tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39205922208305984332024-03-12T19:03:38.500-07:00pimpmyfirewoodPimpmyfirewood, take a log for the fire and craft it into artefact. Take a photo and get it posted here.Seanhellmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475536325768589469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920592220830598433.post-84633794777293438482015-03-07T07:43:00.003-08:002015-03-07T07:43:43.786-08:00Some fan birds made from pallet woodI bought 3, 4 meter lengths of steel which came supported by a length of pallet wood of about 18mm thick by 75mm wide. The grain was tangential and so perfect for making fan birds with. 3 have been made so far I think I can get 10 to 20 out of this bit of wood. It has large knots in and lots of short grain as well. So hopefully I can turn this bit of waste wood into £200 or more of fan birds.<br />
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Seanhellmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475536325768589469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920592220830598433.post-43354535501667631772012-04-24T12:12:00.001-07:002012-04-24T12:12:42.610-07:00A recent cherry kuksa I've carved with instructions<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">I had an email from Dan </span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;">who lives inWestfield, Massachusetts, United States </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My name is Dan Gavrilyuk and I am 16 years
old. I go to Westfield Vocational Technical High School. My favorite
hobby is carving. When I am not carving I am mountain biking and fishing.</span></h3>
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"I got the idea for this shape while browsing the Internet for ideas
one day. I noticed it on Jon Mac's blog. So I decided to give it a go,
this is my 3rd beaver tail style kuksa. I first started carving green
wood like this last summer when I made my first kuksa out of a chunk of
willow. It is great fun! </div>
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Since then I have made more kuksas in the finger hole style handle. This cherry cup is my 11th kuksa I think".</div>
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Here is the step-by-step process, ENJOY!</h3>
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First you select a fresh cut log of wood; in this case it's a cherry
log. Then split it a half an inch or so away from the pith (the soft
middle ring of the tree).<br />
I am using a Cold Steel Trail Boss axe that I re-handled with my own
handle copying the Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe because the stock
handle was complete junk.<br />
I split it this way because some woods don't split evenly down the
length of the log. As you can see, the split has a slight twist. On some
types of wood this doesn't happen, the log splits straight and even.
Then chop away to the pith all the time checking to make sure the
surface is even. Chop a little ways past the pith so as to prevent any
cracks while you are carving the wood. All major cracks start from the
pith. Then chose any circular object to trace or use a compass to draw a
circle onto the flat surface. I am making one of Jon Mac's beaver tail
handle style kuksa's this time. The other cup I am using for reference
and it is the same style that I carved previously out of Birch wood.<br />
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Next chop away the sides with an axe or you can do as I did and use a
folding saw to remove most of the waste wood and then chop to the line.
The next step is to chop out the inside of the handle on the bottom. you
can kind of see how the kuksa is going to come out by the reference
lines I drew with the sharpie. Chopping to the line isn't very important
here because i will be removing waste wood with a knife to the shape I
like as I move along.<br />
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Next step is to chop away the other side of the handle to the line.
Again I used a Bahco Laplander folding saw to remove most of the waste
wood. Chopping against end grain is tricky because if you aren't careful
it might chip out on you when you lay the cup on its side and chop
horizontally as i have been doing in the picture on the upper right.
Chopping horizontally this way is easier than chopping at an angle from
the top of the cup down. I took out my carving knife and trimmed it all
the way to the line.<br />
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Here I start refining the back underside of the cup with my knife to
make it more hemispherical. Then i cut away the waste wood up front with
my Laplander folding saw.<br />
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Then I chop away the square corners of the profile to a more
hemispherical shape making it look like the back part. Then I take out
the knife and round it off to the line up top and circular on the
bottom. I also cut a flat bottom for the cup to stand straight and not
wobble around. Once I am pretty happy with the rough shape of the
outside, I move onto drawing an inside circle as a reference line for
the hollowing. I begin the hollowing by taking cross-grain cut towards
the center. Keep cutting and cutting and cutting all the time checking
the thickness of the walls with your fingers to make sure its even until
you have this.....<br />
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I had to move inside because it turned dark outside so I finished up
next to the fireplace. Here is the kuksa with all of the shavings from
the inside of the cup. Don't throw away the shavings though, these come
in handy. I take all these shavings and put them in a big paper grocery
bag, the bag and shavings help prevent the cup from drying too fast and
cracking. Then I put the kuksa inside and "submerge" it in the shavings.
I roll up the end sealing it and put it on a shelf in my oil-burner
room because the warm air in there will speed up the drying process.
Once it's dry in a few days, I take out the cup and refine the shape of
it by removing any warping on the rim and the central growth rings on
the top of the kuksa. I also shape the handle in this step to my liking
and once you're done.... start sanding! (this is the looong boring
part.)<br />
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Here is the cup all sanded down and finished with four coats of "salad
bowl finish by general finishes." On this cup I chose not to do any chip
carving because I wanted it to be simple. In all, the carving process
took me 6.5 hours and the sanding part took me 2.5 hours. add that up
and the total time to finish this cup is 9 hours! This cup is the
biggest I have ever done, it can even be used as a soup bowl! I managed
to get a few scrapes on the sharp corners of the wood as you can see in
the pictures above and reopened a small cut from previous carving :)<br />
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If you like what you see, this one is selling for $100.Seanhellmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17475536325768589469noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920592220830598433.post-62530115100543531272011-01-22T15:28:00.000-08:002011-01-23T11:29:05.606-08:00A spoon from a log<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stop motion animation of making a spoon</span></div><br />
133 photos later and 30 minutes on the computer, I made this short film. Some of you may have seen this before.<br />
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