Whats on the workbench in August?

cool MM design hope it gets you where you need to be.

change of pace on these, two more to carve on after number two is out of the vice. Nice Missouri spalted basswood out of my dwindling supply

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I've been watching this thread and loving it a long time. Today I finally figured out how to post pictures..So I'm posting my latest project here.

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Simple dimensional lumber black ducks. They are hollow. That is the fanciest thing about them.
 
To John D:

That is absolutely wonderful decoys. Simple yet effective. Can you explain to me some on how you completed the hollowing process.

How did you make them Hollow?

Did you scroll saw out the middle or did you plunge cut/mortise bit or hole saw?

How did you mate the pieces? Did you laminate them or cut them out the same shape in smaller sizes then mate them?

Did you use wood glue or epoxy?

Did you linseed oil in and out or is that an epoxy

Regards,
Kristan
 
Kristan, I cut out the top view with a band saw. A 1x on top and bottom, and a 2x in the middle. Before I cut the middle piece out on the band saw I neatly cut the center out with a jig saw. I made the middle piece super thin except in the tail area to counter the weight of the head and allow me to add a little shape to the rear.

I made the heads out of a 2x mated with a 1x. I used epoxy with microballoons for all of my gluing. I glued it all together rough cut and then shaped it with an angle grinder equipped with a "grit lock" disc. Sanded with some 80 grit by hand. Then finished with some varnish.
 
Jeff, the transition between the back and scap, tertial area appears a mite abrupt, aesthetically--However, i would be happy to field test it for you in Argentina this coming june. perhaps a trato hecho in march if you come to the shindig in ohio.
 
Was given a couple e allans from a friend. One was a hen bufflehead but after some advice it turns out it can be a pretty good drake harlequin. Hoping to shoot one over it this year, and then give it to my friend who I stay with while hunting on the salt.

In oils, the sidepockets I can say is excellent, nicest texture and feather detail I've ever done on a bird, but the rest of it I'm still learning and have a lot to learn.

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Finished it up last night - except for the keel which I have to figure out what I want to do. Not your normal decoy but it is all foam and will float in a swamp.

A few photos of the finished decoy:
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A few outside in better light:
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Our little family dog must approve. He has never looked twice at one of my decoys but when I set it down to take outside photos, he came running at it like it was a dove. He stoped and circled it when it didnt move. A couple sniffs and it was all good but it was funny to watch.
 
Scott, that is one of the most unique decoys I have seen on this thread, any month! Very cool, would love to see it floating.
 
center of the bill is black--it kinda splits the white, except toward the nail. interesting!
 
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Nice! I could test those out on some Mississippi Sound Redheads this year, make 11 more and ship them to my house!
 
tom, is that your color wheel top left? :) my shop time is done till december. I'll live vicariously through you guys!
 
I've continued to work on my Oil Painting since last Summer. I do believe I have improved on my heavy petting technique. Like a anxious teenage boy I intensely rub the paint onto the bodies in a way that eliminates the need for sanding in the first place. I try to swing for at least a double each at bat. No need to slow down at first base to linger around smoothing things out with 80 grit before the next advance. Coots.

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Been a busy year, and tough to post up much. Still a great thread here IMO...
 
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