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Here are 3 Santa’s that I carved from a blanks that I turn. All 3 are done in basswood. Starting with a turned blank helps to keep the carving round and gets rid of a lot of the waste wood fast.

-- Mike www.flickr.com/photos/paturner


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Betsy

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posted 727 days ago

They look good Mike. Looks like you can paint as well. Just in time for Christmas.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

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Karson

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posted 727 days ago

Mike very whimsical. A nice job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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CharlieM1958

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posted 727 days ago

Great job! These are really cute.

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 726 days ago

so cute!! and such a beautiful paint job on them.
Great idea to turn them first.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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toyguy

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posted 726 days ago

A “tip of the hat” to you sir….nice!

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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pat sherman

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posted 725 days ago

very nice mike. darn in need a lathe. lol.. paint job is great also.

-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/

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mot

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posted 724 days ago

Those are cool.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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snowdog

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posted 713 days ago

Very nice. Post more carvings when you have time.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

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rikkor

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posted 713 days ago

Nicely carved. Thanks for posting.

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Buckskin

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posted 713 days ago

Mike, after looking at yours I think I will have to try a few from turnings. Thanks for sharing. Great Santa’s

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ND2ELK

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posted 596 days ago

Love these Santas. They are really cute. Thank you for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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