Recent content by Cody Foster

I haven’t posted or done much carving this year. Kids and life and such. Currently working on some oversized divers. Here is a Restle mallard I redid earlier this year.

I have blind grass on my TDB. It is attached to green garden fence with zip ties and it stays on the boat all season. I had used a mix of blind grass, raffia and natural in the past. The raffia is heavy when wet and the natural didn’t hold up all season. I was also having to carry way to much...

Cut your tail slot while the block is square, much safer. 1x pine or cedar from the home store will work fine. I use epoxy to attach my tails. Others use gorilla glue. If you are not hollowing you can attach the bottom board permanently before you cut out your top and side patterns.

Cork sealer is no problem, even on the head. That’s what it was made for. But it is discontinued, I have a half of jar left myself. Need to find a new sealer soon.

I out AuxBeam 3 inch pod lights on the TDB this year. They are very bright and a whole lot easier that a handheld for the full run. I still use the handheld to keep an eye on the bank every so often.

Those move great! I get similar movement out of my corks with the river keel design.

Use apoxie sculpt and make sure you drill your hole bigger than the eye. If your eye hole goes all the way through make sure you don’t push out the first one you set when setting the second.

There is a 1993 for sale in KY on the TDB owners group Facebook page.

Lots of good stuff already mentioned, I’ll add my 2 cents. Also check out Tom Christie on YouTube. Lots of helpful videos. I power carve cork/wood. Bandsaw, 14 inch with riser block. Blades are 1/4 inch 4 or 6 TPI. Timberwolf’s seems to last longer for me, but I touch mine up with a...

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