recent work completed

[james mcgrew]

memorial work for a local church

[tonywish]

Pretty awesome Jim. I want to come and work at your shop.

Tony[book]

[Gary Malone]

Excellent work and finish. I especially like the tapered octagon pedestal in pic #1. Do you use some sort of software to lay out the parst list and angles to cut?

[james mcgrew]

used aspire to di the multisided top and bottom plates once the skeleton is standing the math gets real simple

[Gary Malone]

OK, now that makes sense, great job on all, thanks for sharing Jim[da man]

[mezalick]

Nice work Jim.

[Robert Alexander]

As always Jim, the woodworking you do is excellent.[#1]

[Mark Johnston]

Wow Jim, that's wonderful work!!

The last picture of the 3D carving looks incredible, did you use a model purchased from somebody? The relief really stands out, how deep did you cut it?

Thanks for posting.
Mark

[james mcgrew]

i have all 14 stations of the cross, i am making for a memorial for a church they run about 300.00 for the set

[Mark Johnston]

That's great Jim. It looks like you can get a lot of detail in them. How thick is the wood and how deep do you carve? Also what is the size of the plaques?

Mark

[james mcgrew]

about 1" on these and i have done no after sculpting yet, remeber to allow clearance for collets with deep 3d (or any cut for that matter) i have done some 3" stuff (think chess players) and am planning a very large last supper soon !

check this out

[Mark Johnston]

That's the most incredible carving I think I've seen. It that a Church and did you do it?

Mark

[richf]

I'll second that - exquisite! That is some room. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite that intricate on a large scale.

Are all of these files available? What kind of wood and finish are you using? Are you carving on full 4'x8' sheets of material or are you piecing it together with smaller sections?

[james mcgrew]

nooo this is in russia somewhere the files are in the thousands $$$$$, i am looking into a commission here in the states to have the files done

[Joey Jarrard]

Jim there for a min I thought you was holding out on us.

Man what some great woodwork. Thanks for the post.

Folks this is the quality we need to get back to. Our bulidings need to have the quility and the beauty to stand for 200 years. The last time I saw work like this was at pavarotti's house in the yuca tan. 4" thick entry way doors with full detail jungle scene carved in to them. 10' tall and 6' wide opening.

My wife and I wandered from the group and crossed a construction fence on our way back to the group. Found a house under construction. Nature calls went in back door plumbing worked. Short story is I used pavarotti's potty.

[Bob Savage]

I agree completely Joey and hope the day is coming where price again becomes only part of the equation and true partnerships between customer and business return so that mutual loyalty doesn't hinge on the difference of a dime.