Leejc

haha no mark it was definitely not on purpose, cheers for the compliments though.

love this

here are a couple of practice pieces that i did a while ago. after a burn and a sand i think they've come up pretty well

cant be good m8 really can it

well said Paul, totally agree. living trees should not be carved.

very good that, i have tried to do a double helix myself and it is not easy at all, but then i dont spend all day looking at them . well done.

hi, i'm looking to fill out my diary more. if you have any days where you need an extra set of experienced hands i would greatly appreciate the work. cheers, lee.

i use an old back handled 200 for carving and its brilliant, if the 201 is as good a saw (which it will be) then it too will be excellent for carving. I'm not an expert, in fact I'm still only just beginning with carving but the weight, balance and durability of the professional arb saws are definitely worth the increased price over the hobby/home saw range. i wouldn't want to be running one of those saws for hours at a time under practically no load, their just not made of the right stuff.

some great photos on here guys, sadly not me actually in the first one but i did take it.

very good, i like that a lot

ive been wondering the same thing, and i'm also northwest based, so i just pulled this off tommy craggs site -

25th -27th August 2012

The English Open Chainsaw competition

The Cheshire Show Ground.

Tabley

plus the apf is always a good, lots of toys plus the carvers

nice well done.

seems some of us are doing them better than others looks great si, totally get what you were saying now. yours actually looks like a barn owl and not a norman soldier like my effort!

yeah i know what you mean si, i'll prob try and do less detail next time and let the grain do the talking and your right about the beak it kinda looks like its wearing a spartan helmet as it is.

cheers tucker

so here it is, my first ever owl. got lucky with some bits, like how the grain just happened to be perfect for an eye i knew laburnum would be a good choice :wink: anyway pretty happy with it for a first go, but would welcome some feed back...cheers, Lee.

haha so that's how Tommy got so good, just turn up and start carving! a great way to get the practice in.

thanks for posting Bart.,

excellent, great use of what was there. looks almost like you just cut off the waste to reveal the dragon that was always inside

any idea of which (if any) shows you'll be doing this year tommy?

hi all, i'm a subbie looking to fill my spare days with subbie work as a grounder, i can climb and have almost a decades experience i just dont have my own climbing kit. i do have my ppe and i have PL insurance, i 've just always worked for people that have the kit but not the want to climb anymore. anyway if anyone needs a decent spare pair of hands, or knows of anyone that might close by, please get in touch. cheers, lee.

fan shaggin tastic, thats gotta be worth a vist to wales!

really good, must of spent plenty of time on the detail? its always nice to see work that someone has spent some proper time and effort on. there are plenty of folk on here gettin smoke blown up thier wrong un but this is actualy quality.

Cheers tommy, that is very helpful info yes. I am not surprised at all to hear that you have repaired some of your peices, they are so good it must be heartbreakin to see them crack. I have space issuses for larger lumps of wood and because i'm just starting carving I thought id stick small but that means it will be even harder to remove lots of heartwood, which sounds difficult anyway. Thanks again, I look forward to seeing more pics. Lee.

love the chair, how much would one pay for chair like this?

cheers simon, it does make sense mate yeah. i'm sure there must be some rules to follow that experianced carvers know but guess i'll just have to learn through trial and error.

I take it then that that information is a heavily guarded secret or nobody really knows

ok as expected the cherry has split lots....is there anyone that can give me some tips on how to lessen this problem? how do you guys do it, should you always use seasoned wood or kiln it before carving?

how do the exceptional pieces that are carved by the likes of tommy craggs last?? should i ever be blessed so to create something even close to quality i knkow i'd be destraught to find it ruined through drying out too quickly/unevenly, cheers, lee

sounds like a great way to make a wage on these rainy windy days for someone..i would of jumped at it as i'm sat twiddling my thumbs tomorrow but unfortunatley i'm too far from you. good luck with finding someone though.