Finally done carving the second one of Tanya. This one was a nightmare and a learning experience all rolled into one. You can see the dark spots at the top of the carving, those are burn marks. My router started going out and actually set the board on fire in a few (many) places. Yes, in fact one of those times the router produced a large spark which ended up setting my right hand on fire, good thing I was wearing thick leather gloves. Anyway that lead to me biting-the-bullet and buying an industrial router with a lot more torque. The difference is amazing! It cuts through the wood like butter with much less effort on my part, but the down-side is that I go through router bits much quicker . . . oh well.
I've also begun working on Tanya's last carving. With the new router it's going pretty well, the only thing that's holding me back is time and rain. I really hate when it rains, not just because I can't carve but the humidity really bothers me. I always feel wet and uncomfortable when it rains. Hopefully the weatherman is wrong and it won't rain the rest of this week.
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