That sounds fair ^^ always nice to impress people with things they don't know the secret to.
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That sounds fair ^^ always nice to impress people with things they don't know the secret to.
Awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Oneironaught
Maybe this is just what I need to really get going again. That is really an incredible looking piece. I'm not sure mine would end up looking anything remotely like yours. But I should give it a try. :D
You'd be surprised. I bet yours will look just as good. I'll send you a picture and explanation as soon as I get a chance. Then we can take over the world. I call shotgun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Twoshadows
EDIT: Sorry, folks. The boss has spoken. We're gonna have to keep this one under wraps. I like to boggle your mind anyway :P
Thought of doing a guitar?
I bet you could do wonderful things with a block of alder like that.
No, but it would be pretty easy to do, unless you mean an actual playable guitar. Though, I did make a "Bantardrum" (I made the name up). I melded a guitar neck with a wooden snare drum body and banjo bridge and tailpiece to form an instrument that plays like a guitar but sounds like a baritone banjo. When I dig it back out I'll post a picture of it (since the subject came up). It wasn't until 8-10 years later that I saw actual "guitar banjos" for sale by various instrument manufacturers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dagget
I do repair guitars on a relatively regular basis, though. Mostly the electronics. I've some one else to do the body work and set up.
Here's a few close-up shots of the joint on one of my pairs of pliers. This piece measures 2 inches square and is 2 feet long.
You can still see some of the lines I drew to lay it all out. This is not a perfect pliers joint, mind you. It works perfectly, yes but, it's a little bit sloppy when closed. When done properly, there should be no wood removed. I had to remove some wood to make it operate correctly because I failed to lay out the angles perfectly.
The joints is performed by making 12 cuts at the proper angles. The two halves have never been apart. The way you see it is the way is was carved.
YOU GOT SOME MAD SKILLS!!!!
How did you make the 3d picture? Can this principal be applied to any picture?
Thank you, Sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamA
That can be done with any picture. They used to (and still may) sell cameras that had two lens - side by side - that allowed you to take 3D photos. All I do is take two separate shots with a standard digital camera but, move the camera about 2 1/2 - 3 inches (around 60 - 70 millimeters) to the side. That way, I get two photos having viewpoints spaced about the distance of the Human eyes.Quote:
How did you make the 3d picture? Can this principal be applied to any picture?
I've actually drawn pictures in GIMP like that, too. I may post a few some day.
I've shown pictures of this 10-piece puzzle hanging on its display frame but, here's a few close-ups with it laying down on the table. This baby won me a nice first-place ribbon and lots of adoration:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...0666resize.jpg
I took the bottom section apart so you can see that it really does come apart.
I've taken a bunch more of the piece if you care to see any more views. If there's any segments you want a better view of just let me know. I even took a bunch of 3D shots of the puzzle. They look sweet!
Woooooow. That's just incredible!!! How long did it take you? (I have a feeling that's been asked before, heh!)
I did it over an 8 month span. But I made the last 6 or 8 pieces in the final two weeks before the show in '93-ish. I got finished clear-coating the stand literally hours before I had to have it at the show.
Wow, well, all tht time you spent on it really shows! And it won you a ribbon ^^ is that time span you spent on that piece considered long to you compared to all the other times you've carved [curiosity killed the cat]?
Good question. Well, the overall actual working time - not time that it sat there staring at me because I was too lazy to work on it - was longer, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucidbulbs
However, seeing as how it is actually 10 separate pieces that fit together, no, I actually did it in less time than usual. Especially when I crammed all that work into the final two weeks. I was pumping out links and crap in record speed (for me). But, then again, I was carving day and night, during work and after work.
I was the boss/owner in those days so I could do whatever I wanted during work :D
Here's some shots of another "pair" of working pliers I did a long time ago. One of these days I'll take a picture with the two you've seen now and some others I've done so you can get a sense of scale.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/HPIM0353.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/HPIM0362.jpg
This is made in a piece of 1/2 inch square stock. It's somewhere around 6 inches long.
I wish I could think of an easy way to explain how these are made. But, I assure you that they are done entirely with a knife and they were made just the way you see them. They have never been separated.
Very nice work. I was wondering if I could get your professional opinion on a potential wood working project.
I have a large selection of freakishly unique boards from years of installing hardwood floors that I've been meaning to do something with.
So I was considering trying to make a puzzle box like the one from the hellraiser movies, or even on a larger scale, some sort of chest. If you had any insight that might help I'd appreciate it. The box on a small scale would be delicate work with the moving parts. Something larger might be easier, but would require a lot more detail work.
This is made of Oak. It's not of the deepest relief and the right eye is hard to see in these but, oh well. I used this for a few months as a chisel mallet while working on a larger carving project. The back side - the side you can't see - has a good-sized flat section. Now it's just for show.
Two closer views.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m.../OakMallet.jpg
I had a hard time getting a good shot without the glare.
I'm not sure what to tell you other than there are books out there all about making puzzle boxes. I'd check one of them out. They don't generally have much moving parts other than that they fit together in a manner so that they much be disassembled with a certain sequence of steps.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Cusp
But, yeah, there are some pretty cool patterns out there. Most of the standard puzzle boxes are made by band saw, scroll saw and glue work.
I love those 3d pictures. They work so well. Keep 'em coming.
I got the ball loose in the next section. Well, it's not quite a ball; more like a UCO: unidentified carved object. I also broke the tip of my knife off while doing that yesterday eve. Oh, well. It's not the first knife I've broken - it won't be the last.
And, as per goldney's request:
Oh wow!!! Thanks! They really add another dimension to the pictures (no pun intended). You really are a talented carver.
WOW ur amazing. I especially like the balls inside the carvings. that looks really hard
That UCO of yours is snazzy looking, I can't wait to see that one finished, I don't know but I just love the way you decorate the cages for the balls and how it all comes together :bowdown:
Hey Oneironaught, all I can say is that your work is absolutely amazing and very skillfully done. So refined. What tools and what type of wood do you use to get these fine shapes?
Also may I suggest an idea about a 'functional', household woodcutting?
Could you make a rather large wooden cut out mask? Tribal-ish and perhaps 20 cm high and a width of about 10 - 15cm. You could make a mask that size with about 10 rings equally devided atop of his head between his right temple and left temple. Then onto these rings you could hook chains of rings to make it look like locks of devided hair. You could also cut out the eyes and mouth of the mask.
If you constructed a lamp mon your wall you could place the mask in front of the lamp, leaving some 2 cm of space between the back of the mask and the wall, to make a very amospheric, shamanic/tribal type of lamp. How about that? It's merely a suggestion.
As usual, thanks for the comments, everybody.
Alright, I'll admit it: I've been lazy lately. So here's a few pictures to maybe get me going again.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/HPIM0315.jpg
You've seen these two pieces before. The chain is endless and that's the way it was carved. There never was an end, only a continuous loop. The link in the lower center is a "corner". I purposely left that there to demonstrate how the piece was created, having both with-grain and cross-grain sections.
To illustrate that I've been lazy for years, I've included this photo of a low-relief that I started probably 10 or more years ago. You see how far it's gotten.
I was stumbling around and came upon this site and I thought of this thread. Enjoy!
http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelt...oy-in-my-life/
Those are really cool, thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregash