Crucifix Carving

[brianh]

Just finished this last week, the wood its made out of came out of the church attic floor, dirty fur they wanted to use it historical reasons I was not optimistic about carving it.

After glue up I roughed it out on the cnc router a 7/16 endmill followed with a 1/4 ballnose my 3d model I made has superficial detail I finish it off by hand giving each one a unique look.

The fir carved up pretty well not a lot of fuzz besides the one nailhead I missed trashing my planer blades prepping for glue up it went well, I keep a crappy set of knives for iffy wood.

The body is 3' tall the cross is 4'
IMG_0009 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2578 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2583 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2604 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2600 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2620 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2622 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

DSCN2627 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

 

[3baygarage]

Beautiful work.

 

[brianh]

Thanks, it would be nice to have a woodworking sub forum for the garage guys that do woodwork.

 

[Bronson]

Very, very nice!

 

[Andy-v]

wow, that is nice.

 

[Major Ramifications]

You did that by HAND?
I can't even imagine having that kind of talent. What tools do you use for a job like this?

 

[uniballer]

WOW! Very nice. CNC or hand?
Nevermind just saw ruff was cnc router.

 

[brianh]

You did that by HAND?
I can't even imagine having that kind of talent. What tools do you use for a job like this?

I use hand chisels and dremel tools for detail there are some really great solid carbide rotary cutters for carving. You just need to see what you are doing in your head before you cut.

 

[Rory Bellows]

Nice work! I bet the church will be happy especially since you used wood that was important to them. Probably wood from when the church was first built. I bet your work with top quality wood is unbelievable.

 

[rustyjames]

Wow, that is incredible, very well done!

 

[kbs2244]

"You just need to see what you are doing in your head before you cut."
Didn't Da Vinchy say something like that when asked how he did what he did?

 

[crucible]

Wonderful work!

 

[NORTON'S SHOP]

Wow, major talent there!

 

[amorrow]

Amazing work and talent! I'm sure it will be appreciated for decades to come.

 

[bullnerd]

Dude your such a badass!

Between you and the guy that does the body work and the guy that does the machining, I'm blown away every time!