bigt carvings - Tiki Carving

T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Thu, Feb 8, 2024 7:02 PM Did somebody say UPDATE?! Yo MDMike, Hang10, Jayme!! Wow, people are here! LOL Yep, not really able to sling the old chisels any more. I didn't do much of anything that could be called carving for like 5 years! Just the occasional necklace or small pieces styrofoam for fun. From 2023... March April Then my wife gave me little hand size, battery-powered chainsaw for father's day. And this happened... When I was still carving, back in 2019. A friend and I had started carving the base of a palm that had died. We stopped 3/4 of the way and it sat like that in his garage for five years. When he heard I was carving again he dragged it back out and we finished it up in July. Also worked on my own stuff in July and August. Some foam in September. A small mask in October. Continued the moai in November. And and a couple of other things. Two masks in December. Then spent the holidays applying LOTS of finish... As it turns out, that little chainsaw just didn't cut it. (see what i did there?) bahaha! So all that stuff was actually carved with a whole bunch of different power tools, and little bit of trimming and so forth with a box knife. Just got an Abortech power chisel for Christmas. So who knows what's in store for 24? We'll see... Thanks fellas for stopping by! And Happy New Year! [ Edited by TheBigT on 2024-02-08 19:08:38 ]

Did somebody say UPDATE?!

Yo MDMike, Hang10, Jayme!! Wow, people are here! LOL

Yep, not really able to sling the old chisels any more. I didn't do much of anything that could be called carving for like 5 years! Just the occasional necklace or small pieces styrofoam for fun.

From 2023...

March mar_01_sm

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Then my wife gave me little hand size, battery-powered chainsaw for father's day. And this happened... jun_01_sm jun_02_sm

When I was still carving, back in 2019. A friend and I had started carving the base of a palm that had died. We stopped 3/4 of the way and it sat like that in his garage for five years. When he heard I was carving again he dragged it back out and we finished it up in July. jul_01_sm jul_02_sm jul_03

Also worked on my own stuff in July and August. aug_01_sm aug_02_sm

Some foam in September. sep_01_sm

A small mask in October. oct_01_sm

Continued the moai in November. And and a couple of other things. nov_01_sm nov_02_sm nov_03_sm

Two masks in December. dec_01_sm dec_02_SM

Then spent the holidays applying LOTS of finish... dec_03_sm dec_04_sm dec_05_sm dec_06_sm

As it turns out, that little chainsaw just didn't cut it. (see what i did there?) bahaha!

So all that stuff was actually carved with a whole bunch of different power tools, and little bit of trimming and so forth with a box knife. Just got an Abortech power chisel for Christmas. So who knows what's in store for 24? We'll see...

Thanks fellas for stopping by! And Happy New Year!

[ Edited by TheBigT on 2024-02-08 19:08:38 ]

Post #812039 by TheBigT on Thu, Feb 8, 2024 7:02 PM