Louisiana Welcome basket. the wife makes one of these every several years for folks that visit from out of state.

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Experiments & New starts

Experiments & New starts

Starting a new blog for restarting charters on this blog above.

LOD COWPONY

Guess I'm HORSE THEIF! or pattern shape theif

Patterned in the likeness of lynn o droughtys horse, in the open wide vet and horse. carving he produced ....

Still pretty much in the rough , i needed to practice making animals, and Lynn's turn on animals among other old west charters tickle me..

Well lynn hasent got a thing to worry about me taking his job or over using his pattern, this one was tough to reproduce,,,,,,,

still not finished

cut from a quick growth slash pine 2x4 to carve out a pony.

the delicate legs somehow i managed to break the front right leg under the knee while trying to carve the hoof. but its all glued back and clamped

Most of the work was done with power tools, i cut out the shape with a scrollsaw. then worked the block over with a power rotory carver with a small sandpaper drum, just to work shape,
then on to the knife, to work detail into the carving....

The corse grain of slash pine makes it one of the most hated woods to carve by me, as i usualy get hurt more often as the grain splits and my knife or gouge will follow the split........

The wood is fragile. dry and will split break off or just be difficult as possible

Smithy shop other views....

dockyard micro gouges arrived... Hopefull better details will result, small "U" gouges 5mm down to 1.5mm for close quarters.

Smithy feb06 sepiatone.

Smithy feb06

Smithy feb06

Smithy feb06

Decisions Decisions Eagle

Thom's Carving: March 2006

Thom's Carving: March 2006

Veriners and v grove blades i recieved lately, one is less than 1/16th inch and 70+ points carbon steel

harbor freight set , after great amount of wer grinding these hand chizles gouges and v grouve tool. they cut well for a bit, but you spend more time honing, i suspect if a carbon test "Rockwell" was done on them they might go 10-20.points...

Small V Grove and verner.. Walnut hollow brand with bigger round knob push chizle handle, Long thin handle is some soft steel junk gouge set i got from harbor freight for $4.oo you get what you pay for..

sharpening the brass tubing was accomplished with diamond burr or drillbit. thinwall tubing wont take much sharpening, but to use these eye and button tools you just press on then as you spin them.. they make micro cuts, you remove stock away from the indentation of the circle and make 1 or 2 very small "v" shape cuts to indiacate a button hole..

Homade, Button - Eye puple- Ear shape helper Made of brass pen tubing from hobbieshop. drilled and pressed into a section of dowell.

Old Tex near finished

Old Tex, After eye sergery last night, just a Few chips removed and a new coat of acrilic wash, made a post and rail fence and printed up a backround. hes looking some better im starting to like him