roughing out w/ router - Tiki Carving

MG Mr Greenjeans Member Joined: Dec 03, 2010 Posts: 4	MG Mr Greenjeans Posted posted on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 7:16 PM This is my first post. I am working on my first tiki carving. The wood I am using is A. sycamore. I decided to rough our the negative spaces with a router. This is a pretty unwieldy way to remove material. I was just wondering have any of yous guys approached a carving in this way? If not how do you go about removing large bits of material. Gouges? Also, What are the best woods to use? I live in CenTex so species choices are more limited than in other areas. loblolly pine, e. redcedar, A. sycamore, cotonwood, cedar elm....Any other species that are good for carving? What about boxelder and hackberry, or even royal pawlonia? I am really inspired by the tikis on this forum. Incredible stuff. I hope to figure out how to post pics of my hunk a wood soon.

This is my first post. I am working on my first tiki carving. The wood I am using is A. sycamore. I decided to rough our the negative spaces with a router. This is a pretty unwieldy way to remove material. I was just wondering have any of yous guys approached a carving in this way? If not how do you go about removing large bits of material. Gouges?
Also, What are the best woods to use? I live in CenTex so species choices are more limited than in other areas.
loblolly pine, e. redcedar, A. sycamore, cotonwood, cedar elm....Any other species that are good for carving? What about boxelder and hackberry, or even royal pawlonia?

I am really inspired by the tikis on this forum. Incredible stuff. I hope to figure out how to post pics of my hunk a wood soon.

Post #568665 by Mr Greenjeans on Mon, Dec 13, 2010 7:16 PM