Post #638348 by Atomic Mess on Tue, May 29, 2012 4:31 AM

Thanks PJ!

Thanks McTiki, I must be learning alot, the amount of $hit I've broken...keep your head down!

Aloha, I really like carving the Mahogany even though it can be unpredictable- seems to come in different hardnesses, as you say can be chippy and also sometimes throws some interlocked grain at you...

I found this website which might be useful to some of you guys-
http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/bubinga/

Hey thanks Conga, I'd like to make a bigger one one day but while I'm in a one bed apartment I can't see the Wahine agreeing to large logs on the living room floor!

Right here's some pics of the finished piece (would have posted sooner but my *%^&! PC decided to corrupt these pics and I had to do them again)

Had to stitch this together in Photoshop...

The painted side-

and unpainted...

closeups-

I like the way the paint came out, but I think I like the colour of the wood more...

thanks for looking,