[Woodcarver] Re: Chat(was looking for puzzle

[Gordon Paterson]

Ahhhh jeeez ...next thing you will be telling me there is no Santa Claus!


Gordon Paterson(Who thought I had moved closer to him)
Dowling, Ont.Can

At 04:22 PM 9/8/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>Hey Bob,
>
>The puzzle you're talking about isn't normally carved.
>
>The "E" is cut out of basswood and steamed or boiled and then bent, 
>drilled, and the Tee or nail inserted while still wet and hot, then it's 
>bent back to normal and allowed to dry and cool.  Once dry it can be 
>sanded smooth to get rid of all the raised grain and it becomes a 
>permenant "Impossible Object"
>
>Cheers!
>~Jim Mitchell
>Poppa's Art and Toys
>http://www.toys-n-art.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert Delaney <randr at cybrzn.com>
>Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2004 3:48 pm
>Subject: [Woodcarver] looking for puzzle
>
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>     I'm looking for instruction and patterns on a carving of a golf Tee 
> inside a block of wood.  The wood looks like a fat letter E, with the 
> golf tee through a hole in the middle, and just about touching the top 
> and bottom.
>
>     I've been donating a few carved golf balls to the local golf course, 
> and they have one, but can't remember where it came from.
>
>     I will appreciate any help that may be given, and you may contact me 
> on or off list.
>
>
>Bob Delaney
>Wisconsin Northwood's
><mailto:randr at cybrzn.com>randr at cybrzn.com
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