[Woodcarver] elephant

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Harvey,

The Internet is a wonderful place to look for pictures. I went to my search
engine and typed in African Elephant photo, and it gave me a whole bunch of
links including this one.
http://www.thebigzoo.com/Store/Posters/African_Elephant.asp

For the chess set is there any theme you what? If not I would suggest you
borrow a chess set from someone, or perhaps you have one, to copy.

I'm not sure if you're asking a question on gluing up the 24 by 30-inch
block for the elephant. Gluing up a full block of 24 X 30 could waste lots
of wood depending on the pose you want. I would determine the pose and
create a pattern before gluing up the block. Than I would plan the material
for the minimum amount of waist so when you cut the wood, before gluing, it
would resemble almost a roughout. That will save lots of roughing time and
save material costs. There is no point in gluing up the whole block as wide
as the ears so I would glue it as wide as the body and glue on smaller
blocks for the ears. I would do the same for the trunk and perhaps even the
legs. I would choose the grain to run vertical through the piece. I would
use good wood glue like Tite Bond 2.

I hope this helps. Good luck.


Joe Dillett
The Carving Shop
645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
Somonauk, IL. 60552
(815) 498-9290 phone
(815) 498-9249 fax
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jdillett at thecarvingshop.com
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From: "Harvey Lovewell" <harbar3 at bigpond.com>
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Hi there
Does anyone know where I can get information on the following. I wanr to
carve a chess set.  I also want to carve a large african elephant, to do
thid I will need to fabticate wood together to get the size, about 24-30
inches.
Havey


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