Wood carvings

[DMIOM]

Mick,

The craftsmanship is awe-inspiring - you're maybe revealing that you are, to wood, what Rob Wilson is to metal !

But most especially - thanks for taking us on the journey with you. 

cheers / Dave   

[kayz1]

  Most eggs-er-lant work Mike...and that base is a nice touch too.
    Lyn.

[Brass_Machine]

 

wow.

That is really amazing.

Eric

[Rob.Wilson]

    EXCELLENT Mick  ,,,,,,,,,, job well done 

Ya a canny wood butcher 


Rob

[micktoon]

  Thanks for all the kind comments lads  , I am glad people found it of interest as its not really the normal kind of topic on Modders. I have enjoyed doing the skull and pleased with the way it turned out. Dave DMIOM , that was a complement indeed being compared to Robs work , I wouldn't go as far as that myself but I think seeing things the quality of Rob's and other peoples work on here and other sites inspires others to have a go and get it as good as they can  .
  I am hoping that posting the stages of doing something like this will let other people see that where is a will there is a way and hopefully share the knowlege and inspire others to have a go too  .
  Its back to metal now ................I have been back to rebuilding my Harrison L5 today  ................ I will be posting progress again soon in the tools section, a few people have been hinting and ribbing me at my lack of progress 

  Cheers Mick.

[Brass_Machine]

  Thanks for all the kind comments lads  , I am glad people found it of interest as its not really the normal kind of topic on Modders...

I have no problem with wood working on here. Esp, the type you have shown.

Eric

[krv3000]

hi brill work

[raynerd]

Hi Mick, not been on here in ages and just read the updates of your skull. Super work mate, it really is!!
Chris

[micktoon]

  Hi Bob and Chris , thanks for the compliments  and glad the odd wood topic is ok Eric , my next project is starting soon ....photos will follow ............ I can tell Chris is thinking ....oh the mouse  sorry Chris thats not the next one but I have a little job to do on the wood lathe so might do the turning bit of the mouse then and get the photos of that part of mousing building then, I haven't forgot just never had the chance 

 Cheers Mick

[raynerd]

I did nearly post about the mouse. Once you make your tutorial - I promise, I'll make an effort to make one for my daughter so your efforts will used!!

Chris

[Meldonmech]

 Well Mick this is much more interesting than restoring old lathes, she will definitely be in the back seat from now on.     
                This like a drug once you start. Brilliant work.

                                                                                          Cheers David

[Bangkok Mick]

that looks great

[tekfab]

Its an ashtray , right ?        


Nah, really nice bit of work, i wish i had the patience to do something like that . 

[RossJarvis]

Brilliant job , I think the colour of skull v base really enhances wot was a great bit of 'butchering" to start with .  Makes me regret passing my gouges onto a boatbuilder now!

I like the way you're doing this from flat pictures off of t'interweb.  I was doing a similar thing the other week for sketching figures of people, I probably used the same pictures of the "Skellington" as wot you did.  The beloved (who's an artist) says I should draw figures from life to see the shapes, I find, once I can see the mechanics underneath it all, from 2D drawings, I can see the shape that way in my head. 

I'm starting to believe that the male and female "spacial awareness lobe" is wired up the opposite way round!!

[tom osselton]

Looks good are you going to build it up with plastercene to see what he / she looked like?   

[sparky961]

I don't know how I missed this the first time around ... or maybe I didn't ... but it occurs to me at present that someone needs to give Mick a medal for his patience!

If it were me, I'd have probably spent a few hundred hours designing fixtures to hold the part for CNC milling, rather than taking the same amount of time to do it by hand...

[angus]

i wish i could mangle wood like that