32 hour carving

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32 hour carving

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Quite pleased with this one,
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I'd say you have a very good reason to be pleased! Looks GREAT!
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Very nice , something to be proud of. Pop's
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That is a beautiful carving, great details.

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Dan,

That is a wonderful carve! Just beautiful!

Can you share with us your technique for preventing the carving from warping over time? Did you carve out a pocket on the back to equalize stress, or use some other method?
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Mtylerfl, 2 methods I have used " simplest is struts " like bow flex, and .25 bit cuts with the grain across the back and then use epoxy to fill.

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Thanks, Dan. I've not heard of the slots filled with epoxy method before. Any tips on how deep to cut the slots? I suppose it depends on the depth of the front carve.
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Amazing, i don't know what i would do if it told me it would take that long to cut something but that looks great and well worth the wait

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nice work!!
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Nice job. Lately my power company has been blacking out my neighborhood at random times. No way I can run anything important for more than an hour without the power likely blinking out just long enough to screw it up.

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Nice!
Did you finish it in one pass or split the frame and picture? The longest I've run continuous was about 14 hrs.

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Yes, it was done in one pass.

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Wow, quite beautiful.
What wood did you use? Is it a single piece or joined at the edges? If joined what method did you use. I'd like to do something similar and wondered what material to use to carve it.

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Its Mahogany and its laminated, its 1.12 thick.

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I did 3 all different materials and sizes, ended up cutting time by half. Thank you to all who have looked and commented.
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