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

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!

COOL!

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

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

alpineart wrote: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!

Wow Good work on that elm!

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

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

Edward Scissorhand wrote:Wow Good work on that elm!

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

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

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

Anja wrote: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

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

"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