Best woods for 3D work

[danhamm]

The bears, was a long cut @109 hours total, the wolf sized is 10 hours done with just a finish pass, yes that's the beetle killed pine, there are 2 main pines up here Jack pine and Lodge pole pine, lodge pole pine has no limbs for quite a distance up the tree, if you can get the slow growth lodge pole it carves more like birch than pine. I'm lucky enough to be in the place where it grows and own enough acres to supply my needs.

[cowboy1296]

This one is in its final few minutes. The finishing was done with a sixteenth inch ball nose. The plaque is eighteen inches round and has a lot of z height in it. The finishing tool path took about eleven and a half hours. Due to he nature of the receiver of this plaque i opted to remove the deputies raised name and badge number and show only a computer image.

[Davo]

Wish I could live in Colorado and have work here

Heck I live here and am trying to get work!

Good stuff as usual cowboy - can't wait to see the finished product

[cowboy1296]

After suffering the heat of Houston Texas all my life i finally retired. Not to rub it in but its 59 here right now with 14% humidity. Thanks for the comments. Even after all of these years i am still struggling with finishing. About the time i like what i am doing something goes wrong.

[Davo]

It was 92 here today...

[cowboy1296]

92 whats that

[dmidkiff]

Dan and Cowboy, you both do excellent work. I normally don't like pine for a project but I really like the way the beetle kill looks. I bet the humidity was closer to 92% in Houston.

[Davo]

The temp will be about 91 today...humidity will be similar

I shouldn't break too much of a sweat walking to the truck

[cowboy1296]

Thanks for the compliment but Dan is way beyond me. I try to learn from him when i can. Enjoy that humidity. Currently 38 here with a 43 % humidity.

[Davo]

Cowboy how far are you from Durango or pikes peak?

I took the steam train in Durango one year, then the next year drove to silverton.... Took 1500 pictures....

Can't wait to go back