YES!!!!!!!! I got the finger in person…this is awesome OBI…I love this…it looks soooo cool…I just happened to log on for a few…and what luck…What next? will it turn into a back scratcher? Just kiddding…this is really cool…which finger was done when we visited you??
My guess is the ring finger was done when we met…but wow…the whole hand is amazing…
Very nice Obi - You have just the left arm, Right arm & hand and the rest of the body to complete now. I wonder who it will resemble! Keep up the good work
Excellent Obi, I just enlarged it and see that you've even captured the details of the Finger nails. Nice touch, and clever…....your brother in woodworking John
Frank,
The story on the spalted wood the hand sits upon is … it's not.
It's a parrellam header, resawn and Im going to make a small coffee table out of it.
The model I used for the hand was a sexy little thing at the end of my arm. The fingers were all from a question in reference to a chair I saw that had knees and when I said I could make an "Arm" chair with hands and fingers I was asked "Can you make fingers?". That started the finger and when Tony, Wayne and Napaman showed up at the shop the first thing I said to them was "Sniff my finger!"
Eah finger was rounded so to give it a more life-like appearance. I also have bone that was given to me by fellow lumberjock Mark DeCou and I'm thinking of using it for fingernails.
Oh, and it's not a carving. I used a chop saw and a belt sander. The only carving was after i flattened the finger nials i had to carve the detail in the finger nail.
No chisels, The palm was layered. I'd take a piece of 1/4" oak and shape it on the sander and then glue it to the rest of the palm.
how does it move in the image? (i am so behind in the computer skill area) anyway, it's clever and unique. it would make a great valet addition to hold cell phone or watch. on the next one, try to make posable articulating fingers. more choices. thanks.