AlGeeEater Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Wow Drak, that wood gives the effect of it meeting almost like a triangle in the middle(unless im on to much weed ). Or is it like a triangle in person, or are you just confused Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 You mean the last pic? Yeah, it does look like that. You can see all kinds of stuff in this wood I guess. Especially when yous' is stooooned......immaculate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 (edited) Can anyone say steers heads? Or better yet, a bull mounting a cow. He he he... Edited January 14, 2005 by javacody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Leave the holes "as is" and be sure to install some really bright red LEDs inside the body, so that you get a nice glow when you switch 'em on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 (in my best Scarface voice) Meeet my leedle friend! Wes told me what attachment I needed for my grinder, which is a rubber-backed (or plastic-backed?) sanding pad which you apply sanding discs to, but Home Depot no have, so I looked around and found these 3 discs that I think will do the trick for carving out some hunka hunka carvetop wood. 2 are the same thing, one is 4", the other is 4 1/2", and then there that sanding flapper disc-ee thing. I gave the disc on the grinder a quick tryout on my workbench, it ate right thru it reeeal quick, so I think we're in carvetop business here at the Castle De La Drak. We're gonna carve some Buckeye tonight Thelma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 That piece of buckeye with the big section cut out of the back side reminds me a lot of those scorpion guitars and basses. If I were you (which I only wish was the case, at least in terms of sheer talent! ) I'd consider using that wood for something to that effect. With, of course, your Drak touch on it. A ScorpioTeleGarciacaster perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 that green disk i think will work great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 (edited) Ya know it's just me but I hate that scorpion thing it look's way to try hardish to me but that's just me but I do think it would be cool to try that kind of a curve with that wild wood Iam not sure if you could do with that hollow body design you have but It would be a real one of a kind if you could pull it off and if any one could it's you man!! !!METAL MATT!! Edited January 14, 2005 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 MAN...what are you going to grind, granite? If it were me, I'd make a bunch of concentric templates and do it with a router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 1st thing on my mind when I saw those scorpions was a gothic design for the soft in heart BTW, I ain't no fan of buckeye, I think they are ugly, but that one with the cut out in the bottom look pretty darn nice for a b'eye. Nice work Drak, let me know how the discs work on carving, I got the same ones, but have never tried them for wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Well, we're even, I ain't no fan of those Scorpions neither. Ever see that guy carve ice statues with a chainsaw? Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Well, we're even, I ain't no fan of those Scorpions neither. Ever see that guy carve ice statues with a chainsaw? Yup. ← Are you talkin' about those Iceman guitars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Are you talkin' about those Iceman guitars? No, I'm talking about the guy who carves ice statues with a chainsaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Yes I have, have you seen the carving tools for the grinders made of chainsaw chain? http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=...cat=1,130,43409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Now that's a MAN tool! I think these will work just fine once I get the hang of it. And maybe used in conjunction with the router-step idea. I'm just plowing the road right now, figuring it out as I go. If I took my own advice, I'd make a mockup top and try on that first. We shall see. I do have a big piece of Poplar here I could use for that. And ski, I'm not that talented, anyone who spent 10 years at this would probably be way ahead of me. I just do it to have a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Are you talkin' about those Iceman guitars? No, I'm talking about the guy who carves ice statues with a chainsaw. ← Waddya' know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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