Carved Elm trunk

[alpineart]

This is 1 of 30 Large Elms collected from a local Winery last year.They were removed by an Excavator with a 3 way bucket .Talk about brutality , they were grasped and ripped out of the ground .My wife spotted them on her way home from work and without realizing opened up a collecting spree over 2 days .This is one of the smaller trunks , severed but the bucket and split /damaged .Using a chainsaw i simply cut down the middle then carved with the grinder fitted with a tungsten tipped blade .

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Further carving will take place when repotted .It should progress into a nice tree.Cheers Alpine

[anttal63]

you're on fire my man. Amazing what we can turn some straight boring trunk into. These all lend themselves to variations of the broom. Get some Earls wood hardner on the elms!

[davo]

COOL!

[alpineart]

Hi Ant , where do you get the Earls from ?, cant say i have ever used wood hardener for any job . Way too slack !!.

Hi Davo , thanks bud its an improvement for sure .

Cheers Fella's

[tex048]

Wow ..
Looks great what an improvment.
Gives me more courage to start thinking about carving some of my collected elms.
Thanks

[anttal63]

Hi Ant , where do you get the Earls from ?, cant say i have ever used wood hardener for any job . Way too slack !!.

Hi Davo , thanks bud its an improvement for sure .

Cheers Fella's

bunnings or mitre 10. the spray bottle is the cheapest option at $25 you can still use it with a brush. becareful with elms they can rot quick. no slackin mate!

[Edward Scissorhand]

Wow Good work on that elm!

[alpineart]

Hi Tex048 , Rip into them mate , lifes a journey not a destination . We're always learning .Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

HiAnt thanks for the info ,i will have to chase it up , i'm slacken off today .Cheers

[alpineart]

Wow Good work on that elm!

Hi Edward Scissorhand , Thats a real roughy but it is a much improved trunk for sure .Cheers Alpine

[alpineart]

This is another bigger elm . I ripped into it yesterday and cleaned it up today .Definately in need of some serious growth

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Cheers Alpine

[Amanda]

That's some intense carving, what'd you use Alpine?

[alpineart]

That's some intense carving, what'd you use Alpine?

Hi Anja , I cut the top and the roots off with the chainsaw , then drilled the center out and side holes with a spade bit and self boring drill , vee'd it down with the angle grinder {blade fitted} then cleaned it up with the router with a HSS Cutter ,rotary file and rotary rasp .It took about 4 hours .Cheers Alpine

[Jamie]

nice work Ian !

i look forward to seeing some more of your power tool art! im keen to see these guys when they start getting some branching and development

[MattA]

"Another bigger elm" Now if that aint an understatement I dont know what is... Looking good Alpine.

I only have one question & its more a dumby than serious, coz I dont think you would overlook the obvious.... where does the water run out? It looks like the carving down the front is not as deep as the hollowand I didnt see a hole thru the base...

Matt