nother shelf board carving

[William]

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Hi Merle, man these things are fun, thank you for the kind words.

Hey Mark,A mallet and 1" Flexcut chisel was used first to hog off the big stuff and then rough shaping was done with a flexshaft power carver with a coarse sanding drum, the dimples in the head band were done with a small coarse sphere bit and in a few tight spots I used a long slender diamond carver burr but By far most of the carving was done with a thin blade detail knife and Dockyard Micro Gouge's.

Thanks Tony, I've sketched out a few more ducks and can't wait to get to them but I've got to finish these two girls first. I just finished sanding the red cedar on the Eve bust and I walked her through all the grits up to 1500 and man did that really make the color POP!
Bill
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[SeaLeveler]

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Beautiful work there Bill.Just like your ducks,love all your work.Tony

[markken5889]

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Hi Bill,

Yet another beautiful piece you've done. He looks just great! Did you use power- or mallet tools on him?

Mark

[Merle Rice]

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Hi Bill, That turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL piece of ART. Merle

[JimPletcher]

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Bill,
Thank you!

[William]

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Thanks Jim,

Titebond III Waterproof wood glue should work fine for outdoor use, that's what I used on these carvings, and lots of clamps (to thin out and hide the glue lines).

[JimPletcher]

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Bill,
I have been admiring your work with shelf boards, and am thinking about trying it with straight-grain cedar (for outdoor use).
Do you have any gluing suggestions, or is Titebond with good clamping OK?

[William]

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Hey Curt,
it's easy to work with and not as much change in grain as we find in our local pines.

I've been using Radiata Select Kiln Dried Pine from Southern Cross Forest Products in New Zealand and bought it from Home Depot. The wood carves easily and if the pale part starts to flake just change
carving direction and it works fine but the dark bands carve like hard wax, clean cuts and looks like burl but very easy to work with ( I pick out boards with the most thick dark bands I can find because it's wonderful to carve). It's easy to sand (no fuzzies) takes stain well without raising the grain.
(Just a note on this carving; the flesh stain is Cherry, the head band and ties are Red Oak and the hair is 4 parts cherry and one part red oak.)

Radiata pine

Southern Cross Forest Products - Products

The Radiata Pine grown in California is also known as Monterey Pine and from this link is appears to be hard to carve but I have never tried it so I can't say for sure.
"AKA Monterey Pine; Radiata Pine Carving = Difficult to carve"
Radiata Pine Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Bill
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[Curtscarving]

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Bill have seen your work with the glue up pine,and they have came out beautiful. With the pine do you any trouble with the hard grain to the soft while carving?
Curt

[Howard Lobb]

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Well done the finish is excllent, the trade thing is great, William.10 Hope you share the pic's and progress from log to finished works.

[Sharon of the Dell]

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Very nice Bill! Love your carvings!

[Iowa Carver]

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Nice work William, I would never have guessed either it was a glue up. Nice!

Corey

[carver33]

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Nice looking carving, I'm sure your friend will love it. The stained pine has a very nice look to it.

[William]

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Thanks Dicky and Bill, I really like working with the select Pine and am starting to get the hang of working with stain and really like that too.

Thanks Ed, I hope she likes it.

[bigEd_H]

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That's a beautiful carving, Bill. You have carving shelving boards down to a science. It looks like a single block of wood was used. I don't know who is getting the better deal, you or your friend. Kind of a big win-win for both of you.

Ed