[Woodcarver] Crazy Carver

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

You know what my definition of a crazy carver is?  Hand scaling a 5  foot, 
almost 50 lb, hand carved codfish using a few #9 chisels and a heavy  
mallet.  While you are eating your hotdog's and macaroni salad, I am hard  at work 
doing this tedious labor as my deadline approaches at the end of next  
week.  Please eat a hamburger(make that a cheeseburger) for me and  keep me in 
your thoughts.  I will either be completely insane or dead by  the time I am 
done the scales(and right now I can't decide which would be the  better 
outcome).  But my fish will be magnificent I think it will  definitely outlive 
me.  It is going to a four star hotel up in Cape  Cod.  After the scaling is 
finished I will be cutting and carving the  5 top and bottom fins, doing a 
little clean-up and sanding and then it is  on to the painting and antiquing. 
 To quote Mr. T, "I love it when a plan  comes together".  I am so happy 
that after weeks of gluing-up, hacking away  with large chisels and a 30 oz 
mallet and lots of hand carving, it actually  looks like what it is supposed 
to!
 
Maura
_www.Carvinginnyc.com_ (http://www.carvinginnyc.com/) 

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