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Carvings in Progress

Finally, I’ve had time for some more exploration with my adze and crooked knives. Feel like I’m finally getting a feel for them, but realizing they are difficult to sharpen. I’ve been using a cloth buffing wheel and tripoli, which seems to work, but the point of the more crooked knife is always catching and scaring the living daylights out of me as it’s wrenched towards my body at high speeds. At least it will leave a nice clean wound. They keep a nice edge …

Carvings in Progress April 2006

Here’s a square wall piece in Yellow Cedar. I made a circle-cutting jig for my plunge router that worked nicely. I am then going to texture each inset circle. I think I will leave the square area flat/untextured for some visual contrast, but not sure yet. Might try a semi-transparent stain or some milk paint on this piece, but I don’t know.

Yellow Cedar Wall Piece in Progress

Here’s my first test of the circle cutting jig in some scrap Western Red Cedar (leftover from the picnic table!). Very dry, brittle wood, difficult to carve. The yellow cedar and basswood seem oily-er and nicer to carve. Far fewer chip outs or splinters.

Western Red Cedar Wall Piece

Finally, the circle jig. Not my invention, but pretty handy, and it greatly expands my circle-machining capabilities. The yellow cedar project was finally too big for my drill press to reach center (18″ square piece).

Circle-Cutting Router Jig

Circle Jig Bottom View



3 Responses to “Carvings in Progress”

  1. Gabe Says:

    April 20th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
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    Looks good! I like the circle making jig. Figuring out new woodworking tricks is always exciting. We move into the house tomorrow, can’t wait to set up another shop and get working again!

  2. Descending Ashtray » 2 New Flowers Says:

    July 25th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
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    […] I have been working lately more on a yellow cedar wall piece, adding texture with the crooked knives. Hopefully I’ll post that this week; it’s almost done. […]

  3. Descending Ashtray » Mini Circle-Cutting Jig for Bosch Colt Router Says:

    September 18th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
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    […] Well, I finally finished the big shop cleanup on Sunday (pics tomorrow), and I was glad to get out to the shop tonight for some fun. Before I start any new projects, I wanted to try a new circle-cutting jig idea I had for my small laminite trim router. The first circle jig is nice, but a little bulky, and can only work with fixed diameters. I was hoping for something a little more manageable and adjustable. I think I’ve got it. […]