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12-Nov-2001	#1
shane1130 bonsaiTALK Journeyman Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Duluth Minnesota Country: USA USDA Zone: 3/4 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 39	Carving dai? Is there a standard procedure for carving dai? Here seems to be a case for cutting the bottom of the stone flat. Does one use a router, or just hand tools? Shane

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13-Nov-2001	#2
bonsaial1 Bonsai Doer Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 13SH Posts: 5,466	Re: Carving dai? I like the stone flat so that I can use a router and power tools. Just because you use power tools does not take anything away from the finished product. Do you really care if it is hand carved or made with power tools. In the end nobody asks that question anyway. I am in the process of carving a new dai that is for a stone that I purchased at the convention. I am making the dai out of boccote. It is a wood from South America. It is tiger striped light and dark bands of brown and is fairly hard. I will take photos as I go along and will post them at a later date. __________________ I been kidding the last seven years. no.... really!

16-Nov-2001	#3
shane1130 bonsaiTALK Journeyman Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Duluth Minnesota Country: USA USDA Zone: 3/4 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 39	Re: Carving dai? A guy, who I work with, suggested to make a cast of the bottom of the stone and set up a duplicator using a router to carve the stone out. Sounds like a good idea.

16-Nov-2001	#4
TreeBay Tips:5¢ Advice:Free *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Silicon Valley Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 9,745	Re: Carving dai? I saw an article somewhere on making mock dais in bondo as aids for carving. At GSBF1999 one of the vendors had a pantograph contraption with that took a router on one end and had a stylus on the other. I imagine it could be used to rough in a dai, which must be 90% of the work Regards, Matt __________________ Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today! bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!

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