Post #152248 by Aaron's Akua on Mon, Apr 11, 2005 12:25 PM

Hey Ben,

It's all starting to click now, and the burrs that you pointed me to are the key, I think. I got this last tiki done in a week, doing the chiseling in 1/2 hour a day increments on my lunch break during the weekdays, then about 3 hours each day Sat & Sun while my kiddo was napping. So, about 8 or 9 hours total from chisel rough in to the first coat of varnish, which is lightning speed for me. My first wood tiki took me about 2 months in my "spare" time.

I think my next tool acquisition will have to be a nice set of the Kutzall Carbide burrs - both 1/8" and 1/4" shank. I'm just not sure what shape and courseness (sp?) to get. Those little suckers are expensive, so it's something to think about.

Swanky,

I take that back about the Dremel. I think you really need both 1/4" and 1/8" shank tools. There's a lot of places you just can't reach with the 1/4". Last weekend I set them both up side by side. When the compressor ran low on air, I just switched over to the Dremel while it caught up. Sort of a production line, back & forth.