They are brilliant!!

And the thread is back as well!

Bloody loads. I'm being paid £7,500 for the twelve. Though that's inclusive, so my research trip had to come out of it (about £300), and materials (only about £300, for musical instrument grade boxwood courtesy of Prince Charles - well, Highgrove estate, anyway), and blades (£150 and rising)

It will not die, as long as I have balls to offer my lovely friends.

mehehe

What do the balls with the flat carvings look like?

I can't imagine the shape overall.

The middle photo is of the two halves assembled.

what is with this thread? i remember reading it last term! it has survived all of my easter holiday, and still appears to be going strong!!!!

greg?

'bloody loads' bollocks - who else they gonna get to do it ?

 

the best costs, fact (^tm greg)

 

how much does that work out per hour ? - not what you're worth I'll bet.

 

(I know you do it cos you love it, the money is just a nice bonus ;)

<gets embarassed.>

I dare say there's a bit of truth in what you say. I'm only charging around £7.50 an hour - not even skilled labour rates. But I do love it.

I'm fed up of carving the ball exteriors, though, having done ten so far and another fourteen to go.

<speechless>

OH MY GOD

I never realised it was like that!!!

That is amazing, yay for you. The detail on such a small place is astounding.


OH OH OH, Do us a beehive one :D him up there on the left!!!

That's a skill well worth learning then, apparently =D Does it take you a lot of time?

Also I think that you should get shots of them all, assembled and of the insides, and put them up on a web page.

I'm going to do a web page of a range of my whittlings soonish.

Yay =)

I used to do wood carving but it's been a long time, I'm afraid. I even did a nice cat once, but it's long since been fed to the fire.