Post #540928 by Bay Park Buzzy on Tue, Jul 6, 2010 1:26 AM

Can't have sunsets if there ain't no sun:


It's supposed to get sunny here later this week.

Tiki Update:
I have a couple coats of oil on the mini surfboard:

I think I have one more coat on top and two on the bottom and I'll be done with it. I was hoping the last coat would work, but it still wants more. I have been doing this phase of finishing in my new entryway/hall workstation. one more part of my house absorbed by the tiki Blob of my life...

My back felt well enough towards the end of last week to start on a new project. This one is a large drum. It's a bit bigger than the other drums. Maybe 6-8 inches taller than the Tikiyaki,Martini Kings, and Tiki Caliente drums.
Here it is a few days ago:

First round of hollowing finished:

Legs roughed with the chainsaw...

I got real close to where it needs to be with the chainsaw. I have no room for errors on this part, so I have to finish it by hand. the tool I usually use for this was the one I snapped recently. Luckily, I had another older Flexcut that I broke a year or so ago. That one had a broken blade with a near perfect handle. I managed to get the old blade out without messing up the handle, and then put the blade I needed in the old handle. Now I'll send my double broken split handled cracked blade "v" tool back to Flexcut and try to get a new one!

With my newly refurbished tool, I made the legs all even:

Right now they're square, but soon I will be rounding the fronts out.

I still haven't determined if the legs will be attached to each other like they are now, or separated from each other.

I also have another one of these that I spend about 15 minutes working on each day:

I got more done on it today, so I might be able to finish it tomorrow.

On 2010-06-29 21:41, seeksurf wrote:
Whoo hoo! on that board and the design.

thanks seeks! I like the way it turned out, so i'll probably try to do a few more.

Buzzy Out!