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My hypocrisy goes only so far |
I’ve really fallen in love with relief carving, signs in particular but not exclusively. My wife travels to various week long teacher institutes during the summer and on one of them she brought back a book called Taverns of the American Revolution. I got inspired to carve a pub / tavern sign. Here’s my attempt at one. I actually got to combine two of my hobbies (blacksmithing) on this by adding some forged banding & hand cut nails. I retire in 5 months & 16 days and I’ve been looking forward to spending more time in my shop getting better acquainted with my tools / toys. I’ve thought about buying a CNC carver but you’re not carving. For me there’s nothing as satisfying as feeling the razor sharp edge cutting through wood to reveal the image you have in your head. Any other members here do relief carving or carve anything ?       Love the carvings at this stage.  On to the stains & dyes      Time to fire up the forge      U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be "  | ||
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32nd degree |
That right there is quality craftsmanship!!!! ___________________  "the world doesn't end til yer dead, 'til then there's more beatin's in store, stand it like a man, and give some back" Al Swearengen | |||
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blame canada |
What a great project. Well done! Thanks for sharing the process...that's neat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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Invest Early, Invest Often |
Very nice work. Congratulations on the upcoming retirement. | |||
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| Back, and to the left  |
Beautiful craft. Looking at the project, I couldn't help thinking that would look real fine if you did one that said 'Tun Tavern'.  You could hang it on the wall above all that Sam Adams you buy every year. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -Ecclesiastes 9:11 ...But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory, but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. - Psalm 63:11 [excerpted] | |||
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| My hypocrisy goes only so far |
LoL, doing one for a buddy I severed with that’s still in & who’s with MARSOC . He’ll be retiring next year. I wanted to do a test run before making his. U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be " | |||
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| Dances With Tornados |
Those are awesome! You're doing a great job. I do a bit of wood carving. I've done chip carving, one relief carving, and a few other things, and a bunch of Christmas ornaments, but my "thing" is carving walking/hiking staffs and canes, nothing too complicated or fancy. I was out in Tucson AZ recently and met their wood carving club and took an informal lesson from a member who does amazing relief carving. I'm probably more of a sawdust and chip generating amateur, I'm not artistically talented. Our local wood carving group in OKC has some guys who are true amazing artists, just astounding to me, at least, at the beautiful wildlife carvings they do, for example. They are true artists in every sense of the word. Congratulations on your upcoming retirement and the continued growing of your wood carving talent, you're doing amazing work. . | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Dooooood - you ever considered commissions? Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Nice work. Pub signs are a dying art form. | |||
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Wow. What talent you have been given. Just unbelievable! “Our actions may be impeded... But there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. The impeding to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” ― Marcus Aurelius | |||
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| My hypocrisy goes only so far |
Until I get faster at it there’s no real money in it. The $$ per hour needs to improve before I start selling. As of now I still give everything away that I carve. I have 20hrs in this piece. If it sells for $100 , I made $5 an hour. I make $400 for an 8hr shift of overtime. So I really need to get faster but lettering takes time for me to get perfect. U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be " | |||
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| The Unmanned Writer |
$5/hr is chicom wages with a router and cnc machine. $10/hr is Filipino hand made on mahogany. $20 - $40 /hr range for American made in black walnut, red oak, or American birch (plus metal work) is more realistic - depending on finish quality. Do not sell your skill set short.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Very well done! Todd phxtoad "Careful man, there's a beverage here!" | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
Beautiful, beautiful work! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Member |
The progression of the piece shows true talent, skill, and artistry. Well done! | |||
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| Who Woulda Ever Thought? |
Excellent! | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
Well done. A beautiful outcome. The metal made it. Congrats."Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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| Bodhisattva |
Wow, great job! | |||
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| Character, above all else |
Your talent is very impressive, Grumpy. That sign is awesome! By the way, the hand-made bottle opener I won in your karma a few years ago continues to be used every weekend. I still love that blue handle! "The Truth, when first uttered, is always considered heresy." | |||
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| Member |
Awesome results of your fine craftsmanship! --Tom The right of self preservation, in turn, was understood as the right to defend oneself against attacks by lawless individuals, or, if absolutely necessary, to resist and throw off a tyrannical government. | |||
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