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New carving ! #5000132 03/02/11
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788 B bender OP Campfire Regular
OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	Just finished this Chickadee - [

Re: New carving ! bender #5000138 03/02/11
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APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,825 Likes: 3 Alaska/Texas	That is beautiful! Do you sell those or just make them for your own enjoyment? Ed "Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell

Re: New carving ! bender #5000139 03/02/11
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OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	Another view -

Re: New carving ! bender #5000144 03/02/11
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OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	One more -

Re: New carving ! APDDSN0864 #5000150 03/02/11
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OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	Originally Posted by APDDSN0864 That is beautiful! Do you sell those or just make them for your own enjoyment? Ed At this point, pretty much for enjoyment. Probably will sell this one if I get tired of looking at it. Might have to pry it out of the wife's hands, though!

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Re: New carving ! bender #5000155 03/02/11
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MColeman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,250 Greenville, AL	Originally Posted by bender Just finished this Chickadee - [ You have an enviable talent! Outstanding.

Re: New carving ! MColeman #5000206 03/02/11
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EddyBo Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,210 SW MS	Wow that looks great. How much time did it take?

Re: New carving ! EddyBo #5000215 03/02/11
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elkchsr Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,520 Helena, MT	Wow! Nice work.

Re: New carving ! elkchsr #5000232 03/02/11
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming eh76 Campfire Kahuna
eh76 Campfire Kahuna Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming	What they said! Wow! How long does something like that take from start to finish? Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.

Re: New carving ! bender #5000249 03/02/11
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NeBassman Campfire Tracker N Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,222 Nebraska	Very nice! Tell me about the legs, how did you do those? "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence". John Adams "A dishonest man can always be trusted to be dishonest". Captain Jack Sparrow

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Re: New carving ! bender #5000264 03/02/11
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FlyboyFlem Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,896 Nebraska	Fantabulously Beautiful !!! You better be afraid of a ghost!! "Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops Woody

Re: New carving ! bender #5000279 03/02/11
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Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,788 Likes: 1	Congrats. Quite a contrast - weightlifter/carver. Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: New carving ! FlyboyFlem #5000290 03/02/11
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OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	Thanks guys! I would imagine I could do one of these in 2 weeks if I had to. The hard part is figuring out the composition, and making an accurate pattern. The legs, feet and the Holly branch and leaves are brass. To do the feet and legs on a bird this small, I just bend the brass how I need it, carve it to shape with a diamond bit, and solder it together. There is a very slight bit of epoxy putty making up the pads on the toes. On a wood branch, you can just drill a hole and superglue the bird on, but here, I had to solder the feet on, then mount the bird to the Leaves/branch/feet/legs. This one took about two months. Last edited by bender; 03/02/11.

Re: New carving ! Ready #5000292 03/02/11
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OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	Originally Posted by cmg Congrats. Quite a contrast - weightlifter/carver. Oddly enough, a lot of carvers are VERY good weightlifters. Go figger....

Re: New carving ! bender #5000296 03/02/11
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T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	Incredible Sir. George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: New carving ! Ready #5000309 03/02/11
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northcountry Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,871 End of the Oregon Trail	CMG About the same as Rosie Greer 320 # line man for LA Rams doing (pettie,sp) point needle work. Cheers NC don't judge until you have walked a mile in other persons' moccasins' SUM QUOD SUM........HOMINEM TE ESSE MEMENTO

Re: New carving ! northcountry #5000334 03/02/11
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Ready Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,788 Likes: 1	Cheers, NC. Bender -no harm meant with above musings. Member of the Merry Band of turdlike People.

Re: New carving ! bender #5000342 03/02/11
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crossfireoops Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 53,303 Southeastern AZ	Wonderful Work, Sir ! The "Feathering " looks as though it would be soft to the touch. GTC Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain

Re: New carving ! Ready #5000372 03/02/11
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OP bender Campfire Regular B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,788	Originally Posted by cmg Congrats. Quite a contrast - weightlifter/carver. Heck, not a problem. Lifting does impact fine motor skills from time to time though. I can barely drink my beer without spilling it after a 650 pound board press.

Re: New carving ! bender #5000439 03/02/11
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m_stevenson Campfire Tracker M Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 6,964 Southern Michigan	Very nice bender! My dad does carving like that. He mostly does birds of prey now. with the occasional fish or waterfowl. He teaches carving one night a week at his house. In what part of the country do you live bender? I've done a couple of waterfowl and a few fish. Never had enough spare time to get good at it. Mark Last edited by m_stevenson; 03/02/11. Mark NRA Life Member Anytime anyone kicks cancers azz is a good day! ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ Oh The Drama!

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