And left the edges the way they came.
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bought a nice maple slab
And left the edges the way they came.
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wow, that is one heck of a carving
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I'm always amazed at how you guys can find pieces of wood with such nice carvings hidden inside of them! Excellent work....
oh BTW...finally I see someone who has a workbench just as cluttered up as mine!!!
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Though it had been cleaned up for the picture - that's what I would have to do!finally I see someone who has a workbench just as cluttered up as mine!!!
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That's a very nice carving. How many hours did it take you to carve it? Just curious.
J
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Nice slab and excellent carving.
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Just curious Lex if you flattened the backside before carving, or shimmed it before clamping?
Wonderful job!
scott
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2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 11.5**
Maine
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Professionals do the flattening and shimming stuff. Me; I just screw it down to the bed.
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Carving time is hard to determine exactly. I ran the first carve with a 1/4" ball nose and it ran from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday evening. I wasn't happy with it so ran it again with a 1/16" ball nose and it went from Friday afternoon till Sunday night.
The real time was spent with the Dremel cleaning it all up. The slab was supposed to be hardwood but it sure had a lot of fuzzies.
My "shop" is a detached garage behind my house so I don't have a problem with it running all night. (Except the wife complaining about the spindle sound) Well and the room. I really should get a smaller machine.
Sad to say that my bench cleaning process was to push everything to one end when I took the slab off the machine. Hate to admit that is my normal method.
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I cut a piece in western red cedar this past week expecting fuzzies from hell and got none. i have cut black walnut and gotten fuzzies from hell and then on other occasions none. i am getting to the point that i think that it is the board and not the species.
I am assuming that you know how to tell which bit to use while doing your previewing?
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