Hang10Tiki stuff

Wow, you must be hungry! It's really fun trying new products and finding ones you really like. Keep on having fun.

So true

Well What time is it?

Time to make a Benzart Moai? Ok

I am thrilled to have you finish his carvings. You are ready!

Not just yet Wendy

Using his 4 partially started Moai carvings as inspiration

Maybe someday I’ll try to finish his 4 🗿 🗿 🗿 🗿

So, here we go:

Roughed out a little piece of alligator juniper on the band saw and got to work

Then the wife sent me this pic in a text, breakfast time

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Also, I was recently asked to repair a broken Kayak paddle that was in 2 pieces, a great friend of ours lost this brother years ago in an accident and his paddle was recovered. I met him a few times and he was a great guy. It was an honor to be asked to repair it, not for use, just a display. I don’t know the 1st thing about how to fix it, but, let’s get started.

So to connect the 2 pieces I inserted a round metal file I’ve had and used for sometime. You can see it here.

Next I will fill in the missing areas with epoxy. When I noticed that it was to thin and just dripped out the other side I used wood sanding dust from my shop vac to make the epoxy thicker. It helped, somewhat. I used painters tape on the underside to help hold the thicker mix in place. (I assume I’ll just sand off the tape later.) This may take several applications of the thick epoxy to fully fill in the missing areas.

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Carving while looking at Benzart's work is a great idea. It already looks like his style. Frittata? Looks yummy.

I really enjoy repair projects. It looks good so far. If you finish it off with Elmer's wood putty you can carve all the tiny knobs into it. I'll be interested in seeing how you do it.

Fun photos, thank you.

Thanks Wendy

He was an amazing carver!

I asked the spousal unit what breakfast was: Six eggs, couple scoops of cottage cheese, shredded cheese, bacon bits, topped off with cheese and tomatoes, cooked at 400 for 20 min

I poured the 2nd round of thick sawdust/epoxy mix last night. May need 1 or 2 more rounds to fill in all the missing areas.

Back to my next Reacher book (6 in so far) and some coffee 😆

📕 ☕️

Yesterday at an antique store I saw a great Hawaii photo:

And

A cool alien skull, maybe a future carving idea ?!?

3rd pour:

My patented “wrist vac” 😆

That photo is something special. I saved it because the detail of Diamond Head shows up so well. Good recipe, thank you. Arm Vac get that patented. Going well on the fix. 51 pages! I was born in 1951.

Hi W. Then 1951 was a good year.

Tape off:

Ready for sanding!!!

Ah, thank you.

Now I see the woven pattern is not little knobs. Sanding will reveal a lot. I'm looking forward to that step.

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Took a 1 hr walk with my 20 lb vest on

Reward time. Lol

Sanded:

Looks good. Did you uncover any areas that needed more epoxy?

Nope

Carbon fiber fabric on one side:

So working with this carbon fiber material is a little tougher than I thought. Because it is woven right to left and up and down, when you cut it it shreds and moves a lot. Tough to keep in place. Also it’s not like I’m just covering a paddle grip, it tapers up so it’s tough to cut to shape! May take several layers, we will see.

A little more on the MOAI:

breakfast time after a 1 hr walk

1 layer of Carbon fiber on both sides as a base

Tough to make it smooth where the 2 edges meet and it’s V shaped, so I decided to do a long 2 inch piece next to completely wrap the base of the paddle:

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That's the Manely kind of sandwich Dan loves. Tiki looking so Ben! I would never have thought of that wrap, good job.

Thanks Wendy

Getting there. Not great. But what can ya do

I’m guessing it would be much easier to completely cover something then try to patch it

🤷🏼‍♂️

More on the MOAI

Wow that tiki is looking great! I love the design in the ears. Well done!

Covering would remove the lettering, so you made the right choice.

Thanks Wendy

Well. Done. I wish it would have come out better, Hope he likes it.

Found this on a golf ball hunt last night:

Anyone else see what I see?

How about now?

Or now?

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This gave me chills down my spine and I'm not even afraid of snakes. I like it a lot.

Wendy- 🐍

I Dropped the paddle off. He liked it 👍🏼

Scale time:

Finger time:

All good progress on fun projects. Oh and SewTiki was really cute in her photos.

😆

Well, I was asked to repair something, no pressure, just Jesus

Time to let it dry

So

MOAI fingers

Bless you my son for you have repaired well.

Fingers really elevated the look. I like them.

Great projects you got go'n on.

You know where you are go'n if you don't get that cross right ?

Is that a Benz Moai ? you gonn'a get the moko right ?

Wendy: 😆🙏🏽

Will: I’ll try my best sir

Well my good friend Joe put his brothers paddle up next to the flag I made him!

🇺🇸

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All dry

It was missing the “INRI” inscription on top, I guess I will have to make one!

Done

They made a very nice memory wall. You have memories made too. Repairing things for friends is really a fun addition to an art hobby. Everything you do is done well.

👍🏼🙏🏽

I said to Dan, "look at the hands now." He said, "Gee that's good!" I agree.

Fun matchbook.

Thanks, Wendy, say hello to Dan-O

have you made him any cookies lately?

I will pass on your greeting. I bought him his favorite girl scout cookies. We did make a huge batch of the dough, put it into rolls and froze it. It only takes overnight to thaw so little planning when we need some. This was raison walnut oatmeal cookies.

The best treat bread comes from Costco. Cranberry walnut bread. Toasted and buttered, it's such a treat.

So hungry now

🤤

Well, I had to sand the scales off of the snake, once I got to where it started bending and curving, I could not get the wood-burning tool in at the right angle. It’s to small, guess I needed to find a bigger branch. Oh well. Maybe I will just sand it smooth and paint it.

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[ Edited by hang10tiki on 2025-03-22 11:13:35 ]

So sad. Paint it for sure. The way the branch is twisted is perfect.

👍🏼

Well, last night I found the last missing Blantons cork for the set I put together for Chris, the elusive B

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More work this am: sanding, nose, sanding, and yes more on the hands

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He's lookin mighty fine.

TY Wendy

Beer n seafood

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Chest day:

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Doggie Pinups! Nice Chest. Cute menehune caught by the tiki guy. I'm still eating my sardines in the jar with olive oil. A great treat. We went thrifting at Goodwill and found a tiki mug and then in the parking lot a golf ball. I thought of youImage Missing: https://tikicentral.com/resize.php/uploads/251/67f08fc314f3c.jpg?w=1280&h=1280&fit=max&sharp=5&s=765500d9f44079a64fd8eb3230162aae

Wendy: 👍🏼 👍🏼

Found this:

NDB 800 Manicure Pedicure Nail File Grinder Beauty Salon Spa Tool Controller

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Perfect for sanding

But it was missing the handpiece cradle

So I made 1

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