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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
|  Posted: 2011-10-31 11:08 am Permalink
well, golden pecan is pretty much my go-to.
Unfortunately I was rained out today so nothing got done.
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Benzart
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Joined: Jan 09, 2004
Posts: 10306
From: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
| Posted: 2011-11-05 06:45 am Permalink
Love the "Despondent" Moai, your chisel works are getting much better.
On the palm tikis, especially at the foot and hip areas, don't go too thin without incorporating some support, they will break off way sooner than later. I've done it myself and see many palm tikis way too thin at the feet and Always see them breaking. Not good if they are for a commercial establishment, the first one that breaks off onto a customer will spell the end for them all. Just be careful.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-05 09:43 am Permalink
thanks Benz, that means a lot. I'll be down there again in a few weeks seeing my grandfather, and I'll call you beforehand & maybe set something up.
and yeah, I've kinda learned that lesson (again) here lately. Went too thin on one of those dolphin swirls at the New Pass Grill, so I have to cut it in half and try to drill & dowell it because it's kinda swaying in the wind. Hopefully I'll be able to get it resolved.
So anyway, I made this Ku for a very successful German develeper guy on Longboat Key this past week. Similar to the one I just made at New Pass, but not exact. And I'm doing another piece in his back yard this week. This guy's house is ridiculous, across the street from the beach with a canal out back, so I'm honored that he wants my stuff out front.
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2011-11-05 3:29 pm Permalink
Holy Cow that is BIG! Looks great, is it much more difficult to carve logs in place like that?
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-05 8:07 pm Permalink
yeah...it's kind of a pain in the ass working around it on a scaffold, and I get really nervous having to us a chainsaw up there to skin the log and stuff, but other than that it's cool.
Kinda started this one day before yesterday, and then took it up to the bar this afternoon to beat on it some more. Commission piece for one of the guys who works at the beach house who was into the tikis & wanted one for the house. He's a cool guy & I want him to be stoked.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-06 5:14 pm Permalink
Well, finished cutting this one for the most part. Just a little clean-up, torch & stain and it's done.
And here's a little snook rod holder I did for one of my best friends.
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mycargoship
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Joined: Nov 03, 2011
Posts: 14 | Posted: 2011-11-06 8:44 pm Permalink
I like #2 the best!
Keep up the good work.
http://mycargoship.ipage.com/store/index.html
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mycargoship
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Joined: Nov 03, 2011
Posts: 14 | Posted: 2011-11-06 8:48 pm Permalink
Noticed you left the torch on.
Just Kidding.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-07 11:12 am Permalink
Thanks bro.
I'd like to catch a closer look at some of those guitars that are hanging behind you in that pic on your thread.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-09 5:06 pm Permalink
Well, finished both the little AND the big ku, and started a little lono & a moai. The little one is 3 1/2 ft, the big one is 6 1/2 feet tall on a 4 1/2 foot base for a total of 11 feet high, and the lono & moai are both around 2 feet.
The ku's were for money, the lono is a gift, and the moai is a donation to a benefit tomorrow for a local guy who had the terrible misfortune of being attacked by a 9 foot bull shark while spearfishing offshore. He survived, but obviously has some serious medical expenses.
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surfintiki
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Joined: Sep 30, 2004
Posts: 1561
From: S. Chatham, MA
| Posted: 2011-11-09 5:39 pm Permalink
Man! I'm loving what I see here!
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2011-11-09 6:34 pm Permalink
wow bro, never a bad update in your thread! Diggin all the new stuff, strong work.
And I couldn't help but notice the background, who does the painting?
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-09 7:06 pm Permalink
that would be my buddy Cheeta Chad. He's a painter out here one Anna Maria Island.
He let's me home-base out of his pad.
And thanks for the props guys.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1619
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2011-11-10 3:00 pm Permalink
Spent some quality time with the lono today, I am super stoked on where this one is going...
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NIxxon
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Joined: Dec 22, 2010
Posts: 489 | Posted: 2011-11-10 6:00 pm Permalink
yea that one is looking really cool...def see improvement in the chisel work every time you post. Keep it up!
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