Tagua Nut Carving

[bergerud]

I have had some tagua nuts for awhile now and have only now gotten around to giving one a try. The stuff looks like ivory and seems to me to be ideal for small jewellery or jewellery parts. Miniature lithos could also work. Here is a quick carve with the 1/32" carving bit. I cut off about a 1/4" slice and screwed it to a sled. Carves just great.

[DianMayfield]

Dan,

Simply beautiful. Awe inspiring.

Well, I really have a thing for miniatures, and it doesn't get much better. I see my grand daughters in these, and what an uncommon gift it will be. Thank you for the example!!

[oscarl48]

Dan, that is super cool. Thanks for sharing the results. The carving looks amazing with the 1/32 bit.

[Dale]

Those are great, almost looks like a cameo.

[SharonB]

Dan, I'm impressed. That really came out nice. It will certainly be something (something fun) to experiment with. Will have to check about buying some off the internet.

[Mike1]

Simply amazing, talk about thinking outside the box. Thank you for sharing.

[Bigtyme]

Great job, Dan...just beautiful...

[bergerud]

Thanks all. It was a test inspired by Sharon's thread and Smoken D's post in it: http://forum.carvewright.com/showthread.php?29247-New-projects-Necklaces&p=263127#post263127

I am thinking of mounting a whole nut on the rotary jig.

[xchief807]

Really neat love it.

[Sliverfoot]

Very cool Dan, I'd really like to see how it works out on the rotary.

[normrichards]

Looks like it would make an awesome miniature litho.