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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
|  Posted: 2012-11-03 4:28 pm Permalink
ok, so this lovely piece of florida mahogany is going to be my first panel...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-04 12:49 pm Permalink
bought this at home depot today...
this is a bit overdue...
this thing is gonna be like the ETERNAL TORCH at the tomb of the unknown soldier...ALWAYS BURNIN'!!!
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cy
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 10, 2011
Posts: 503
From: Gresham, Oregon
| Posted: 2012-11-04 4:44 pm Permalink
A lovely tribute Jeff.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-05 3:38 pm Permalink
some pic my buddy took for my new business card and marketing stuff...
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 363 | Posted: 2012-11-06 04:10 am Permalink
A man & his cuts.
It's a beautiful thing.
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Creative Chimp
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jul 31, 2008
Posts: 278
From: Lost continent of west Florida-Parrish
| Posted: 2012-11-06 11:47 am Permalink
is that you or an old pic of picasso? i dont know........somethings up. picasso dug the tikis too. just saying 
nice stuff man.......you def have defined your very own style. i could pick your stuff out of a group.....we will have to have a beer or a 100 beers some day.....i still have a cypress log to work on but just havent been able to find the time to carve this past year......keep going and dont ever stop
so really...? picasso? ya might wanna check that family tree...or shake a branch or two. ha ha ha
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-06 3:36 pm Permalink
thanks brother....I appreciate the props.
This last year has been crazy, and through a lot of luck and kissing people's asses I'm starting to build a rep.
it's kinda funny you threw the picasso thing out there...that's what the old cuban lady across the street from me says...lol.
so anyway, the work goes on...
shaved these this afternoon after I voted...drawin' some out tonight...
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amate
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
Posts: 698 | Posted: 2012-11-06 4:04 pm Permalink
I can see you're still peeling them with the chainsaw. What kind of wheel are you using on that angle grinder. I just got one and need to learn the ropes.
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-07 11:17 am Permalink
well I use 40 grit flap discs...the blue ones.
although when I visited him a few months ago, Will showed me the little flat red ones that he uses, and they're less expensive...I should probably switch...
also, look into a getting a router speed controller....slows 'em down and makes them more manageable.
and wear some gloves...angle grinder wounds are quite painful, as it's an abrasive wound...like when you fell of your bike at full speed when you were a kid and went sliding across the pavement on your hands and knees...
but yeah, the "chainsaw filet" technique us what I use. I skinned those 8 logs in about 2 hours...
anyway, glad all this election shit is over with...tired of hearing about it...
anyway, time to start drawin' & cuttin' some tikis for this weekend's boat show...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-08 12:06 am Permalink
burnin' the midnight oil..
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-08 1:27 pm Permalink
today's gig...
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pjc5150
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 1617
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-11-08 3:06 pm Permalink
almost done with the tarpon "wedding tiki"...
it's getting inscriptions and a good sand & poly tomorrow / saturday..
maybe a few more details...I don't know...
I've had a few beers...it's hard to say...
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Watango productions
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 20, 2008
Posts: 418
From: Melb,Australia.
| Posted: 2012-11-08 9:51 pm Permalink
40 grit Flappys and an Arbortech disc are a carvers best friend.
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Will carve
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 06, 2011
Posts: 363 | Posted: 2012-11-09 04:48 am Permalink
You sure have a knack for those fish.
Also, perhaps your best mouths & teeth too.
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Creative Chimp
Grand Member (2 years)
Joined: Jul 31, 2008
Posts: 278
From: Lost continent of west Florida-Parrish
| Posted: 2012-11-09 05:58 am Permalink
man, i like the head dress or braid on the left you did....i need to get off my ass....and get something going
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