Post #547815 by Bay Park Buzzy on Wed, Aug 11, 2010 1:35 PM

Sunset:

The weather'e been real nice. Sunny, but not hot. Pretty breezy today...

The next piece of wood I had for board #4 is the "center cut" piece. This might sound good, but it's not meat, so it's actually the worst piece of the log. It has its certain charm and challenges. There isn't much fiber in it, and the filler stuff crumbles when I tried to work it, even by hand. after accidently taking out a couple chunks, I decided to leave it a little rougher than the other three.

Since I did take out a piece whilst sanding it, I turned a stumbling block into a stepping stone and tried to make one of those old style butterfly repairs in it:

The "repair" is basswood with its grain going perpendicular to the palm's grain. If the board someday cracks, I hope that it happens somewhere on that repair.

Next step, tiki head drawing to be transfered to the board for future burning:

I want to make sure the design hits the repair piece. that way, in the future, scholars can speculate when the repair and design were done in relation to the board's date of manufacture.

Now it's mostly burned on:

the board looks a little empty with just the face on it. I think it needs some logos and stuff...

Blurry picture of the whole board for scale:

#5 on the right is ready for a design now. It's a better piece of wood and is shaped and sanded like the first three.

speaking of logos...

Team riders will have this on their boards:

Next to #3

One more coat of oil on #3 and it's done:

On 2010-08-08 21:45, closettiki wrote:
great boards Buzzy..............

thanks Closettiki...........

On 2010-08-09 16:01, tikigodz wrote:
Amazing Sketch!!!

thanks TG! It's all in the drawing...And the fun part about this is that I don;t have to carve it after I draw it. I just sketch it out and BAM! Done!...

On 2010-08-10 18:18, hiltiki wrote:
Buzzy, everything you have posted on this page is great. I love the tapa cloth drum concept. Hope all is well. :)

All is well indeed! wait until you see the tapa bongos...

On 2010-08-11 04:07, RevBambooBen wrote:
rabbit shit is excellent Palm Tree food!make grow 3 times faster.

Won't help the trees if the dogs eat it all first...

On 2010-08-11 10:40, amate wrote:
:D love it!

Thanks Amate!

Lunch time!
Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-08-11 13:51 ]