How to get started? - Tiki Carving

C Choptop Member Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 154	C Choptop Posted posted on 09/26/2003 Ok, I've got he bug now. Been looking through the "carving" thread, and now want to a stab at it myself. Sure, i could just buy a tiki, but I'd rather spend too much time, money and effort and THEN conclude that I like someone elses work better :). Any tips on how to get started? I've got chainsaws (and know how to use them), chisels (never really used them) and a ShopSmith (havent used it). start small? Go big? where does one find raw stock? (I'm in NorCal) Telephone pole? Logs? Palm logs? where? When? how? Obie-Wan-Tiki your my only hope....
TD Tiki Diablo Member socal Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1916	TD Tiki Diablo Posted posted on 09/27/2003 I'd have to say to just get your hands on any ole log. Stay away from them teli-poles and just go to town. Study pics of tikis that you like and try to picture how the cuts were made, you know, depth and angles. Go slow at first and take a little off at a time.
C Choptop Member Joined: May 15, 2003 Posts: 154	C Choptop Posted posted on 09/28/2003 anyone have experience working with foam? Anyone know where to get large-ish blocks to carve?
JT Jungle Trader Member Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca. Joined: Jan 04, 2003 Posts: 3772	JT Jungle Trader Posted posted on 09/28/2003 Choptop, read the "Carving Post". You'll find a lot of info there. [ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-09-28 14:39 ]
KT Kreaky Tiki Member Goleta the good land Joined: Apr 19, 2003 Posts: 182	KT Kreaky Tiki Posted posted on 10/01/2003 Chop, I have always thought that using the redwood logs that are on the beach in Nor Cal could be cool. I think that Barney West used to use them. Cheers, KT

C

Choptop Posted posted on 09/26/2003

Ok, I've got he bug now. Been looking through the "carving" thread, and now want to a stab at it myself. Sure, i could just buy a tiki, but I'd rather spend too much time, money and effort and THEN conclude that I like someone elses work better :).

Any tips on how to get started?

I've got chainsaws (and know how to use them), chisels (never really used them) and a ShopSmith (havent used it).

start small? Go big? where does one find raw stock? (I'm in NorCal) Telephone pole? Logs? Palm logs? where? When? how?

Obie-Wan-Tiki your my only hope....

TD

Tiki Diablo Posted posted on 09/27/2003

I'd have to say to just get your hands on any ole log. Stay away from them teli-poles and just go to town. Study pics of tikis that you like and try to picture how the cuts were made, you know, depth and angles. Go slow at first and take a little off at a time.

C

Choptop Posted posted on 09/28/2003

anyone have experience working with foam?

Anyone know where to get large-ish blocks to carve?

JT

Jungle Trader Posted posted on 09/28/2003

Choptop, read the "Carving Post". You'll find a lot of info there.

[ Edited by: jungletrader on 2003-09-28 14:39 ]

KT

Kreaky Tiki Posted posted on 10/01/2003

Chop, I have always thought that using the redwood logs that are on the beach in Nor Cal could be cool. I think that Barney West used to use them.

Cheers,

KT