[tucker1931]

As the pics will show, I'm in a delema. I'm trying to carve a fisherman with a fishing pole in his hand. Number one, have never carved hands before and in this carving I messed up the position of the arms. Mt question to ya'll should I take the rest of the arms off at the shoulder and try new ones from there or just try to extend the stumps. You might also notice I have added the legs separately. All suggestions appreciated, I'm stuck.
Cliff

[BobD]

Cliff,
I think you'll find it easier to take them both off at the shoulder. It will be easier to make and disguise the wood joint at a major body joint.

Bob

[Tom H]

Cliff, Bob's right!

Tom H

[jmuscel]

I don't know much about carving much less attaching pieces to an existing carving. But I agree with Bob and think this would be the best solution. As far as hands go, I've always had trouble drawing hands, I would usually omit them from any sketches or paintings I was doing. Now that I decided to try my hand at carving I feel that carving hands although tricky are much easier to carve than draw. I know that sounds weird. I just basically rough out the shape, usually a rectangle (or a cube for a fist) with an opposing thumb and then I use a small v tool to carve out the spaces in between each finger, next I round over all the edges toward the v grooves and round out the tips etc. for fingernails I stop cut the basic shape of the nail and then slightly round over the edges inside the nail toward the stop cut out. I hope this helps. ***warning, advice given is from a beginner!*** haha

[tnartist05]

HUMmmmmmmm?? I dont know anything about add-ons Mr.Cliff but I like the carving and his face is just right,Im looking forward to seeing him totally carved and painted. You sure are doing a great job on your carvings now days, and thats a fact!! Forrest

[BobT]

There are some really good tips on Lynn's blog aboutattaching pieces. Step by Step Photos. One I remember for sure was the braids on an indian.

[Fred Zavadil]

Cliff, have to agree with Bob. Sometimes, it is the best fix.
Fred

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Cliff...Go to my Blog and look for the Chuckwagon Cook project. It was one of the first so it should not be that hard to find. There are several posts on how I made him including one which shows how I go about attaching arms. It's really quite easy and if you take your time no one will ever know, except for Fred, Bob, Forrest, Tom, Me and anyone else who reads this!!! I think I even show how to carve the hands!

[markken5889]

Hi Cliff.

I'd go with the amputation and carve new ones to attach, as said above. It might be fun to pin them rather than glue them, and make them moveable!

Mark

[tucker1931]

WOW, thank you all for the tips and Lynn, I'll see if I can find your guy. Man, I really hate to further amputate this little guy, he's been thru so much already what with the surgery and recovery time and so on, but the arms have got to go, so be it.
Cliff