Winter survival

[Dileon]

Worked high-level security for airports for a few years. You will need to just keep watch of the security levels if they are high or low? ... then what you can take can vary major on the airplane. Always know what the latest rules are. Right now issue with Iran could go anywhere. All your tools...

[Dileon]

The beautiful composition work really looks great. Awesome carvings as always....

[Dileon]

Super interesting work...show lots of skill and challenge...great going!!.

[Dileon]

Wow a nice carving....got tons of coconuts around here. Never thought about carving them although. More legal issues with them falling out of trees and hitting people in the head or breaking people's cars. But you got a really nice design pattern...looks great....

[Dileon]

thanks ...I am wondering at this point if I do not pay attention to such details since I do sand my work, or I am having a brain fart moment. LOL...

[Dileon]

Having an issue with this. Has anyone ever had a knife make a scratch in the wood from a chip in the blade?...because I have yet to see this one. And I got some chip up knives do to sand and other stuff in the found wood???? I have had the knife not push through the wood, and I have had it splinter...

[Dileon]

You can not put paint on top of oil....the paint will pop off or will not go on at all. Unless you are using oil paint on top of linseed. But it is not a normal thing to do. I do not put linseed on my carvings anymore I do not like the long term color change....

[Dileon]

yea and it is 2020 and the medical world is still doing lab rat testing on human beings for their latest devices.

[Dileon]

I have heard this, but this is about resawing work on the bandsaw only. You need those guides for curve work. I have heard that if you using super thin blade for scroll kind of work the bottom blade guide does not matter and should be loosened. But most people swear that both guides reducing the amount...

[Dileon]

How is the sandpaper holding up ....better than normal??...

[Dileon]

I carve in power also and also carve properly ....LOL welcome to the forum. Tons of help on here for suggestions....

[Dileon]

Yes to sandpaper using the scary sharp method, do not use wet dry too often, but use the better sandpapers that wood craftsmen use. Then strop. All my stones are store away, in a place I do not remember where. One of those items I paid good money for and the end results were found by using other methods....

[Dileon]

Old is when your fingers lock up from scrolling down to your birth date. Old is when big fart throws you back out of joint... not joking either....

[Dileon]

Still pouring...NOAA emergency radio blasting off all night with flash floods and sliding mountains sides.

According to the National Weather Service, an automated rain gage at Saddle Quarry recorded 17.41 inches of rain in the 24-hour period that ended up 9 p.m. Saturday. It was a very...

[Dileon]

I use a variety of things under my carving, depends on the wood I am using and what kind of cut I use...somethings are super fragile. I use a mat that I bought for non-skid....it is thicker but looks like the shelf mat. it is called Non Slip Sanding Router Pad for Woodworking,
which is...

[Dileon]

Sanding flap wheels and sanding mops and sanding abrasive are top on my list of things I have to have in order to do the carvings. Sometimes I make my own when money is an issue. That woodblock looks ideal for gouges....great shopping trip!!

[Dileon]

It is also snowing on the summit....what we do for fun.....here....

[Dileon]

It is pouring rain here and will continue for all weeks....a good story is always something to read in those dark days of bad weather. I love really good survival stories, this is in Alaska the dead of winter...homestead his place burns down and most of his equipment. The only way out...by air and...

[Dileon]

It is noted that hardwoods look good with a scraper finish, but softer woods, such as pine and basswood do not work too well with a scraper. Plus the learning curve and sharpening of them....not worth the investment unless you really want to use them. Right job yes then they can benefit....

[Dileon]

Do I use them?....in a very rare moon....which means they sit in the toolbox. The concept is nice but beyond that I would rather use power stones and extremely fine sandpapers plus they are extreme limited in usage. ...