12 days ago
by Airframer |
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Happy Mothers Day!
Just a quick update this morning. I had planned on keeping this update till I was finished but I couldn’t help myself. I just finished rough cutting the legs and I am pretty excited to say the least. It is a HUGE relief to have that part behind me because all that is left is a lot of rasping, filing and sanding to get the final shapes done and the “Possible Catastrophic Failure” meter is very low from this point on. However the shaping will have to ...
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835 days ago
by Want2be |
2 comments »
I have been looking around and I have found the perfect sign that i want to make. I will use a 6’‘X2’ peice of cedar and carve ”Love Shack” on it then I will paint the inside with a glossy black paint!!!!
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29 days ago
by mpounders |
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I completed as much carving on the handle as I could and then epoxied it to the shaft. The shaft is also basswood and i used a 5/16th threaded rod about 6 inches long epoxied in place. I decided how I wanted the tail wrapped around, outlined it with a v gouge and then rounded it over and relieved the background. I carved down the back of the lizard where the tail joins the shaft to get a smooth transition. The customer doesn’t want this guy painted, but the scale patterns I will bur...
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566 days ago
by Doug Scott |
1 comment »
Are we always prepared for this season, this year I guess ,but not for heating the shop. If you don’t generate enough scrap wood to have a wood stove like me, but then look at the fire hazard with heating with wood. And then Kerosene is $ 4.29 a gal and then the smell, Propane is another alternative I have used, but I haven’t priced that this year yet, and then it’s the money that isn’t coming in as it has in the past, along with the work orders either, We just need t...
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369 days ago
by antlercarver |
2 comments »
I enjoy looking at the work posted on here. My medium usually isn’t wood but here is one of my works, thanks for looking.
Aaron C
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710 days ago
by mpounders |
4 comments »
Three things that I definitely try to remember:
1. Learn to recognize, to see your mistakes.2. Learn how to correct your mistakes.3. Learn to not be afraid to make corrections!
Sometimes that correction may seem quite drastic, if you have not recognized it early in the carving progress. I have a tendency to get too detailed too early in the carving process, rather than carving the overall piece to make sure everything is where it is supposed to be. Doing that, and getting an area su...
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500 days ago
by LelandStone |
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Okay, so the wood isn’t really ‘new,’ I’ve just never had a chance to work it before! :P
The local lumber warehouse carries all the usual suspects: Alder, Ash, Birch (one of my faves), Oak—White or Red, and Walnut. They’ve got a great selection of ‘exotics,’ too, but at north of $7 a board foot, a little out of my price range. However, they’ve also got a bee-yoo-tee-full selection of European Beech, for $2.96/bf!
This stuff is G...
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1542 days ago
by Matthew Archibald |
3 comments »
So right now I am just doing a little easy 6×6x6 box for my girlfriend. I’m using poplar and I am going to paint it and maybe felt the inside of it. She’s in college and recently joined a sorority and i thought I would cobble together a little box and paint with Tri-Sigma Greek lettering, colors and symbol. In this case I’ve chosen the sail boat over the skull and cross bones. More to come….
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792 days ago
by mpounders |
5 comments »
Here are a few pictures of the progress made on this carving. It shows the legs roughed out and shows how I played with the positions before gluing them in place. I also decided to switch hands with the spear. Now that I have these things in place, I can start carving all the details and decorations. I am working on a design for a possible commission that is more of a priority thatn this piece right now.
Thanks for looking!
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32 days ago
by sandyf |
11 comments »
Hey im new to anything woodbut i have always wanted to carve.Now seems the right time for some reason.
The only tools i have at the mo is a carvimg knife and some cheap chisels…oppps but yeah guess it takes a while to build your kit right !!
Ok so be kind to me please.I found some wood yesterday whilst walking thewoods and started carving tgis shape.Supposed to be a mouse
Well thats the start anyway.Needs more work anyway
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