My postings

Dave, if anybody thought you had been turning out your carvings at the same rate you were posting them, perhaps they souldn’t be playing with power tools or other sharp instruments. <grin>

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Hi Dave

Keep those beautiful carvings coming! I am doing the same thing you are by posting pass projects. Once the shop is up and running I will start posting newer ones. I have 6 jobs people are wanting already. Did I say I was retired. Have a nice day.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

I should have said, you’ve spending a very productive life.

I think quite a few of us are looking at our past.;o)

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Hi Dave,

Keep the posts coming. There is no time frame on these projects. We have people posting stuff from high school shop (all of which are infinitely better than the project that I have from my local high school class). I know that retirees are supposed to have a lot of free time on their hands but there is no way anyone could produce this many projects in real time (unless you happen to have a shop full of elves).

Go back as far as you want. I don’t get tired of looking at your carvings.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Oh…I was starting to think you were “Super Dave, Carver Extraordinaire.” My image of you has just been shattered ;-0 BTW…you don’t look like an “old Foggie” Enough humor, Keep’m coming! So far they have all been extraordinary works. I can’t imagine the hours it takes to complete one of them.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

So sorry to shatter your image of me Greg…. but it does depend on what one calls an old foggie. I have my on days and my off days.

Thanks Scott, I am happy to be able to give you a little enjoyment !!! To put so many projects on is real work. Whew !!! And to think, I am just getting started. It will take me longer when I have to start taking pictures of the projects I don’t have in pics.
THANKS ALL !!!! ..................DAVE

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com

If I lived closer to you, I’d be hounding you to be an apprentice in your shop to learn a 1/1000th of what you know about carving ;)
Cheers,
Gary

Don’t be too concerned Dave I have posted projects I have made over the past 35 years.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

dlcarver,

(I also posted a blog in response with the same answer here, so it could be discussed further.)

You bring up an interesting point. Let me start by saying that I did the same thing when I joined a few months ago. As soon as I found this place, I got so excited that I went back and took photos of as many of my recent or past projects as I could and posted them. It is great to have a place like this to showcase one’s work.

There was an opinionated blog posted a couple weeks ago by another LJ complaining about the very same thing… that new members were posting too many of there projects at once, and it was flooding the “projects” area.

Since this is a relatively common thing for new members to do, I tend look at it with a positive spin: I see it as a new member’s right to have a kind of “break-out” debut. It happens all the time in “projects,” where half the page is from one person. It gives those of us who have been here a while a chance to really get to know a persons “portfolio” and be introduced to their style through a whole body of work.

I kind of like it and see nothing wrong with it. The fact that you are aware of it shows consideration. So in my opinion, post away.

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keep the carvings coming … I like looking at ducks !

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Yea, but look at what it makes his head do! (Don’t show Dan anymore ducks!)

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Hi Dave;
I for one am always happy to see your posts.

Very artistic, which sadly is not one of my strong points.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Post away! Don’t feel bad. I was disappoionted to hear that you don’t carve all those birds the same day you post them. How dare you! :)

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)

Keep them postings coming, friend. You do very nice work and it is appreciated by (nearly) everyone.

-- Maplewood, MN

Hey Lee !
Your have artistic abilities….. they are just in a different way. Yours’ leans more toward the Architecural side of the craft, Don’t cut yourself short. Be good to yourself too.
Regards Dave

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com

Hi Blake!
Thank you for your response and the way you explained the situation…...(just exactly the way I feel). I basically waited for 35 years for a show case like this…. FREE …. my etsy site (below) is also FREE to belong. What little you do spend in commision and paypal….. is spent willingly and happily. It also gives me a chance to know you guys better and (make some new friends) that I never would have made other wise. It is also a good way to get some answers to a lot of technical questions….(which I have plenty of).
THANKS AGAIN…...BUDDY !
Dave

-- Dave Leitem,Butler,Pa.,http://dlcarver.etsy.com