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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
|  Posted: 2010-10-11 10:48 pm Permalink
Looking real fantastic! love the head dress.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2010-10-18 08:24 am Permalink
Lets see an update!!
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laojia
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Joined: Feb 04, 2009
Posts: 917
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2010-10-18 8:54 pm Permalink
YES! It's time...
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wplugger
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Joined: Jul 09, 2006
Posts: 161 | Posted: 2010-10-19 05:57 am Permalink
OK,
Knowing this guy will live outside & looking to protect him I painted him with 20 year latex house paint. The color was so close to the wood color you couldn't tell it was painted. Then I hit it with a brown glaze, ragged it off & stood him up.
The one on the right fell off his log a month ago.
With no treatment he turned gray, got moldy & rotted from the inside out.
Seeks, Think this guy could hang with the boys in the Bog?
Jerome,
I wasn't so concerned with how it looked as that I could make it work.
I glued the axis pin in it. That made it an EZ install but now it can't be serviced.
Also, the bullet latch is a nice touch but, if I made another one I would use a pin and corresponding holes to line it up.
Thanks for the lesson.
 
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6171
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2010-10-19 10:59 am Permalink
Wow, that looks really neat with him way up high keeping an eye on things. Your guardian tiki. Great job. GROG like.
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seeksurf
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Joined: Sep 27, 2007
Posts: 2144
From: Buckley, WA
| Posted: 2010-10-22 10:52 pm Permalink
Well done! Love how high this guy get up there. He would look great @ the Tiki Bog.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2010-12-07 07:33 am Permalink
Somebody got something BIG!
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4WDtiki
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Posts: 1729
From: Omao, Kauai
| Posted: 2010-12-07 09:20 am Permalink
Bigger is better! What kind of wood is it?
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laojia
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Posts: 917
From: Metz Lorraine France
| Posted: 2010-12-12 12:18 am Permalink
Easier method of loading ... I wish I had this for my big walnut log...
J.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
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From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2010-12-18 2:57 pm Permalink
Cool, Now you have the BIG Log, GET TO WORK!!!!
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2010-12-18 4:16 pm Permalink
BIG things to come!
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Slacks Ferret
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Joined: Oct 02, 2003
Posts: 1172
From: Calgary
| Posted: 2010-12-18 8:07 pm Permalink
Gorgeous stuff.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2010-12-19 07:00 am Permalink
He's been busy but slacking on the updates!! Come on - show what you got!!!
He has a log pile with some nice pieces of palm. The new log makes them look like toothpicks.
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wplugger
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Joined: Jul 09, 2006
Posts: 161 | Posted: 2010-12-20 09:24 am Permalink
Thank you all for your encouragement.
That log is a monster. 16 ft tall & 18 in trunk.
cabbage palm, almost no bark at the bottom.
I'm going to have to come up with something good for that.
Maybe I should show this in beyond tiki.
This is a good case of why I should have a picture
and a clear idea of what I'm carving and not let
my hands & tools go where they want.I think my
ancients are really young & they just mess with me.
These masks are for Christie,
for her party this summer.
I need to finish all 3 of these, but they need to dry out more first.
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AlohaStation
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Joined: Sep 27, 2004
Posts: 2003
From: So FL
| Posted: 2010-12-20 12:54 pm Permalink
Quote:
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On 2010-12-20 09:24, wplugger wrote:
This is a good case of why I should have a picture
and a clear idea of what I'm carving and not let
my hands & tools go where they want.
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I think its a good case for why you SHOULD NOT have a picture or clear idea of what you are carving!
PS - what you can't see is that the lizards each have their own set of shell eyes!
[ This Message was edited by: AlohaStation 2010-12-20 12:54 ]
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