I came awful close to tossing that piece of butternut directly in the stove. Please, the next time you see me pick up a piece of that stuff call me immediately to save me from the grief of choosing it again. Aside from that things are starting to show real promise! Hope you agree.
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The design of that base is inspired, and blew me away. I can picture it finished, and it will be gorgeous! Great craftsmanship and artistic impression thus far on this project, I have learned a lot already.
ReplyDeleteIt is very interesting so far. I have run a cross the same issues when using my router. Do you sand the rough and burnt spots by hand? To me that is hard to do. and I don't know what I do to cause it on OAK. Anyway looking good. Ginny
ReplyDeleteThat shadow under the 'water' will really add a great deal of interest to the piece when completed. I think it will accentuate the effect of the canoe floating in the water. Great idea. It is all coming along very nicely.
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I like the buildup under the water. The natural wood really adds quality to the carvings. Sets it out above others.
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Lynn
ReplyDeleteI own a sawmill and cut basswood and butternut for carvers I have made quite a few bases for carvers as well, I sent you some walnut a while back, anyhow I use a small Rigid handheld router. when I route bases. I like the size of them better then the big routers for bases, I hog off most of the wood in one pass and then take another pass removing just a tiny amount to remove burn marks. It is also easier to maintain a constant feed as you go around the base which also helps avoid the burn marks. Butternut will fuzz up sometimes when the grain direction changes. Just a suggestion you might want to consider
Project looking really good so far
Have a Merry Christmas
Hi Lynn, looking great so far, I'm really enjoying seeing your process for making your bases and that shadow line is going to look great! I agree will the previous comment about not taking off all the material in one pass , I go about 95 % on the first pass and take the last mill or so with the final pass and the results are much cleaner !! Looking forward to the next instalment , keep up the good work. Trev
ReplyDeleteLynn, I'm glad you're doing this, the next piece I have to do is a woman in a kayak, and seeing how you are doing your base is giving me some good ideas. I'm looking forward to how you do the epoxy part.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.
I love your videos. I am new to wood carving and I find them very informative. I hope you keep making them. Thank you for your time and knowledge. It is really appriciated looking forward to your future videos
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