CNC and Handwork

[Brian Harnett]

I have been combining hand carving actually chainsaw work to a lot of the signs I do.

After getting into chainsaw carving in 2007 I added the rustic look to my signs they seem to have more appeal in thiis area than smoothly machined ones.

The oak leaf panel was mounted on a ceiling with lights mounted to it
My bot is an older 2003 PRT I bought new back then

[Brian Harnett]

Another sign for my carving shop and some plaques.

[garyb]

Some great pieces, nice combination of tooling there Brian.
also good to see that not all artistry is lost to machine
How much time in you're "Moonlight Hollow" sign
Gary

[Brian Harnett]

Gary

The moonlight hollow sign has about 1 1/2 hours of hand work and at least 2 hours in finishing time.

I would say total time invested is 8 to ten hours, the wood for the sign I milled from logs I get. That time along with glue up is in that figure. I usually work on multiple project so I don't have a linear time line, and am too disorganized to write it all down.

[danhamm]

NIce stuff Brian, Ive looked in on your site many times over the years..
Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Brian Harnett]

Thanks Dan, merry Christmas.