MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - Boar Tusk - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11045	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Thu, Jan 19, 2023 2:01 PM One more spot on my fence and one more piece of palm wood Stripped the bark, used a template to transfer the design to the wood Used a hand held trim router to carve it. This last piece of palm was even crappier than the last two, I lost parts of the lip and eyes. Again, these masks are viewed from 20 feet away so detail is not important. I decided to try and rebuild the lost areas with wood putty. If it work - great, if not - oh well. I built up the missing areas with the putty and tried to force it down into the existing wood. I also drove some wooden toothpicks through the putty into the wood to see what happens. Now to wait for it to dry

One more spot on my fence and one more piece of palm wood

Kon Tiki 1 Stripped the bark, used a template to transfer the design to the wood

Kon Tiki 2 Used a hand held trim router to carve it. This last piece of palm was even crappier than the last two, I lost parts of the lip and eyes.

Kon Tiki 3 Again, these masks are viewed from 20 feet away so detail is not important. I decided to try and rebuild the lost areas with wood putty. If it work - great, if not - oh well. I built up the missing areas with the putty and tried to force it down into the existing wood. I also drove some wooden toothpicks through the putty into the wood to see what happens. Now to wait for it to dry

Post #807474 by MadDogMike on Thu, Jan 19, 2023 2:01 PM