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After a long bout with creative block,
Art grabbed the ideas that we cooked up and started sketching on a
pristine piece of Caneel |
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Yep, a simple Bic ball point pen to
rough out the designs we had come up with... |
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Onto the band saw to rough cut the
material... |
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Hard to imagine that these handfuls of
material will eventually turn into many tampers. |
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Of course, all great creative types do
their best work sans footwear... |
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TES has always eschewed footwear, so I
was right at home! |
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Coarse shaping with the Dremel... |
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It's hard to tell, kids, but Art IS
wearing protective eyewear. This is an absolute must! |
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With steady and patient work using the
Dremel, the tamper starts to resemble the mind's eye image... |
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...hmm, never had to deal with these
inside corners before. That TES is a pain in the ass! Have to try a
different tool... |
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And more shaping with the sanding
drum... |
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Art inspects the progress to this point
and is beginning to think that at least one of us has lost his
mind. It is coming out nice, though... |
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Time to start sanding by hand. This is
the process that takes so long... |
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Sanding is boring. So let's drill the
hole for the logo set... |
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A close-up of the logo hole being
drilled on Art's creation. |
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Here's Art showing what not to do with
your hands and a spinning drill press... |
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Some rough shaping of a Nautica shape
that Art is making for TES in Glacier Bay. |
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A little bit closer shot. Hard to
imagine that this stuff winds up being the final product you see on
Art's web site. |
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Buffing up a little Skeeter in Bane...
and polishing Art's thumb, too! |
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Putting the final touches on a
Whirligig that I had ordered in Van Gogh... |
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This was most certainly an amazing
experience! |