Thread: carvers gallery - questions and answers.

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the bird looks great would have taken a bit of time to do
scally great body shame about the head

Great piece Scally, looks vaguely familiar,
Oh oh! the wife has just walked in,
better remove image from screen!!



nothing dear, just having a chat about wood carving.

Wow underfoot!! That's wonderful work, what's the timber used on the bird skeleton.? Is it pieced together?

Cheers, gotta go

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Great stuff Underfoot, would like to see more of your work and some explanation of work methods and type of wood you have used if you don't mind.

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posted pics on the wrong thread didn't I

The bird skeleton was made for a competition a number of years ago
you were given a chep pallet and you could make whatever you liked,
as long as you only used the material in the pallet
I'm not sure what timber it was but it was hard and cranky.
each bone was made separately (except spine) then pinned together with pallet nails.
I rough shaped with arbortech,then angle grinder with 36 grit flexible disc,
then finished with a course burr on a die grinder.
looks better in pic than up close.
cheers underfoot

ps. makita have released a die grinder for about $110

Originally Posted by underfoot

ps. makita have released a die grinder for about $110

Thanks for the info Undy, Hints will be dropped for fathers day . You must have a good eye for 3D form realisation as is evident in both the skull and bird skeleton especially considering it was made from a pallet, good on ya.

Teamed up with Andy Mac you would raise hell I reckon.

Some very nice (real)art happening here guys!

Hey UF I like the window effect in this photo


Get rid of the crease's in the sheet would make it look real neat.

mum and dad are getting old so they like to give some of the sentimental things away well thats nice my mum collects rocks
l put them in some arty thing she loves it ,well l was going though the box and picked up this

a stone shell always wonted one

best theard in the fourm

undy tell me about pins what is the best way of doing it steel or wood or some other great way that l would like and need to learn

Thanks for the feedback folks,
Harry72 the window effect was unintentional,I didn't notice it till the pic
was developed (pre digital) and yes the background would be better unwrinkled.
HarryII, as far as 3D form realisation goes, there's a couple of tricks,
among other things, I collect bird skulls and bones (sounds morbid doesnt it) so I have lots of reference stuff. (bird skulls are really good carving excercises) that and a chook carcass from the butcher.
I also have a human skull for reference.
Spirit, I pin a lot of stuff together, mostly I use threaded rod of various
sizes, mainly because I bought heaps of it cheap at auction once.
theres no real secret though.If I have a tricky join that I have to pin,
I drill a hole in one side and scratch a bit of chalk in the hole, when I
press the two pieces together the chalk residue will show where to drill the matching hole.
cheers underfoot
ps other peoples skills always seem more mysterious than your own.

Wato have you started that stick
we are going to talk you though this Wato ,#1 pick up the wood and look at it

#2 pick up chisel (pointy bit faces away from you)

#4, put brain in gear....