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  1. TommyTreecarver
    Cheers' Banksy!!!
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  3. TommyTreecarver
    haha' best publicity I've had so far' cheers' Banksy!
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    Abbey Road, Knaresborough. Cheers Tommy
  5. TommyTreecarver
    Ash stump rooted to rock
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  7. TommyTreecarver
    Fun Frog/Snake
  8. TommyTreecarver
    Anybody near Consett, Co Durham have space to rent for me to carve in, I would not be there all the time and would be interested in buying all Cedar, Red Wood, large Oak A few pics Cheers Tommy
  9. TommyTreecarver
    Nice, I like the girl!
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    Enjoyed this one, even with all the nails I hit, but I wish I had not tried shorts, took me days to get them the way I liked and was still not happy with them! Cheers, Tommy
  11. TommyTreecarver
    Mind you its splitting at the base as you can see, it was a bad piece to start with and I should not of used it, I knew it would happen!
  12. TommyTreecarver
    Repaired The last pic I found on flickr 6 months after the repair, he's holding together!!!!
  13. TommyTreecarver
    You could quater the large lumps for smaller carvings to save on space and stop splitting, here are a few pics of a repair.
  14. TommyTreecarver
    If you have big timber and just carve small carvings, half your logs straight away, this takes a lot of the stress out of the log resulting in less splitting! Fell your wood in the winter when there is less moisture in it, removing as much heart wood as possible from a carving takes a lot of the stress out it. Keep your carvings in the shade and oil as much as possible straight away. Just a few of the things I have had to learn for myself and I'm sure there is much more! Oh and you need to learn how to repair bad splitting, its not that hard. If you know its going to split keep some of the offcuts from carving it, you will have loads of wedge shapes and thin slithers, you can shape them with a grinder, try to use the ones that match the grain direction, gorrila glue and tap in the correct size wedges, recarve and sand. I have even glued and ratchet strapped a face with a 1" split shut then screwed in the side! I will show you a before and after pic, when I upload to pbucket! Hope this helps! Tommy
  15. TommyTreecarver
    ha thought some of you would like the pic, so here's another! The guy is Dave who paid me to carve the bench, and is fcking teasing me now with the pics! lol Here is the Wizard just finished today, did not enjoy the Turkey Oak at all so pretty basic. Thanks!
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    mmmn I got sick of all those popups and adds and photobucket not working for me easily so deleted my account, trying again! I have just got some more pics of the chair a year later in place at Cragside House, so will put some up again over the next fw days!
  17. TommyTreecarver
    I carved the bench in Tennessee for someone in March and he sent me the last photo a few weeks ago, so I'm not lucky at all! lol Cheers'
  18. TommyTreecarver
    Sycamore. . Cheers, Tommy
  19. TommyTreecarver
    Cheers!
  20. TommyTreecarver
    Wellingtonia. Cheers, Tommy
  21. TommyTreecarver
    This has a few mushy's in it, does it count? Carved this in a comp in Canada in June! Cheers, Tommy
  22. TommyTreecarver
    I was wondering how long it would take to fade! thanks for the info on the varnish. I'll buy you a beer in Ridgway if your going again!!! I Would like to see some of what your up to now Dick! Thanks, Tommy
  23. TommyTreecarver
    Yes the vinegar is a simple as it sounds, just used it again today on a power gouged slab bench with carved rose edge, I gave it two coats today, and its a good dark blue/black, going to give it a quick sand with a sanding star to highlight the gouges and carved detail, should give it a look of stone! You know how the metal in wood turns it blue, same thing! Buy a couple of ltrs Vinegar, I used malt and white but I don't think it matters and drop a clump of wire wool or any bits of metal and leave it to soak I don't know how quick it works but it was a few days before I used it! Dick is an expert he's been doing it for years, maybe he has a bit more advice! Cheers'
  24. TommyTreecarver
    No' you can't fly with saw's, you'll just have to buy when you are there, good luck!
  25. TommyTreecarver
    A few more finished' Thanks'

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