End table start.

[admin]

I'm loving the progress as well. Keep it coming!

[imahic]

Yes, by all means keep he progress pics coming. I really enjoy seeing your progress.

[wisardd1]

Me three. I am mesmerized by your talent. Incredible to say the least. Did you do a gargoyle a ways back and post it on the old site. I was mesmerized by that as much.

[Joe Lyddon]

It just HIT me!

The title of this thread!

End table start...

How can you End a table before you Start it?

[autobodyman]

This seems like it's taking me forever, still a long way to go:

After I get it to looking fairly decent from straight on, I will start working on making it look better from the sides.



After that I will rout out the fence (between the logs) on the other side under the saddle and the "me" with the duster and undercut the saddle.

Then I will be ready to start carving the other section (when I stack cut two of these) for the legs, feet, saddle etc... that would be the front. Though I am quite a few hours from that yet.

Thanks ~Mike

[autobodyman]

Slow going but still plugging away at it.

What do you think?
Thanks ~Mike

[imahic]

Mike, it is looking great so far. I can appreciate the time it takes. I might have to tackle something like this someday. Still trying to figure out just what you mean by stack cutting. Are you going to show the opposite side of the arena with the figures looking back at you?

[Leo Voisine]

WOW - Mike you never cease to amaze us with your work.

I was showing off your stuff at work to my co-worker today.

Simply amasing.

Don't ever stop showing us your stuff.

[autobodyman]

Apr 8, 2010 20:36:08 GMT -6 imahic said:

Mike, it is looking great so far. I can appreciate the time it takes. I might have to tackle something like this someday. Still trying to figure out just what you mean by stack cutting. Are you going to show the opposite side of the arena with the figures looking back at you?

Kind of a long story, my thought was to also try to make a little money by scanning these carvings with my carvewright to sell the patterns. The machine can only carve to a depth of ¾" so my thought was to carve the cowboys on the fence in two sections ¾" each, this is the front (the back of the cowboys will face upward) the other side would be the back (the front of the cowboys will face down towards another carving of a rodeo scene). At this point the way I have carved this the only thing on the other side of the fence will probably just be some fingers, legs, feet and the other half of the saddle. (not exactly what I had in mind when I started, thought each ¾" section would be half the carving evenly).

If it hadn't been for the thought of scanning this I probably would have just carved it out of a solid piece of 1¼" or 1½" thick material. Seems there are always ways to make this stuff harder for me to do.

Full 3D carving has always been more difficult for me than "relief" carving. I think I'm pretty good at the relief part but trying to then make that relief wrap around to full 3D is harder for me to get the proportions correct so it looks right from any angle. Again except for the scanning to get a pattern I'm not really sure I'd need the "front" (legs side) of the carving to be all that perfect as it will be facing down on top of another carving inside a glass top table.

Thanks ~Mike

[autobodyman]

Apr 9, 2010 10:27:52 GMT -6 Leo Voisine said:

WOW - Mike you never cease to amaze us with your work.

I was showing off your stuff at work to my co-worker today.

Simply amasing.

Don't ever stop showing us your stuff.

Thanks Leo, I appreciate the interest. I'll probably keep pposting till your sick of it ;D

Thanks ~Mike

[fredbelknap]

Most cowboys have a can of Copenhagen in their back pocket.

[imahic]

Apr 9, 2010 12:42:51 GMT -6 fredbelknap said:

Most cowboys have a can of Copenhagen in their back pocket.

By golly, Fred, you are right. I knew there was something missing. At least one of those guys needs a round ring in his back pocket. ;D