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I am NOT of Inuit , Eskimo , or , American Indian decent , this totem is not meant to be disrespectful or appropriating of their cultures respectively.
Instead this totem is meant as a tribute to their cultures- past and future- (oh yeah and i'll be the first guy on my block with a totem pole in front of their house
)
i saw a totem pole last week in a movie, so i decided to make my own from discount lumber.
my local home box store, has a bin that contains distressed lumber.
anything in the bin is 70% off, a substantial savings.
i found construction fir lumber- a 4x6x8 , and a 2x6x10 that were both badly checked at the ends
the 4x6x8 was checked almost 3 feet on one end, the 2x6x10 was checked about 4 ft
i stabilized the checks by using wood screws to draw the splits together in 4" intervals
i cut both pieces to 6'-0" and sent one face of both boards through the planer to make a mating surface on both hunks of lumber.
i laid out the basic design of the features and used a HF chainsaw blade attachment for my 4-1/2" angle grinder(see below)
i cut all the features in with the saw attachment.
it goes through construction fir like a hungry beaver !!!
after i got the cutting done on the 2x6x6 face piece, i screwed it to the 4x6x6 to create the pole
i cut the relief cuts on the sides shortly after
i took the remaining piece of the 2x6x10 which was 4' long and whacked a foot off, the 3 foot section will become the wings
i coped the wing form and attached it to the pole
I'm a horrible artist, so the painting looks like a child did it.
i can say that it was done 100% by my hands, for better or worse!
so without further delay, the totem!
you can't tell by the picture, but the face piece is 3 dimensional, the reliefs were cut with the chainsaw attachment.
each color is on a different plane
i attached the totem to my fence for stability!
as always thanks for looking!!!
I am NOT of Inuit , Eskimo , or , American Indian decent , this totem is not meant to be disrespectful or appropriating of their cultures respectively.
Instead this totem is meant as a tribute to their cultures- past and future- (oh yeah and i'll be the first guy on my block with a totem pole in front of their house
)i saw a totem pole last week in a movie, so i decided to make my own from discount lumber.
my local home box store, has a bin that contains distressed lumber.
anything in the bin is 70% off, a substantial savings.
i found construction fir lumber- a 4x6x8 , and a 2x6x10 that were both badly checked at the ends
the 4x6x8 was checked almost 3 feet on one end, the 2x6x10 was checked about 4 ft
i stabilized the checks by using wood screws to draw the splits together in 4" intervals
i cut both pieces to 6'-0" and sent one face of both boards through the planer to make a mating surface on both hunks of lumber.
i laid out the basic design of the features and used a HF chainsaw blade attachment for my 4-1/2" angle grinder(see below)
i cut all the features in with the saw attachment.
it goes through construction fir like a hungry beaver !!!
after i got the cutting done on the 2x6x6 face piece, i screwed it to the 4x6x6 to create the pole
i cut the relief cuts on the sides shortly after
i took the remaining piece of the 2x6x10 which was 4' long and whacked a foot off, the 3 foot section will become the wings
i coped the wing form and attached it to the pole
I'm a horrible artist, so the painting looks like a child did it.
i can say that it was done 100% by my hands, for better or worse!
so without further delay, the totem!
you can't tell by the picture, but the face piece is 3 dimensional, the reliefs were cut with the chainsaw attachment.
each color is on a different plane
i attached the totem to my fence for stability!
as always thanks for looking!!!
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