These pictures are of a few stages in the next 6 hours of carving.
Because the maple is so hard this is a slower process than normal. I am using at times this Foredom hand carver which is speeding things up and is it working out great.
That’s all until next time!
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8 comments so far
Karson
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#1 posted 2145 days ago
Great Rog. Are the bottom leaves attached to the shield or only through the top?
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#2 posted 2145 days ago
Nice work Roger!
How do you like the Foredom?
I’ve looked at it a few times, but never made the plunge.
Lee
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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#3 posted 2145 days ago
Looking great Rog !!
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#4 posted 2145 days ago
Magnificent. Dang you are good!!
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#5 posted 2145 days ago
Karson, the only place the leaves are attached is toward the top.
Lee, I only use the Foredom for the harder woods like Maple and exotics. This was well worth the high cost of the unit but it is pretty noisy.
Thanks Deb and Dick. I’m pretty slow at this because I don’t get too many chances after you cut a chip off.
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Bob Babcock
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#6 posted 2144 days ago
Amazing Roger.
I have to laugh at your comment about going slow. Seems like fast progress to me. I think the more I got done, the more concerened I’d become about a mistake….I’d probably have gone into catatonic withdrawal already….they’d find me slack jawed and drooling just staring at it.
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scottb
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#7 posted 2144 days ago
Slow… well in the computer age, yeah I hear that… but for me, blog entry two and now I can “see” it.
very cool…
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oscorner
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#8 posted 2144 days ago
Your project is coming along nicely. It’s amazing the transformation that has taken place in only 10 hours.
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