye. Shove a couple tacks on the center line and draw your center line on the tracing paper. Next, trace your eye. The paper will pick up the lead from the pencil on the bottom of the paper! Finally, flip the paper to the other side of your tiki and line up the center lines drawn on the wood and paper and tack at the same height, maybe using the same tack holes. Draw over the image of the eye on your tracing paper and the eye transfers to the other side of your tiki. Again, this particular pencil helped make this work. I hope I'm not boring you with common knowledge but this tip helped me a lot.