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Buzzy's work: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
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02/15/2012
Hey Buzz - how big are these things??? Especially the round ones - are they trash can lid size or more like pie pans?!?!? Can you shoot one with like a shoe beside it, or your hand, or a dog sniffing at them? |
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02/17/2012
---------- :lol: :lol: It's okay Freddie... "He looks happy about it" :lol: :lol: ------- ---------------------------------- :tiki: What up BUZZY? OUT! :tiki:------------------------ |
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HOUSE OF KU
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02/17/2012
Jonesey!! Nice to see you visiting :) |
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02/17/2012
Interesting carves! Are you using a traditional shop router or that dremel attachment? The Moais are great .... a nice selection to choose from ... |
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02/19/2012
U busy man |
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Benzart
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02/19/2012
Good lookin stuff Buzzy, I'm thinkin you need a Good electric recip carver for your works, would save you much time . |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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02/21/2012
Sunset: It actually snowed about two miles away from here, up on the hills: Here's the end of last week's stuff and today's stuff: I was looking to see if I had a matchbook in my collection when I came across that Disney polynesian village one. I was planning on doin some two tone stain samples, so I used a portion of the graphic for a sample piece: My second stain test was on the entire Disney graphic, and it was a total fail. I redid the stain in a dark color because the way it looked with the two stains I used totally sucked I was still pissed because the stain test didn't turn out good, so I guess I wasn;t paying attention like i should have beenand messed up my next stain test piece by removing he wrong part. It was even worse because i was almost finished with it and wated all that time... After a weekend of attending to other Mojave matters, I got back in the shop this morning and warmed up with this stain test piece: I finished up the day with a PNG inspired fishing club, based on the ones from the upper Strickland mountain region: My favorite part is that it looks like the outline of a fish:
I have a 1hp smallish router that I mainly use. I'm glad you asked that becuse I have one of those dremel router sets that I forgot about. I'll have to find that and see if can do some smaller line and detail work with it.
It's been quiet for a couple weeks around here so I've had plenty of time to get my work done
Funny-I was thinin' the same thing a couple days ago. It's on the list. Just a couple more shop must haves first...
That's for sure! definitely nice to hear you break radio silence, Jonesey!
Wow, so good to hear from you. I think of you often. As you can see I relocated out to the Mojave for a little while. It's a lot different lifestlye out here. Kind of like a rehearsal for the post apocalyptic world... Even with a constant full bowl of food,the dog's taken to hunting for her food. Here she is mining for gophers: we've been living off the land as much as we can. Poki's partial to rabbit: I like the fish I catch much better: One of the bigger fish I caught looked like this: I saved another one as a pet: well Jonesy, aside from shootin', making the usual laod of tiki crap, and hanging out with the animals, that's about it for me..What about you?
thanks Freddie! Just a phase I'm going through right now
Not in any place that matters, or that I can see... I love the fish! |
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02/21/2012
Thanks for the size reference shot. Thoses pieces are bigger than I imagined, especially the fish club. Speaking of which - you have fish AND you have a club, have you tried it out yet? Will you be giving us a PNG fishing demonstration in April? I have face paint left over from my Christmas card a few years back, you want me to bring it? :D PS - can you loan me Poki for a week? The gophers are killing my fruit trees. Or maybe make me a PNG gopher club? :lol: "Ha, ha - I whooped ya', I whooped ya' all! You'll think twice before messin' with Percival C. McLeach!" [ Edited by: MadDogMike 2012-02-21 06:37 ] |
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02/21/2012
Buzzy, its nice to see you posting again. I like the new artwork and all the food you are making. I need to come up and visit. Buzzy, are you coming out this way anytime soon? |
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02/21/2012
Did ya save some bass too, so you can restock your lake? |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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02/23/2012
Today's sunset: I made a couple more pieces today: A paddle And a small hand club
Come on up! I might make the Tiki Mag party at the Tonga Hut at the end of March.
No more fish here that ain't pets...Place is all fished out. Poki's good at huntin'...not so good at catchin'.
The stork looking birds got to most of the fish before I did. I only caught 3 real small bass. We had a couple problems while draining the lake so we didn;t get the fish like we should have. Stupid birds... Buzzy Out! |
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RevBambooBen
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02/23/2012
you're getting very Popular! |
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TravelingJones
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02/24/2012
Breaker! Breaker! Buzzy!!! Yes, silent for waaay to long. Dang bradah, you & Poki done gone NATIVE!! U two'er lookin real good diggin for gold & gophers...btw, pssst..."Dyn-O-Mite" great for huntin AND fishin!! :wink: I've missed a lot, so I should go back a hundred pages and discover your devolution of time. :lol: Alley Oop, oop, oop, oop-oop!! :lol: Keep yer chizzles sharp, Poki's kibble dry and always, I mean ALWAYS check yer sleeping bag for scorpions!! PEACE bradah Buzzy, OUT! |
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02/24/2012
These clubs with the abstract Martian road kill lobsters on them are the coolest things I've ever seen. |
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02/25/2012
Paddle n club rock |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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02/27/2012
Yesterday's sunset: I was just about to get to carving on Friday when a stupid bee stung me on the hand. It swelled up a lot so I took a rest until saturday morning. Then I went out to the shop and made another larger fish club: Here are the recent clubs, paddles, and fish axes all together: The second fish axe used the last of my wood in stock, but I still had some leftover irregular pieces that I could burn through. I wanted to make some different sized pairs of Moais out of the scraps: Cut them all out, and close to end of routin them, I had one mess up that went to the range to get shot up: By the end of the day, I did manage to finish a Papa, Mama, and baby size set of Maois in this color: and I did two sets in another color with one little leftover guy: Todays output:
Trimming the Fir!
Yo Jonesey! Stick around for a while. All kinds of mysteries and adventures to uncover and unfold out here. You came back at a good time. Not much new action here before a few weeks ago, so you don't have to back so many pages to catch up.
The coolest thing I ever saw was a copy the world's smallest bible. A junior high substitute teacher named Werle Cox would carry it around in his pocket. It was a little clear plastic card with dots on it. Each dot, he would explain, was two pages of the bible, and you needed a microscope to actually read it.
thanks hang10! I gotta go wood shopping again. |
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02/27/2012
"The coolest thing I ever saw was a copy the world's smallest bible. A junior high substitute teacher named Werle Cox would carry it around in his pocket. It was a little clear plastic card with dots on it. Each dot, he would explain, was two pages of the bible, and you needed a microscope to actually read it. " Yeah, but you can't gut a fish with it! |
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02/27/2012
I think now a teacher would be cruxified for flashing a Bible around in a public school. |
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03/02/2012
That's why it was so small. |
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03/02/2012
Also, I don't believe that it was for real. He just bought a little tiny book and dotted it wit a ball point pen. I could make one too. "Oh, you don't happen to have an electron microscope on you? Too bad, you can't read my book." Yeah, sure! |
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03/05/2012
Love the paddles, very nice! |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/09/2012
I had to concentrate on Mojave Oasis II facilities matters for a week or so, but I finally got caught up enough to sneak into the shop for a couple days this week. Before I get to that work, a sunset from one of those days: First piece was "inspired" by the tribes of the Lower Strickland Mountains in PNG. It's kind of a rudder/paddle. The river had quick parts of rapids that only needed steering, so they fashioned these paddles for slowing down by creating some drag, or using it to turn with as a type of hand held rudder: I guess the shape produced enough drag to slow the boat, but not enough to rip it out of the pilot's hand Next day sunset,(yesterday): Upper Strickland Navigator's paddle:
A lot of the paddles are actually used like maps. Not exact "this is what the river looks like" but kind of like "two bumps and a long arm off the center design"="two turns of the river after camp and there's a tributary" If there were markings on the part that meant tributary, then that meant there was stuff down the river. If it was plain, it meant nothing there. The guy on the back of the boat would have the marked paddle. Kind of like the modern outrigger guy with megaphone in charge. and others were just decorative and didn't mean a thing outside of the ceremonial realm
Our other favorite sub from that district was the WWII vet Mr Farrington. He brought different caliber of bullets to show us. He told us that the .45 was invented to stop/kill the "Curly Qs" during the Zulu wars. The bullets alone would cause a district wide lockdown these days. "Curly Q's" said by a teacher= Hello Al Sharpton with 20 buses of professional protestors at the school gates. And, he wouldn;t be crucified these days, because that does have its traditions in the religious realm, and there is that whole freedom from religion thing in the public realm .
Hey Freddie, can you take this one?
Thanks buddy!
He had a little hand held stamp magnifier that he'd let you peer into. I saw it once, and it looked like a bunch of rectangles with something in them, like lines of text, laid out bible column style.
thanks Clarita. I need to go check the water... |
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03/10/2012
...but do the paddles work? Pics of you in the lake with them would be cool! Nice chattin' wit ya today Buzz on the 1 year anny of sitting on your couch with Poki watching Nuclear meltdowns! Arigato!!! |
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03/12/2012
I saw all of these this weekend, wow they are amazing! Of course I had to steal a piece or 2 :) |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/14/2012
Today's sunset I got off to a late start today because I had go to civilization to get some wood. After returning to the safe confines of the Mojave compound, I knocked out a few 6' fence planks done in Maori swirl styles #1 and #2:
Plenty more where those came from. I did 53 pieces in a one month run... Let's see how long it takes me to do 20 6' fence planks! |
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03/14/2012
those rock |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/15/2012
I forgot to take today's sunset picture, so here's another one of yesterday's: I knocked out a few more gate pieces today:
Thanks hang10. these things are a pain in the ass to do, however. Maybe some tahitian ones tomorrow? |
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03/15/2012
Nice looking gate there Buzz. Will that go on the little structure to the south west of the Mermaid Bar? |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/16/2012
Today's sunset: Still working on the gate. I detailed 6 more planks today. 4 more maori and 2 more triangular geometric designs:
Nope. Front gate. It will block us off from the outside world. Right now we have some rolled reed that doesn't stand up the wind that well. Kinda see through as well. Buzzy Out! |
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RevBambooBen
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03/16/2012
Will the wheel hold it? Gonna look good! |
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03/16/2012
Looking at the contrails from the missle test in that last sunset shot, it makes me wonder if the efluents havent turned Buzzy into some sort of superior being with all this production. Mahalo McTiki |
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Queen Kamehameha
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03/17/2012
same question i asked.... buzzy says yes |
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GatorRob
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03/17/2012
Those are gorgeous. Really nice work and they'll look great once stained. I need a short 10'-15' privacy fence to block a neighbor window that something like this would be perfect for. |
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03/18/2012
Wow...those planks are awesome. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/20/2012
Today's sunset: I knocked out 7 more planks today. That leaves two more and a sliver to go: Here are today's patterns: I did these with some tikis on them so that I can legally call it a "Tiki Gate":
Local legend Crazy Kelly Osbourn guarantees his welds. And there are always more wheels on brokedown shit in the desert...
Right after I read your comment, I chuckled at the possibilty, walked back out to the shop, and glanced up and saw these:
The wheel was a "yes." I never said the hinges, support pole, and concrete track for it would hold.
Wanna buy some slightly used stencils? :wink:
thanks pjc5150! just TCB... Until I have more crap to show... |
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03/20/2012
Those panels are pretty cool! Can't wait to see them stained and all in place :)....I was reviewing some older posts and noticed I missed this one earlier.....
Thats what She said!! :lol: Catch you later Buzzy! |
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03/20/2012
I never said the hinges, support pole, and concrete track for it would hold.Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!! p.s. is that Elm wood? Bamboo Ben [ Edited by: revbambooben 2012-03-23 23:20 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/27/2012
I got distracted and missed the sunset tonight, so here's a post sunset picture of the plane under the recycled tiki lightpole: I've been busy sorting the Playa Del Rey poles so that they can be put up around the property: Here's a couple after local legend Crazy Kelly Osbourne mounted them: back in the shop, the gate cover is done: Here's one side with all patterns shown. The other side is a mirror of this one: Next little project I'm doing is a redo of a quick barrier fence I had to slap up last september at an event here. I'm carving out a few 4x4s to replace the stakes that are there now. here are the first two done: Too late and too tired for more words... Back soon. |
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03/27/2012
Keep up the good work! The place is looking fantastic. We can't wait to get there and enjoy the sunset. |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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03/28/2012
Yestarrday's sunset: I stained all the planks... and then stuck em up: Local legend Crazy Kelly Osbourn inserted for scale:
You're in for a treat!
Nope. Old growth Argentinian Mahoghany, illegally harvested from the Amazon delta by child slave labor. Only the finest for fair Mojave!
No matter how many times you say it, it's still funny! Buzzy Out! |
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03/29/2012
Buzz, I like the alternating colored stains. |
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RevBambooBen
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04/15/2012
Tell your Mom thanks for the awesome cookies!! :) :) :) Nice hangin' wit you. |
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04/18/2012
Holy crap Buzz! your still a machine with sunsets(think i saw the sun few days ago). Man that looks like allot of work on the planks they look incredible! |
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RevBambooBen
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05/05/2012
Where art thow? Must be busy runny for Newberry Mayor. |
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05/05/2012
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05/08/2012
Hell, I thought he WAS the Mayor??? |
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05/08/2012
Now I've got another pinup for the Buzzy Bedroom! Wendy PS Buzzy those fence panels are outstanding [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-05-08 09:00 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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05/23/2012
Sunset: If it hasn't been a year, then it feels like it has been a year since I carved an actual full body tiki on a full round log. It's been so long, in fact, that I think I forgot how to actually do one. I'm giving myself a quick one to do as a refresher course before I start something more sizable or labor intensive. I started yesterday afternoon on a practice run to make sure that I could carve a certian feature onethe full body/full round log right. Since it was a body feature, I was more interested in doing that first and I broke from my normal routine and started at the bottom and worked my way up. Here it is after a couple hours of work: Hit at it again for a couple more hours today and got the body to here: Then I started the head and face:
Thanks Wendy. I used that gate style as the basis for a split rail bamboo fence that I did too. Here are the posts: the Maori post sparked the idea for this bridge that I also made:
I took the campaign munny and I runny... Buzzy Out! |
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