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Old 05-27-2009, 12:42 PM
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Hi All, I guess this is where I should ask this question. In the works in progress I just finished my Indian lady and uploaded it to general carving. When I was finished with the figures I didn't know what to do with the base so I just laid it on my big belt sander and kind of smoothed it off. What types of base do you guys do? is there a forum on mounting figure carvings? Sorry I am new to this. Any suggestions or info please?
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Old 05-27-2009, 07:33 PM
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Check out Lynn's blog site - he has put details of his bases in the blog several times.

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Old 05-27-2009, 11:10 PM
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I'm sorry Claude, Lynn who? How?
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Old 05-28-2009, 10:33 AM
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The belt sander has always worked for me. I may carve the base but to get it flat nothing beats to sander.
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That's what everybody says!
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I'm sorry Claude, Lynn who? How?
That Lynn

Sorry - I should have given you a link.

To save you some time looking; here are examples of some of his bases:
Picasa Web Albums - OUT WEST BLOG - Off Season Santa
Picasa Web Albums - OUT WEST BLOG - The-Brainstorm
Picasa Web Albums - OUT WEST BLOG - Boots & Saddles

Here's some specific comments about a base:
OutWestWoodCarving: A Base and a Shovel

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Old 05-29-2009, 10:45 PM
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Thanks Claude, TreeWizard and Lynn. I did check out Lynn's site. WOW!!! I'm still checking on bases of all kinds. great ideas, thank you all.
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