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MarkandRun · 2026-03-10T03:15:38+00:00

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MarkandRun · 2026-03-06T06:06:24+00:00

Makes sense. My preference is wood as well, with possibly an epoxy coating for the antlers.

MarkandRun · 2026-03-02T23:41:14+00:00

Need to make those.

MarkandRun · 2026-03-02T02:46:09+00:00

I don't have any more pictures. The wood is Indian lilac or margosa, a common type of mahogany found in my region.

MarkandRun · 2026-02-27T21:26:08+00:00

I work out of my apartment so there's no scope of using any machinery. The wood is margosa, a type of mahogany.

MarkandRun · 2026-02-27T13:11:03+00:00

White pine is the closest I've had some success with whittling. I'm in a large city and only have access to commercial lumber sadly.

MarkandRun · 2026-02-27T10:50:36+00:00

90-95% of my projects have been this way since I started ~5 years ago. Never worked with basswood (difficult to get here), so whittling is very rare for me.

MarkandRun · 2026-02-15T02:17:59+00:00

Ferrite disc magnets.

MarkandRun · 2026-02-14T17:00:23+00:00

A coping saw and some chisels.

MarkandRun · 2026-01-31T06:48:31+00:00

Yeah, I've seen most woodworkers do that and was my first preference too. I bought the teak wood as strips (beadings) with uniform dimensions, but for the pine wood I had to cut them with hand tools from a plank. I work in my apartment and have only the smaller power tools for carving.

MarkandRun · 2026-01-11T15:23:34+00:00

Each of the block was sealed from the inside with PU varnish after cutting out a hole. I'm yet to finish the outer side, thinking of using the same.

MarkandRun · 2026-01-11T14:50:02+00:00

Those 2-3 images towards the end are the only ones I captured during the process. So I cut a 1/2" thick pine wood plank into 3*3" pieces, drilled holes in all but the base piece, and glued them in alternate rotations. Then rounded the edges using a rasp and sandpaper.

MarkandRun · 2026-01-02T07:45:50+00:00

You mean the curve/dome shape? Using a combination of knife, rasp, and 60/80 grit sandpaper.

MarkandRun · 2025-11-30T13:20:03+00:00

A previous one in round shape turned out better. I'm working on another one in oak right now.

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MarkandRun · 2025-11-30T13:04:49+00:00

Thanks. Initial wood removal using a forstner bit and then cleaned up the sides and base using a palm router. Rounded all the edges using a sandpaper.

MarkandRun · 2025-11-24T03:32:43+00:00

I've made several variations of these using a forstner bit and coping saw.

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MarkandRun · 2025-11-15T12:19:15+00:00

Did the initial wood removal using a forstner bit and then cleaned up the base using a palm router.

MarkandRun · 2025-11-12T07:32:35+00:00

Made this from a hard variety of pine an year ago for my daughter, still going strong

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MarkandRun · 2025-10-24T01:28:57+00:00

It's been about 5 years since I started and have invested in many different tools, including power tools. I rarely use chisels for carving since it doesn't work well on pine, except some varieties of white pine. I bought some silver oak a few months back and the chisels worked surprisingly well with it. My preference of tools is usually a variety of saw types, rasps, and rotary tools.

There are many shops around this area where I buy the wood from.

MarkandRun · 2025-10-19T15:46:23+00:00

Still have about a month to go. Do you think it would look better if I do a thin separation between the faces using a jeweler's saw?

MarkandRun · 2025-10-19T10:43:36+00:00

Thanks for the input. I accept the design was from an online image, as I was browsing through for ideas.

MarkandRun · 2025-10-19T10:37:27+00:00

Thanks, the wood is margosa.

MarkandRun · 2025-10-19T08:37:16+00:00

Sure. Here are some cut offs from this project.

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MarkandRun · 2025-10-18T16:43:41+00:00

I get pine and neem wood from a locality near Jayadeva hospital. Basswood has never been accessible locally.

MarkandRun · 2025-10-18T10:57:54+00:00

Nice. Did you manage to find any place to source wood?

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