Transformation...

[twoclones]

This bear stood in the back of my flatbed Ford for 3 years.

When someone wanted to buy it, I negotiated to get my full price by offering to make him "like new". Then I lost control and he ended up looking like this....

Customer is happy and decided to also buy a beaver.

 

[discounthunter]

nice work! im still working on a mushroom,lol.

 

[atvguns]

I wish I could do something like that looks great

 

[rb142]

I love those pieces. You do great work!

 

[zacker]

WOW.. the second version is so much more nicer.. (More Nicer? Is that even normal)
Are these done with a saw? it almost looks like they are hand carved...

 

[twoclones]

WOW.. the second version is so much more nicer.. (More Nicer? Is that even normal)
Are these done with a saw? it almost looks like they are hand carved...

Hahaha... The face of the "more nicer" one is carved with a Stihl MS-200 and Sioux dime tip bar. What's not showing well is the hair texture which really looks like it was hand carved with #10 gouges. That was carved with an Eder Trog / power gouge. Pretty expensive piece of carving equipment at about $1,000 (worth every penny) after importing from Germany and attaching to a MS-260.

You can see a video of the Trog here.

 

[zacker]

Hahaha... The face of the "more nicer" one is carved with a Stihl MS-200 and Sioux dime tip bar. What's not showing well is the hair texture which really looks like it was hand carved with #10 gouges. That was carved with an Eder Trog / power gouge. Pretty expensive piece of carving equipment at about $1,000 (worth every penny) after importing from Germany and attaching to a MS-260.

You can see a video of the Trog here.

Cool!!! Almost like a chainsaw router.. but sideways!

This is from Youtube (I just had to go look at more videos.)

Log Master Troghöhler - www.bsjw.ch - YouTube

And this looks neat, not for detail but basic shaping and stripping...
Log Wizard Chainsaw Attachment Demonstration - YouTube

 

[zacker]

Do they make a smaller, hand held version of this for fine detail... like a dremel but bigger, with more power... could you go right through a post with this? to make a square hole for a fence?

 

[twoclones]

Do they make a smaller, hand held version of this for fine detail... like a dremel but bigger, with more power... could you go right through a post with this? to make a square hole for a fence?

"They" do not but the closest thing to it might be either an Arbortech mini grinder OR a rotary chisel (tri-cutters) in a die grinder or foredom.

The Trog wouldn't be the tool for making holes in a post.

 

[Bushmans]

Great looking stuff! Thanks for posting!