March 2014 Workbench Thread

Bob, great looking chair. I could fall asleep dreaming of ducks at a moments notice. The table is absolutely beautiful.

Chad
 
I really enjoyed carving the Ross goose bust and decided to try it with a Pintail. This one is entirely carved from old growth white pine salvaged from a local barn built in the 1890's.


Still some final shaping and bill detail to finish.


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Those bust birds are really cool. What's the final plan for them as far as diplay? A dowel up into the bottom to be displayed similar as a shorebird decoy? Or some sort of mounting device coming out of the curve to mount to a wall? Very nice either way.

Steve
 
Great job on that table, nice figured white oak.


Thanks, I am thinking about mounting the busts on oval black walnut bases. Glenn Sweet sent me a pic of a woodduck he had done awhile back and it almost had the appearance that the bust was floating in air. I really liked that look. Can't find the pic, maybe Glenn will post up a pic of it.
I created a very small flat spot on the bottom of each bust. Thinking about screwing it down from the underside of the base. Like the wall mount idea, I had not thought about that. Might have to give it some more thought before making a final decision.
If I was to carve one that would be mounted on the wall I am thinking that instead of cutting off the body on a 90 degree angle I would make a 45 degree cut so that I could mount it with a side profile instead of head on. In fact I am off to go draw a pattern right now! Thanks for the idea!!!!


Brian
 
Holy crap, this is shaping up to be one heck of a month folks...March is always my get back on the horse month.

Started drawing a laughing gull pattern tonight. I hope it lives up to everything else posted here so far this month.

Keep up the great work.

-D
 
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