Carving Pedestal and Easel

[monkeybiter]

With work and a seemingly interminable Winter it's taken me an age to take advantage of the space cleared for me in the garage by SWMBO.
Finally got this built to a point where it's usable, there will be more to do to it but I'll let usage dictate the changes and/or additions.
A basic pedestal type square 'bench' bolted to the concrete floor. There is an approximate 3" overhang on the top for clamping.

The 'easel' is made from C16 and positions from 90 degrees to 0 degrees. The ply face slides up and down the easel frame and is pegged in position with 16mm dowels, as are the wedged work clamps.

Now I've got no excuse for inaction.

Thanks for looking.

 

[MikeG.]

Love the work-in-progress carved jacket! In Venice a few years ago I saw a couple of shops featuring work like this, with realistic life-sized carvings of every day objects (a coat hanging over the back of a chair, umbrellas in a stand, coats hanging on coat hooks, and so on. It was fantastic work.

 

[custard]

the space cleared for me in the garage by SWMBO.

The jacket's good...but the SWMBO is amazing.

 

[monkeybiter]

Love the work-in-progress carved jacket! In Venice a few years ago I saw a couple of shops featuring work like this, with realistic life-sized carvings of every day objects (a coat hanging over the back of a chair, umbrellas in a stand, coats hanging on coat hooks, and so on. It was fantastic work.

Thanks for the compliment.
It was Livio di Marchi in Venice who was my inspiration to start carving. When I revisited three or four years later I had more of an eye for the details and was a little disappointed in the finish carving.

 

[monkeybiter]

..but the SWMBO is amazing.

8) =D>