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G'day Alan
and welcome to the forum, as a possible source for jelutong, check to see if you can locate any Pattern makers nearby, they use it a lot and may sell you some of their...

G'day Bob,
For Jelutong you could try Matthews Timber in Knoxfield or you can buy Jelutong either in store or on line from Carbatec who I believe are in the Springvale area. Do a...

Hi again Featherwood,
and thanks for sharing, some beautiful work there and well presented too. You certainly do have your own style. Well done.
Regards
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Looks real good fishy, nothing wrong with carving canes or hiking sticks. They certainly get your art out there to be seen and a carved cane or stick is a surefire conversation starter.
Regards...

G'day Featherwood,
and welcome to the forum.........what type of carving do you do? Perhaps you could post a few snaps of your work and share with us here on the forum.
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Thanks for taking time to look and coment Springwater

Thanks for showing interest Schaf, nice of you to take the time to view and comment.

Thanks R.V. For commenting, and yes the birds are a very real pleasure to handle.

Robba, you hit the nail...

Sorry but I forgot to attach the patterns..........:doh:

Greetings All,
WoodCarving Illustrated magazine (Holiday/Christmas 2011 issue 57) ran an article about a carver who has spent a great deal of time carving small stylised birds which he calls...

In my humble opinion, the end result is what it's all about.....something of beauty/artistic signifigance revealed by removing wood from original stock. The method of removal of little importance...

G'day All,
here's a couple of pics that someone posted on the site below

http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/forum/ unfortunately that site is temporarily off line, but should...

G'day All,
Whittled this little bloke then set out to make a base/display for him.......SWMBO got involved and it was very quickly a case of "he needs some tools" "should be curtains in...

G'day Astrid et al,
Can't add much to the discussion except to suggest that you look up any Pattern makers that you can, and ask if they have off-cuts or used pieces of...

I don't know much about the timbers you mention, but would be concerned about any toxins that they might introduce to the water and from there to the birds......Perhaps you could design your table to...

G'day Michael,

and welcome to our addiction :) For what it's worth, I do much of my carving with just a good quality pocketknife, however, you might want to buy a carving knife...

Well, here's the bloke that owns it. Ol' 'arry is a bit of a loner so got himself a job as a Jackaroo on a station 'round 30 miles northeast of the Black Stump <grin>.......................
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Kudos Underfoot!!:2tsup:
I am awed by the entire concept...that piece just flows like syrup over ice cream........absolutely beautiful...thanks for sharing, and please...

Thanks Arty, will put the Drizabone on the back burner for now, have just finished a saddle for the horse of the bloke that owns the hat :U

Ohno, yes that was my finger....seemed like a good way...

That it's so bloody small:roll:

So much that I decided to make one just like it

Thanks a heap for passing on such a brilliantly simple idea F&E......A perfect solution for blokes like me that can't draw a straight line :no: And it's especially easy in these times of instant...

Well, you're on your way Noel....the addiction will soon take over:U Good to see you've made a start mate, just take it easy, and if it doesn't work? well, it's just a piece of wood after all, so...

Does anyone on here do any carving just for fun....you know, small figures, animals, caricatures, that sort of thing.........most of what we see here is pretty serious art type stuff.....anybody...

Yeah Noel,
take a deep breath, shut your eyes, count to 3 annnnnnnnnddddd Cut! that first chip is the hardest :U

Geez Paddy,
are you sure those are your first carvings?:brava Glad to hear that you are hooked, talent like that shouldn't be allowed to go to waste.
Look forward to seeing...

G'day All,
I live in North central Victoria, and at Easter attended my first Bendigo Woodturners show.....while there I met a young bloke who apparently owns a portable sawmill and...

G'day Spirit et al,
just wondering if anyone read my post on around the 13th. of April titled "Wood supplies in Victoria"? in it I gave info on a young bloke that seems to have...

Some snaps of a walking stick I made for my sisters friend, the cross head is a piece of antler, the joining ferule is a copper water pipe fitting........unfortunately, I haven't yet found the name...

G'day All,
And thanks Lignum....will take a note of the spiral measurements and see if I can copy the pic and blow it up enough to develope a pattern.

Andy Mac....love the dragon...

I forgot to ask....Lignum, is The Wiz your own design, or is there somewhere thatI could find a pattern?............don't know if I could manage him, but sure would like to try..
John

G'day all,
I also think starting this thread was a great idea.....

Underfoot, I would love to see your winged beastie as a step by step tutorial.. (maybe we should start a thread for...

Actually HH, most of the stick was carved with the jack, must confess I used a small gouge to carve the scales on the snake, but other than that, yes I used the Jack
John

HH,
The Jack comes "carvin' sharp" and I probably strop more than is needed.......sometimes, stroppin' just gives me time to decide just where to attack next <grin> but although my Jack has a...

G'day all......here's a walking stick I made for a very distant cousin in the UK who collects such things...the shaft is of silver birch and the handle, some sort of Fir tree

Well fellers, I feel I should hang my head in shame:B But I must confess to owning a Carving Jack, and personally think it's one of the better things since sliced bread.......IMHO It comes "carvin;...

OK sTINKY :roll: I'll take you at your word, have only dealt with this bloke once, but he seems a nice young feller and appears to know his wood.His business card reads as follows.........

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POINT OF INTEREST!!

Wrote to the board owner about passing on some details of a bloke I met recently, didn't want to cross any lines re advertising on the site. No answer yet.....so I will just...

Thankyou fellers for the interest and kind words. And yes Spirit, was hoping to stir enough interest to maybe get some others thinking about joining in and getting the board firing a bit....
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Thanks Stinky, and yes, I agree, it is strange

Thanks Andy,
The pattern for the horse was in a copy of "Wood Carving Illustrated" which I subscribe to (really great magazine...plenty of tutorials and projects) Originally named...

Most of my carvings get foisted off to friends and rellies so I don't have much around to show. But here's a few that I had snaps of......A friend has a horse that he recued and he dotes on her to...

G'day Andy,
I love it! is that entirely your own concept? Would love to see the finished product.........Please be sure and post some snaps of the finished beast in full...

Pretty quiet 'round here
Where is everyone? What's everyone working on....any new projects? earlier jobs finally finished?
Would be nice to see some activity...

Many thanks Mike
Just love looking at that type of stuff, only trouble is, I'm just a dabbler, and stuff like that makes me feel a bit ordinary LOL
jOHN

Some very interesting stuff there, but would be nice to know a bit more......who did them?........how old are they?......what's the story of how you came to have the snaps etc. In any case, thanks...

G'day again,
Here are 2 mini rocking horses I made for a friend in Canada to put in the 2 dollhouses that she made for her grandaughters.
that's a 5c. piece

The horse was...

G'day
I'm a recent subscriber and looking forward to learning and sharing with the members of this forum. My name is John but I answer just as readily to my nickname of Blinky Bill. I like...