tonights results..

Little excited last night I guess, worked on the cook all night or from 10pm till 9am cramped hands for my Efforts is what i recieved..
wore my gloves and new thumb protector wrapped with veltrap, and am amazed no sore spots even where the back of the blade rubs mt index finger usualy its sore and feeling abused from 11 hours of carving.
i didnt get as much done as i expected. played on the computer for a break several times so it wasent a full 11 hour session..
results// in photos

Chuckwagon cook Underway....

Finely on the way to getting stated,

I got the blank cut out, as it was 3 inch stock, my scroll saw max is 2.5:"

went to a cabinet shop-mill right who had a bandsaw only cost $5.00 to have it half-assed job sawing it out, but it will make it somewhat faster than hogging it off with a chip knife.

his better bandsaw was on the fritz and he had a 1 inch blade in the saw he used so he was really limited as to what he could do as to removing all the tight areas he could.

new carving instructional web blog, Lynn Droughty is teaching how to carve a chuck wagon cook and related accessories come see...

1long train 3 box card 2 tank cars 2 flat cars 1 gondola engine & coal car and caboose. 1/2"x1/2"x12"

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Entree into WCI Jinga Block Challange

This little train was carved from 3/8"x5/8"x6"Scrap of basswood
the wheels were the hardest thing to accomplish, here not painted yet,
difficulties arose when using a soldering iron type woodburner wilt a loose nib very hard to control as it would take off in its own direction


jinga train2 southbound

jinga train2 northbound

jinga train Southbound

jinga train northbound