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Router Carving Day- October 13th 2012 - Vista, CA-UPDATED with Photos |
Monkeyman
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Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2385
From: Vista, CA
|  Posted: 2012-10-12 12:47 pm Permalink
See you all in the morning.
We are ready.
Were doing up an Octoberfest lunch with Brats, Kraut, Potatoes and Octoberfest Beer.
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 5297
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2012-10-12 1:05 pm Permalink
Glad you are doing this. Looks like a fun day.
I would recommend getting a router with a 1/2 shaft as you can still use it for 1/4 inch bits too. The stuff I did I ended up using a large round bit that only came in 1/2 shaft.
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Monkeyman
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Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2385
From: Vista, CA
| Posted: 2012-10-12 1:45 pm Permalink
The routers I use all have a 1/2" collect with an insert to use 1/4" as well.
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Monkeyman
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Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2385
From: Vista, CA
| Posted: 2012-10-14 12:11 pm Permalink
We staked the tables to the ground so that they wouldnt move and rock
Marion's Shag inspired design.
Its not a sweatshop. I swear.
Moai Mike's trim work in full effect.
Tiki Pops getting started.
No one can escape the sawdust.
MaukaHale
Marion in a moment of focus.
We broke for lunch mid day. Brats, Fantastic German Potato salad from Roxanne and Octoberfest beer.
We were attacked by a teenage Werewolf shortly after lunch.
Fortunately we had an guard dog who could lick the Werewolf into submission
Mauka Hale's sign almost done with carving and router work.
Moai Mike
Me helping out with some of the chisel work
Tiki Pops in progress
Brads sign after router work is complete
Maukahale painting his sign
Brad adding paint
Moai Mikes bundle of trim. Ahh... tiki goodness.
Marion applying stain
Marion's finished piece
MaukaHale's finished work
Roxanne and Moai Mike Supervising
Painted and stained and waiting for clearcoat to dry.
Brad and Marion with their finished pieces
MaukaHale
Tiki Pops just before paint and Stain
Tiki Pops sign almost finished.
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Atomic Tiki Punk
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Joined: Jul 19, 2009
Posts: 7048
From: Costa Misery
| Posted: 2012-10-14 12:26 pm Permalink
Thanks for this post guys! great to see everyone being creative
And what a great idea for a get together, this is something anyone can organize
in any part of the Tiki world!
While everyone is doing good work I have to say I like Tiki Pops choice of colors.
[ This Message was edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2012-10-14 12:27 ]
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marion-n-brad
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Joined: May 23, 2011
Posts: 57 | Posted: 2012-10-14 8:48 pm Permalink
This was a great class, big thanks to Derek and Roxanne for putting it on! I consider myself the "least artistic man in the world" and with Derek's infinite patience and his constant pep-talks, and Roxanne's awesome lunch, i made my first piece of art ever! I'm pretty damn proud of myself! Marion and i had a great time and can't wait to get our router back out and make some more cool stuff.
Can't wait for the next class!
~Brad
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Bora Boris
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Joined: Mar 25, 2005
Posts: 2617
From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-10-14 8:51 pm Permalink
If and when there's another one, I'd like to come down. 
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TikiPops
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Joined: Jan 11, 2008
Posts: 268
From: Buena Park, Ca.
| Posted: 2012-10-14 9:06 pm Permalink
What great day this was. I'd like to thank Derek for his pointers on router technique & his attention to detail in putting on a great class. Roxanne's lunch was off the hook. The potato salad & banana bread was awesome. All of the fellow router newbies were great. It was nice to meet all of you, even if we worked more than visit. I'll gladly attend another class, of any type, put on by Derek.
Thanks, Mike
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 11594
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2012-10-14 10:19 pm Permalink
Whoaah, nice job everybody!
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 9019
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2012-10-15 05:56 am Permalink
Beautiful work from everyone! Derek, the tables were ingenious! Where do you find clear pine like that? The "clear" pine at Lowe's has more knots than a macrame hammock!
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Monkeyman
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Joined: Mar 04, 2003
Posts: 2385
From: Vista, CA
| Posted: 2012-10-15 07:42 am Permalink
The wood was from Lowes.
I go through the entire stack if necessary to find the best pieces.
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Moai Mike
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Joined: Feb 19, 2012
Posts: 47 | Posted: 2012-10-16 07:17 am Permalink
Thanks to Derek and Roxanne for hosting the router class. It was a very fun and productive day! You both put a lot into it. Everybodys work turned out great and it was not hard to do, just a long time holding a router. Since mine is still a work in progress I will post photos of it when it is finished. Thanks again to Derek, Roxanne and all who participated.
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MaukaHale
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Joined: May 07, 2012
Posts: 794
From: The base of the Volcano
| Posted: 2012-10-16 09:53 am Permalink
A Big Mahalo to Monkeyman and Goddess-Sunb for a great day. Seldom do I meet people as kind and sharing as these two. My comment is the same: a lot learned but I wish there had been more time to be more social. The day went by too fast.
I now have a lot ahead of me to continue with the router for the "Aloha Theater and Tiki Bar."
Here are a few pictures that don't duplicate those already posted.
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Moai Mike
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Joined: Feb 19, 2012
Posts: 47 | Posted: 2012-11-11 09:14 am Permalink
I have finally gotten my project to a point that I feel I can share it with all of you. My idea was to build light boxes that would serve as shelves upon which I could display some of my cocktail glasses, bottles, swizzle sticks and other things that would be illuminated by up lighting. I built the boxes with a shelf inside to hold a neon light fixture and drilled a hole and routed a channel in the back to run the wiring. I painted the boxes in the hopes of making them look like something from PNG. Maybe I should have thinned the paint more to make it look more like stain. Since they are attached to the wall behind the bar I am thinking of putting bamboo poles and fish netting over them so I don't knock everything off during a cocktail mixing frenzy.
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Moai Mike
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Joined: Feb 19, 2012
Posts: 47 | Posted: 2012-11-11 09:14 am Permalink
I have finally gotten my project to a point that I feel I can share it with all of you. My idea was to build light boxes that would serve as shelves upon which I could display some of my cocktail glasses, bottles, swizzle sticks and other things that would be illuminated by up lighting. I built the boxes with a shelf inside to hold a neon light fixture and drilled a hole and routed a channel in the back to run the wiring. I painted the boxes in the hopes of making them look like something from PNG. Maybe I should have thinned the paint more to make it look more like stain. Since they are attached to the wall behind the bar I am thinking of putting bamboo poles and fish netting over them so I don't knock everything off during a cocktail mixing frenzy.
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