It has been a busy spring and summer and I have found little time to carve must less post about it. So after giving it some thought this blog will be ended on 8/1/2012. Good luck to all and go and carve something.
Bruce
Monday, July 23, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Found Wood and a Rustic Bird Feeder
While not my normal carving medium my most recent project is a Rustic Bird Feeder made from found wood.
A golf course near our house puts the trees they remove by the road for anyone that wants the wood. Most of the time I don't pick any up but recently the put out quite a few chunks of native oak conveniently sawed to movable cross section slabs. Pam and I rescued this piece to become a backyard bird feeder.
I carved the hollow using a 4' grinder with a Lancelot carving attachment on it. The Lancelot is basically a small chainsaw. A chainsaw blade section is sandwiched between two metal discs and attached to the grinder in the normal manner. I then used a carbide disc to smooth and finally a sandpaper disc. All mounted to grinders.
Now this method is not for the faint of heart as you are holding a wood eating machine. Grinders turn much faster than chain saws so the chips coming of this are propelled at a good clip. In other words don't carve in shorts as the chip stream which is impossible to direct away from your body stings worse than weed eater debris.
Once it was carved out I then saturated with polyurethane and the underside has a waterproof coating. It should last for 5 to 10 years.
The finished weight of the project is about 45 pounds.
More projects to come.
Laughing Cat
A golf course near our house puts the trees they remove by the road for anyone that wants the wood. Most of the time I don't pick any up but recently the put out quite a few chunks of native oak conveniently sawed to movable cross section slabs. Pam and I rescued this piece to become a backyard bird feeder.
I carved the hollow using a 4' grinder with a Lancelot carving attachment on it. The Lancelot is basically a small chainsaw. A chainsaw blade section is sandwiched between two metal discs and attached to the grinder in the normal manner. I then used a carbide disc to smooth and finally a sandpaper disc. All mounted to grinders.
Now this method is not for the faint of heart as you are holding a wood eating machine. Grinders turn much faster than chain saws so the chips coming of this are propelled at a good clip. In other words don't carve in shorts as the chip stream which is impossible to direct away from your body stings worse than weed eater debris.
Once it was carved out I then saturated with polyurethane and the underside has a waterproof coating. It should last for 5 to 10 years.
The finished weight of the project is about 45 pounds.
More projects to come.
Laughing Cat
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Lack of Posts
Sorry for the lack of posts. I have a number planned. However I have been tied up with a remodeling project in our Master Bath I started a few weeks ago. Will return in the next few weeks with new projects and some new posts. I am also playing with adding video tutorials so check back in the next few weeks and lets see if I can figure it out.
In the meatime go carve something.
Bruce
AKA The Laughing Cat
In the meatime go carve something.
Bruce
AKA The Laughing Cat
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