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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:08 am
by derekdarling
I recently began carving crosses in the celtic style. I got a couple of slabs of spalted maple from a friend, then made one to thank him. Then I made another, and currently have about a dozen on the go. I made the one (below) for my church, The Church Of The Ascension in Langley, B.C., and it was dedicated last Sunday.
Used the SS to do some of the initial shape preparationa nd much of the sanding. The finish is umpteen coats of Tung Oil, first time I have used it.
My little enterprise is to be called 'Knots And Crosses - Carvery'
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Derek in Vancouver-ish
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:04 am
by pennview
Very nice work, Derek. Thanks for sharing.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:27 am
by mrhart
Nice job sir, maybe you'll get "extra credit points" for that.
How much time ina carving like that?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:29 am
by terrydowning
Nicely done
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:04 pm
by garys
Very nice. My Wife is Irish, and she wants to do that too now.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:10 pm
by JPG
garys wrote:Very nice. My Wife is Irish, and she wants to do that too now.
She gonna do the hand carving?:rolleyes:
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:12 pm
by kalynzoo
Lovely work. Thank you for sharing.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:17 pm
by derekdarling
mrhart wrote:...How much time ina carving like that?
Well, if I charged $1,000 for the piece, I wouldn't make minimum wage (currently $10.25 CDN), but I found that the work itself is very meditative.
I did use the following 'short cuts':
1. I printed the pattern from the computer, then used carbon-paper to trace the design on the wood. this is very time-consuming, and I am considering hacking an old printer to move the wood directly under the print-head. I looked into direct-transfer paper (mostly for iron-on transfers to cloth), but didn't like the resulting mess.
2. I confess to using a Dremel to hog out the background down to about 3/8" depth, although all the actual knot-carving was done by chisel, knife, rasp, file, finer file, sandpaper, finer sandpaper, even finer sandpaper, dental picks (to get into the tight corners). Then several layers of Tung Oil, with steel-wool between. Still took lots of time.
I have been looking at CNC machines, but then... it wouldn't be 'hand-carved', would it? Thanks for the kind words.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:26 pm
by charlese
Let me add my kudos! VERY NICE WORK!!!!:D
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:56 pm
by garys
JPG40504 wrote:She gonna do the hand carving?:rolleyes:
Yes, she does hand carving and likes the Celtic cross idea. I see something like this in our future soon.