Post #648531 by Jürka on Thu, Aug 16, 2012 6:27 PM

Now here is illustration...

At first I took just some piece of Picea-wood to see how is it feel to have a lathe and chisel in my hand...

Then I glued together four pieces of good wood (I think it's Alnus) for real thing...

...and shaped it round...

...and thought very carefully what kind of curves it needs to have in future...

So now I had that only job in this road where I feel at least a little bit confidence... Drawing part...

After chisel and sandpaper...

Before befouling my Tiki I wanted to try with that old piece of wood how is plaster (constructional one) acting with wood... Well... Almost... Plaster is too weak... but at least it doesn't hurt wooden object...

So I was brave enough to try it with my Kumuhonua... That plaster dries too fast, I had to throw away first half of the moldbox... and mix the new one... and faster... We are talking about seconds!

Next day I poured the second half... and hoped it will be okay...

...but it wasn't.

Now I'm stuck. I guess I have to search my trousers to find my wallet and get a real ceramic plaster...