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10-09-2010, 02:02 PM | #31 |
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bruce...thats only a third of it. the actual railing is 24 feet long and follows a nine foot radius to form a half circle.it fits exactly between two walls. it took 6 months to carve and two weeks to install......its made from 3 solid glued up blocks of wood. one trick to what i do is everything is random.....so i can rough out fast and loose and make it up as i go along. only the last few steps are brain surgery.
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10-09-2010, 03:43 PM | #32 |
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Holy shit, I'd love to see that. But I never get invited to houses that have that stuff... afraid I'll gnaw on it I guess.
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10-10-2010, 02:00 AM | #33 |
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Awesomeness.
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10-10-2010, 05:38 AM | #34 |
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Wow..
I love your path to now. Is this how you make your living? |
10-10-2010, 06:08 AM | #35 |
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Wow!
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10-10-2010, 06:54 AM | #36 |
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my last reply didnt quite make it onto this thread but i'll give it another go.....yes, this is what i do for a living....not getting rich but no complaints. i'm much more interested in doing what i want with my life.
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10-10-2010, 07:45 AM | #37 |
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I think that's a goal most people dream of, but few achieve, so plenty of people envy you that.
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10-10-2010, 01:02 PM | #39 |
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That is just brilliant Randall, thank you for posting!
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10-10-2010, 01:09 PM | #40 |
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Yes indeedy, this is the sort of thing that makes me want to make loads of money and commission a railing like that. It would be almost an honor to use it every day sir, what good work by you!
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10-10-2010, 01:54 PM | #41 |
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thanks !!......without people with the means to acquire what i do.....i would do a lot less of it. here is the first book carving....its the bookrest. a game changer for me. more fun less money. no regrets.
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10-10-2010, 08:00 PM | #42 |
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The wealthy have always been patrons, the trick today is finding wealth and taste together. There are a lot of rich people with shit taste.
Is that book what got you started on the things we saw in my original post?
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10-10-2010, 09:24 PM | #43 |
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yes. the lectern is carved from one (glued up) block but the bible rest was separate. it really turned me on, crude as it was. it took a few years to really get it going with the book and then anything paper idea. no shortage of subject matter.
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10-11-2010, 01:35 AM | #44 |
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I can imagine the technique of getting the pages to look like leaves of paper, rather than a block with grooved edges, took a lot of trial and error.
btw, I uploaded that picture to our site, because the people that see IOtD in blog view can't always see linked photos.
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10-11-2010, 04:59 AM | #45 |
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Randall; How long does something like the Box'O'Money take you to do? And, do you find you sort of burn out on a project and set it down to work on another for a while, or do you just plow thru to completion?
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