Post #673308 by MaukaHale on Wed, Apr 3, 2013 9:58 PM

Here's a progress report:

I have the tapa cut and temporarily hanging while I finish the trim. So far I have about 16' of the top cut with the sides still needing to be routed. This puts me at about half of what I need.

Its taking longer to carve the tops since I decided I didn't want round corners on the inside angel cuts

I'm carving each inside angle, by hand, with a "V" parting tool.

The fish trap light also needs a design change. I thought the Tonga Tapa would look good on the light and match the tapa on the wall. With external lighting the tapa looks good.

When the light is lighted on the inside it doesn't look that good.

I am looking for a piece of Masai (also called Fijian Tapa) for the light. I think that's what Monkeyman used for his lights.

I'll post more pictures when I get further along.