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nomolos posted on 07/31/2009

Hi I have always been interested in monsters, skeletons , tikis, totem poles etc.. since I was a young boy. I always wanted my parents to buy me a totem pole ( a huge north american one ) they said they would when they went on holiday but it never happened. Anyway I noticed this website about a year ago, may I say it is excellent. I recently bought a chainsaw and decided to give a tiki a go here are the progress pics so far

Used a chainsaw initially and dremel for more detail

The wood is a type of Eucalyptus (white peppermint) second photo is after torching and sanding

I think I might stain it with a Jarrah stain

Comment and advice greatly appreciated

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laojia posted on 07/31/2009

Welcome to you Nomolos! Intéresting first tiki, perhaps a little bit too burned, but it's just a question of taste...

Keep carving with fun and don't forget to share your progress!

J.

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nomolos posted on 08/02/2009

after staining with a merbau stain

not a great photo

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nomolos posted on 08/05/2009

Started on 2nd Tiki, this carving stuff is addictive!!

It's a tough piece of wood - parts are really soft and crumbly other parts hard and splintery.

As parts crumbled away I had to change the design, fluctiuating from liking it to disliking. Any advice about next steps to take appreciated.

Cheers

Sol

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Unga Bunga posted on 08/05/2009

On 2009-08-05 00:08, nomolos wrote:
Any advice about next steps to take appreciated.
Cheers
Sol

Take it to the OC Beach Burn IV and start over.

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pjc5150 posted on 08/05/2009

Dude, Thomas the train is totally checking out your tiki's ass!!!

That is just wrong.

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nomolos posted on 08/06/2009

On 2009-08-05 10:52, pjc5150 wrote:
Dude, Thomas the train is totally checking out your tiki's ass!!!

That is just wrong.

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Yes he appears to like what he sees

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pjc5150 posted on 08/06/2009

Hey bro, just sent you a PM.

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nomolos posted on 08/16/2009

Tiki in the garden

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nomolos posted on 08/16/2009

New Tiki project underway...

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nomolos posted on 08/16/2009

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pjc5150 posted on 08/16/2009

Nice bro!

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TheBigT posted on 08/17/2009

Good start and neat piece of wood. What is that?

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Unga Bunga posted on 08/17/2009

Lookin a lot better.
You are already showing good progress.
Keep it up!

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Tikilizard posted on 08/17/2009

Welcome to TC. Nicely completed piece. Stain really brought the features out and he's displayed enjoyably. Great start! Keep up the carving so we can see more of your work.

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nomolos posted on 08/18/2009

Thanks for the encouragement everyone

Big T, the wood is Eucalyptus Pulchella a native tree here in Tasmania

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nomolos posted on 08/19/2009

Had a bit of an accident, I got an arbotech woodcutting blade and attached it to my angle grinder and it was hard to control and put a big gash in my tikis nose.

Had to do dramatic cosmetic surgery

see pics

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Benzart posted on 08/19/2009

WOW, Good thing it was the Tiki nose that got the gash. Those blades are Very dangerous and you need to use utmost caution when using them. To tame it down a bit and give You more control, use a "Router Speed Control" from HERE and DON'T get the red one as it doesn't deliver the torque required from the angle grinder.
Once you get the speed down to a manageable level you will be amazed at how much more you can do with the thing
Keep working on the tikis, they are looking better!

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nomolos posted on 08/19/2009

Thanks Ben - They are dangerous I cut my pants slightly, did not go into my leg luckily. Much harder to control than the chainsaw!! I put it down after that and wet back to the die grinder. I'll check that link.

Do you think it may be possible to make another nose from a separate piece of wood and glue it on?

Cheers

Sol

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TheBigT posted on 08/19/2009

Bummer. But luckily, no injuries to you. I'm not sure a patched on nose would match. Maybe just go with a flat nose design?

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nomolos posted on 08/23/2009

Unfortunately those router speed controllers don't seem to be available in Australia

Can't seem to get the nose right after the accident

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nomolos posted on 08/23/2009

Have done a seperate nose, got a split in it so glused and viced it

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nomolos posted on 08/23/2009

Also found some old tools that were my father's - I could only identify a few such as the mallett, borer and chisel can any tool experts tell me what the others are

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nomolos posted on 08/23/2009

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nomolos posted on 08/23/2009

Also found a few holes in the wood, with yellow curry powder looking dust, think it may be termite work.

Found a little white grub in it and I suspect it was a termite.

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For my next project I got a 6ft log of Celery Top Pine - any one else used this?

http://islandspecialtytimbers.com.au/shops/ist/pages/special-species-timbers/celery-top-pine

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TheBigT posted on 08/24/2009

On 2009-08-23 06:01, nomolos wrote:
Also found a few holes in the wood, with yellow curry powder looking dust, think it may be termite work.

Found a little white grub in it and I suspect it was a termite.

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For my next project I got a 6ft log of Celery Top Pine - any one else used this?

http://islandspecialtytimbers.com.au/shops/ist/pages/special-species-timbers/celery-top-pine

Good collection of tools there. Clean and sharpen them all up and keep em close by.

Your little white grub is probably some kind of wood boring beetle. Termites look like white ants.

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nomolos posted on 08/24/2009

With nose temporarily blue tacked on - may do something similar with the eyes

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nomolos posted on 08/24/2009

here is a pick of the celery top pine log

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nomolos posted on 08/24/2009

Big T - I think I was wrong with timber description first tiki and the nose is definately white peppermint gum, the tiki is I believe actually Tasmanian Blue Gum - Eucalyptus globulus globulus. This was a log I found in the bush and thus I was initially thinking it was peppermint gum

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pjc5150 posted on 08/24/2009

A successful nose job!

Nice!

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nomolos posted on 09/02/2009

more photo updates of the tiki

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seeksurf posted on 09/03/2009

Welcome Good start you have going on here.
You are going pretty deep into the wood early.
Keep it up.

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nomolos posted on 09/09/2009

More updates

Fixed up one of his eyes, now just a bit more sanding and some engraving then to stain with a teak or walnut stain.

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TheBigT posted on 09/09/2009

Well I wouldn't have beloved it, but the patches look really good. The whole tiki looks really great. Nice job.

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nomolos posted on 09/10/2009

Thanks BigT - I am happy with the way it has turned out so far. I only went with the patch as a last resort but it seems to work

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Benzart posted on 09/10/2009

Excellent Nose job, You considered going into plastic surgery? :)

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pjc5150 posted on 09/10/2009

Huge improvement on this 3rd piece Nomo!

Looking good.

I like the hollow head too. Been thinking about doing one like that.

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Tikilizard posted on 09/10/2009

On 2009-08-23 01:20, nomolos wrote:
Also found some old tools that were my father's - I could only identify a few such as the mallett, borer and chisel can any tool experts tell me what the others are

Tools look like, R-L: Carpet cutter, Carpenters Chisel, Chip carvers knife, Leather punches, Wood Scraper, Can't see it, Wood Scraper. The round wood scraper would be used to help scrape out the inside of wood bowls etc. Nice old hand drill.

You tiki came out really great! I was having some doubts about the plastic surgury but you pulled it off quit well. Nice work and keep up the carving.

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nomolos posted on 09/11/2009

Thanks for the encouragement everyone, I did a bit of torching today but it it went quite black - will have to get a wire brush and remove as much as the charcoal as possible. Thanks for the info on tools ... found some more old tools more photos soon

The eyes are also plastic surgery jobs but I used wood from the same log thats why they match better, hopefully the stain I apply will make it all look the same.

Just a query if anyone can help is how to make the teeth a lighter colour maybe a liming product?

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Benzart posted on 09/11/2009

Cool bunch of tools there, it's amazing what you can do with the tools at hand. Well done .

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MooneyTiki posted on 09/11/2009

lookin good,Aloha, Mooney

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nomolos posted on 09/12/2009

After putting linseed oil and flaming it I used a brush to remove some of the charcoal, looking at it now I don't think I will engrave any patterns as I like the aged look of it

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nomolos posted on 09/14/2009

With stain

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pjc5150 posted on 09/14/2009

Duuuuude!!!!

I like it!

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seeksurf posted on 09/15/2009

Nice first tiki keep them coming.

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TikiMango posted on 09/15/2009

The stain really pulled everything together, good job! I'm sure you've already started to carve your next... so post pics already.

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Watango productions posted on 09/18/2009

Kool stuff ya got goin here,and it's great to see another
Aussie chip'n away!keep em com'n.Cheers Watango

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nomolos posted on 09/18/2009

pjc5150

  • thanks a lot

seeksurf - thanks will do

TikiMango - will start another soon - its so engrossing I don't do enough of my other tasks

Watango productions - thanks to fellow Aussie - are there many of us?

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