Comments on: New Orchid

By: Lelia Katherine Thomas

Lelia Katherine Thomas — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:44:37 +0000

The intricate details of this one are great! :)

By: Justin Ruckman

Justin Ruckman — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:35:28 +0000

That is beautiful! You’ve been 9rules Notesed.

By: nate logan

nate logan — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:25:11 +0000

I am blown away. Wow. I’ve never seen any wood working like this…

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:16:51 +0000

I do, do some carving on the inside of the petals. I like to use my Flexcut set for such intricate work. I start out by cutting the outline of the petal on the bandsaw then I shape the inside profile on my disc sander. But before I shape the outside of the petal I carve out the inside. That way I can put it in my table vise and I don’t have to carve while holding it in my hand. Once the inside is carved and hand sanded I shape and sand the outside on my sanding machine. My smallest spindle sander is 1 inch.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:20:41 +0000

Wow, that is incredible, Gabe. I am so curious how you do it. How small is the spindle on your spindle sander? Do you carve the pieces at all, or just bandsaw and sand?