Post #171930 by hewey on Thu, Jul 14, 2005 8:03 AM

On 2005-07-13 19:33, teaKEY wrote:
A sidenote for me- I was thinking of this today and was going to post it but this bring it back up for me. I want to start carving wood and I just want a good set of chisels. LIke a small, med. and large. And a hammer. Rubber? or wood? I have never worked in wood so I'm new but I want something that I could do great things with. I usaully can produce what I see or think up.

I wouldn't what to send too much and it would be best to pick-up unless something better was ship only. Something like what Hewey got.

I have looked to flea markets but surprizing nothing. And I wouldn't want dull rusty metal. I have looked to far past this but is Sears an option. I'm not sure if there is a old post for the standard tools.

Not to take any heat away from Hewey but if I can get them soon I can compete with Hewey.

My girl got this stuff from the local hardware store. I know nothing about chisels, so I got no idea of their quality. They work okay for me. Price and brand probably mean nothing as I am downunder.

Do you need much to get started? Hell, Finkdaddy was producing works of art with a boxcutter!

Mate, get whatever you need and get carving :)

Here's a higher resolution pic if you want a closer look:
http://www.tikiroom.net/gallery/tc/aja?full=1

It was originally going to be in the style of Aaron's hypnotiki (but with this design). Nice simple lines, and not too 3D, yet wicked looking. I figured the simple lines would be good for a novice. It sucked big time.

Then I screwed up the eyes, and the only thing I could do was make deeper holes where the eyes were. This looked kinda cool, so I then set about making the rest more 3D, and added the character line on the head. Hey presto - a tiki is born.

Estimate a days worth of work, over two arvos/nights.

Everyone laughs at me because I am different. I laugh at everyone else because they are all the same.

[ Edited by: hewey 2005-07-14 08:16 ]