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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2379
From: Tampa, FL
|  Posted: 2012-04-30 11:18 am Permalink
the keeper is friggin' rad.
so what's on-deck shooti?
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 567
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-04-30 12:39 pm Permalink
Thanks, Jungle Trader.........yeah, Fallbrook. I think we might have met at the San Diego Home TiKi Bar Crawl in March?
Thanks Jeff, I have another log that I think is from the same tree as The Keeper...It's only about 4' tall and really heavy and dense. Gonna try something new, a sitting Buddha style TiKi (it might change, the chainsaw has a mind of it's own sometimes).I hope to start this week.
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3742
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2012-04-30 3:46 pm Permalink
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On 2012-04-30 12:39, skootiki wrote:
Thanks, Jungle Trader.........yeah, Fallbrook. I think we might have met at the San Diego Home TiKi Bar Crawl in March?
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Yes sir we did meet and talked briefly. Glad to meet you skootiki.
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 567
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-05-05 10:19 am Permalink
just the beginning of a new one....
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Captain Jack
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Joined: May 01, 2010
Posts: 343
From: Menifee, California
| Posted: 2012-05-06 07:42 am Permalink
Nice start! Keep choppin!
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 567
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-05-11 9:51 pm Permalink
got a little more carving done on this guy
thanks for looking
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Jungle Trader
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Joined: Jan 04, 2003
Posts: 3742
From: Trader's Jungle Outpost, Turlock, Ca.
| Posted: 2012-05-12 08:05 am Permalink
Well on it's way Skoot. I'm lovin the deep cuts.
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pjc5150
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Joined: Jun 01, 2009
Posts: 2379
From: Tampa, FL
| Posted: 2012-05-12 09:57 am Permalink
yeah man...go deep!
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 567
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-05-28 7:09 pm Permalink
 a quick carve for my sister-in-law's graduation
 a little more work on this guy
 never really tried to carve feet before...3 toes seemed easier than 5
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 567
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-06-01 4:52 pm Permalink
I carved this guy today at my wife's school.
They always have a luau for 5th grade graduation.
The kids love the TiKi carving ( unfortunately no chain saws at school, so it's all chisels )
I'll finish him up here at home.
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Atomic Mess
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Joined: Apr 13, 2012
Posts: 283
From: Hack-Ah-Nee
| Posted: 2012-06-02 01:40 am Permalink
the feet came out well!
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skootiki
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Joined: Oct 04, 2009
Posts: 567
From: fallbrook,ca
| Posted: 2012-07-01 10:54 pm Permalink
Anyone ever had problems with bugs eating one of your TiKis?
A TiKi that I carved has some bugs eating it.....small pin-hole with fine saw dust around it.
Any ideas on this problem would be appreciated.
Thanks
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McTiki
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Joined: Aug 22, 2004
Posts: 1962
From: Sunny Florida
| Posted: 2012-07-02 03:22 am Permalink
Nasty borers......beetles....and worms. Before I went too much further, I would serve up some mineral spirits to the entire log and allow to fuly dry. That Should remedy the activity. Don't bother with a brush. Just open and pour. Repeat as necessary.
Nice carves mang!
Mahalo!
McTiki
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Captain Jack
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Joined: May 01, 2010
Posts: 343
From: Menifee, California
| Posted: 2012-07-02 4:49 pm Permalink
Great design on that 6 toed fella! Good Work!
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TheBigT
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1564
From: Fabulous Houston
| Posted: 2012-07-05 10:01 am Permalink
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On 2012-05-05 10:19, skootiki wrote:
just the beginning of a new one....
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Hmmm, a little tiki graffiti going on.... cool!
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On 2012-07-01 22:54, skootiki wrote:
Anyone ever had problems with bugs eating one of your TiKis?
A TiKi that I carved has some bugs eating it.....small pin-hole with fine saw dust around it.
Any ideas on this problem would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Im plagued with this problem. Yeah those are wood boring beetles. Everyone refers to them as worms. When you find them in the wood, they look like grubs (well i guess they are grubs at that stage). Then they mature into beetles and eat they way out. I bought some Tim-Bor, which is Borax or sodium borate. I think it's helping prevent them on uninfected logs but once they're already in there the Tim-Bor probably won't help much.
Haven't really found any other good solutions.
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