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Fitted the bench top with 4 coach bolts on the corners. I also construction adhesived the rest down, but it didn't hold on the front left (there's a bit of tension here so I will probably throw another couple of bolts through on each side

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Also fitted bottle opener

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Long overdue carving.

This COVID 19 pandemic has allowed me to take a bit of time to create a Tiki Racer garden ornament.

Inspired by Mr Tiki, nd a toy I bought t a boot fair years go.

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So I went down to my -lie of blocks.

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Pulled a special one out/

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Basic design

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Excess cut away.

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Of course cutting this part between the wheels will be interesting 

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Baby steps.

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Seat cut out.

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Quick prototype Tiki driver from an off cut.

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Shaped.

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And in place.

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At this point I come inside.

Tomorrow the hard part starts, carving and defining the wheels, recessing the drivers cab and seat.

Plus getting the front and rear curves just right.

Later.


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Carried on tonight, doing the sides.

Original plan was to do lattice work sides, but decided to keep it very plain, so as not to detract from the front detail that I finished as well tonight.

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Side details completed.

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Altogether now.

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Next up will be doing Nicola's birth year in Roman numerals across the back.

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Then I need to keep my mouth shut till the 5th Feb.
 

Carried on tonight after work.

Roman Numerals for 1964 pencil drawn, but as you can see, freehand left some space, so I just freehand carved over the pencil.

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Back where we started, a before and after together.

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Now to wait till the 5th February.....

Going to be difficult to keep quiet and not show her.

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One more try.

 

 

Been tossing this idea around in my head since making the Celtic Cross.

Today, after helping a mate move some gym equipment (two trips) I came home, and got going with it as Nicola was out shopping.

First up, I drew up a rough robot to get placement and size on the block.

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Started by cutting away the excess.

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Hand held blade works a treat to get into tight spots.

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Arms made thinner.

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About four hours later my wife thinks I am a hero.

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And in my opinion ...... enough of a reason to spend more than 4 hours in the garage sucking dust.

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Ohhhh, and she still does not have the Celtic Cross.

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Was going to buy one of these but thought, what I need is another project!

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Salvaged some angle steel.

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Some other junk.

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Weldie weldie.

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Welder was running like a bag of dick's, finished it off with my bros.

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Seems to work. So this will allow the case to be open, receive the crank, cam etc. Then get sandwiched with the top half.

 

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Must be getting close to 20 years since I started this garden archway. I bent the hoops to an elliptic profile (which looks better than 1/2 round) in the early/mid 2000's then it sat around getting in the way like this until the first 2020 lockdown when I finished the lattice on the top

 

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