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Slayed the dragon..


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My neighbor brought me this big ol' cherry log a few weeks ago so I got to sawing on it the other day and finished up this afternoon.

My plan started with a simple drawing of a dragon that lives in my head and it worked out pretty sweet on the wood too!

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4 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Keep trying Wooly.  We all had to start somewhere.  lol

Am I the only one here tasked with keeping Wooly's ego in check?

Trust me, I probably have the smallest head of any carvers I know,lol

The flaws in this one jump right out at me just like every other hunk of wood I ever took a saw to!

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1 minute ago, wooly said:

Trust me, I probably have the smallest head of any carvers I know,lol

The flaws in this one jump right out at me just like every other hunk of wood I ever took a saw to!

But isn't that like being the thinnest guy at the overeaters anonymous convention?

You can rest assured that none of us are seeing any flaws buddy.  Amazing work for sure! 

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2 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

But isn't that like being the thinnest guy at the overeaters anonymous convention?

You can rest assured that none of us are seeing any flaws buddy.  Amazing work for sure! 

5'th pic down,  over shot my cut under the chin,lol

Gotta clean that crap up!

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Awesome work as always Matt!!

I think, right before I retire, I will be a middle man for you carvings!!!  Will come with a big truck.  Pay you your asking price....and a little more. Then take em all downstate, and sell em for three times what I paid!!!!  In no time, I will have the money for that hundred acre spread in NC!!!!  Will be sure to have a guest house waiting for you too, anytime you come on down for a visit!  With multiple saws and logs, just outside the door.......of course.

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2 minutes ago, helmut in the bush said:

Cool, is there a type of wood you prefer?

ANYTHING with no soft, dry rot spots!

Pine and hemlock carve like butter. Maple seems to take the detais the best, and I just LOVE the color I get from a piece of cherry like this one, but it's hard on both me and the saws. I just got a load of poplar and couldn't believe how hard that stuff is too. Unfortunately it's a very wet wood that retains a lot of water and needs to be dried for some time before the finish is applied or the varnish turns very cloudy. Learned that the hard way. Should have some red oak and cottonwood to play around with soon as well but haven't worked with any of that yet.

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