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I saw it in a magazine and thought it looked pretty. I also thought it looked simple. It was not complicated, it was tricky but it was fun. Basswood and about 3 hours of work so far, maybe I’ll sand it a bit and add a color to it.. then in 102 days someone will probably hang it from a green tree :)
The other bit of wood in the back right is a copy of http://lumberjocks.com/projects/1114 JTRid43’s chimney and Santa’s feet, well it is a start at least.
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19 comments so far
David
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posted 786 days ago
Snowdog -
That is very cool! Nice work.
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Thos. Angle
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posted 786 days ago
Hey, Dawg, that’s neat but are u sure it’s not a unicorn’s horn?
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Max
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posted 786 days ago
That looks great. I am going to have to try my hand at that one of these day’s.
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mot
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posted 786 days ago
Hey man, that’s cool!
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Dadoo
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posted 786 days ago
Just one word…Cool. Get it?
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CharlieM1958
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posted 786 days ago
I’d be in the ER getting my fingers stitched up if I tried that, Snowdog. Very nice!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Buckskin
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posted 786 days ago
I think it looks a bit trickier than you are letting on. But, it looks great to me!
Don
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posted 786 days ago
Wow! how about a close-up?
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Chip
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posted 785 days ago
Looks extremely tedious to me snowdog and you did a really fantastic job. A close-up shot would be great. Thanks for posting this.
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snowdog
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posted 783 days ago
Here are two more pics, a little closer :). Yes it was a little tedious but it also gave me a good understanding of how to do this type of carving. I bet the next one will take a lot less time.
I get to sit on lots of conference calls all day long, so I put a lap top in the shop and a speaker phone. It may have been tedious but no where near as bad as the suits I have to listen to all day long <laugh>
Here is how it is done:
Cut 1×1x6 or longer if you want something on the top (face , head Christmas tree)
Cut that length wise into the triangle (icicale) shape (at teh square end 1×1 lark centers and draw lines length wise)
Then every 1/2” make a mark down the long sides (both sides of each face)
Connect the marks at an angle creating the spiral shape (ste[ the lines a 1/2” down on each face)
Cut away the corners, (starting to shape it round)
After you remove the corners, plow out the line on each face.
Rinse and repeat until you have the shape you want.
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Karson
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posted 783 days ago
Great job. And it doesn’t make noises on the speaker phone.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 782 days ago
Very nice, & a terrific job of multi-tasking.
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YorkshireStewart
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posted 779 days ago
You must be a man with immense patience. I really must try some carving.
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Jeremy M. Reid
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posted 775 days ago
nice work
I can’t figure how you got your sawsall in to all those tight little spots….
or did you just use a grinder?
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snowdog
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posted 774 days ago
it was a very small sawsall, the grinder was to big <laugh>
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Chris
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posted 545 days ago
Snowdog,
Thanks for the link, information & encouragement. I do appreciate it…..
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mmh
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posted 373 days ago
I really like the icicle. Very nice shape and style.
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Chris Cunanan
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posted 236 days ago
hmmm, i was just glancing at this again and thought, perhaps it would be easily hide-able/incorporated into the design and save a lot of time if you drilled stepped holes from the solid block end? what do you guys think? shoot I think if I made it a little bigger it would be a snap with my lancelot attachment on the grinder =)
snowdog
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posted 235 days ago
Could be but that would take all the fun out of it. I enjoyed the time it took and the gentle carving away of the wood. I should do another now that I am retiring on April 3 2009 but I’ll write on that more another time.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..