[Woodcarver] Feeling a bit guilty about jumping in with a question,

[Lynn Diel]

Lloyd
Go to the hardware store an get a double threaded
screw called a "metal dowel" or sometimes called a
threaded dowel. I make the connection between the two
dowels either in the handle or in the middle of a cane
segment to add strength.  Drill a hole in the ends of
each dowel as close to the center as you can.  Put a
little epoxy on the end and thread the metal dowel
into the dowel ends.
Hope this helps.

Lynn


--- Lloyd Skeoch <lskeoch at onramp.ca> wrote:
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> when I have been mostly lurking big time, but since
> I only seem to get
> to a carving about every 6 months, I really don't
> have much to offer, so
> I hope noone minds.
> 
> I am doing a carving for a good friend who is really
> enjoys flying and
> fishing, so I am doing a carving of fishing on the
> fly.
> 
> It has my friend in a sopwith camel, with a fishing
> line running from it
> into the water.  I have two challenges, and
> wondering if anyone can
> point to some suggestions.  One, how to carve the
> water surface, and the
> other is how to create the appearance of the
> propeller in motion.
> 
> I have the first part of the carving done, and if
> you want to get an
> idea of what I am talking about you can see it here
> http://www.angelfire.com/ny/lskeoch/prototype.html
> 
> The black squiggly line is the fishing line going
> from the plane into
> the water.  The base with the words some many fish,
> so little time will
> be the water.  I'm wondering how to texture the
> water...not looking for
> big waves or anything, and I plan to have a kind of
> wake running away
> from where the line enters the water.  If anyone has
> any suggestions, or
> can point me to some examples, I sure would
> appreciate it.
> 
> On the question of the propeller, I have carved a
> couple of mockups, one
> being just a propeller, the other being a complete
> circle, where I have
> carved the propeller into it, and then kinda faded
> it around to the
> other side of the prop with the idea of using
> shading of the paint to
> suggest motion.  The problem with that is it blocks
> out the front of the
> plane.  Another thought I had was to perhaps try to
> glue the basic prop
> onto an acrylic disc, and use a little paint to hint
> at a spinning prop
> but still be able to see through it a bit.  Anyone
> tried that, or have
> any thoughts.
> 
> -- 
> Lloyd Skeoch
> Markham, Ontario
> mailto:lskeoch at onramp.ca
> http://www.angelfire.com/ny/lskeoch/index.html
> 
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Lynn E. Diel
Columbia, MO
Website: http://carvers-creek.com


	
		
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