tiki room tiki, palm tiki page 15 5/3 - Tiki Carving

P Polynesiac Tiki Socialite San Pedro, CA Joined: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2099	P Polynesiac Posted posted on Mon, Mar 21, 2005 6:04 PM THanks for the comps! they really do mean a lot and get me fired to hit the chisels. rodeo - for the palm tikis I use mostly chisels. I'll use a chainsaw to straighten log bottoms and do any large amount of wood removal, but most of the time it's all chisels. After the tiki is carved, I'll hit it with the dremel and kind of burn any palm fibers together with the high RPM and a grinder bit. For larger areas, I use an angle grinder. That's mostly it. I usually don't sand the palm tikis (I do sand the redwood ones like crazy tho). hope that helped

THanks for the comps! they really do mean a lot and get me fired to hit the chisels.

rodeo - for the palm tikis I use mostly chisels. I'll use a chainsaw to straighten log bottoms and do any large amount of wood removal, but most of the time it's all chisels. After the tiki is carved, I'll hit it with the dremel and kind of burn any palm fibers together with the high RPM and a grinder bit. For larger areas, I use an angle grinder. That's mostly it. I usually don't sand the palm tikis (I do sand the redwood ones like crazy tho).
hope that helped

Post #148243 by Polynesiac on Mon, Mar 21, 2005 6:04 PM