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shimala aka Craig Shimala is a 28.8 year old boy, has been a member since July 21, 2001, has scored 9660 submissions, giving an average score of 1.81.

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Apr 16 '08 by shimala

63 Comments

Watch this

I started working on my Threadlemanss car!

I love Tiki stuff so I'm making a Moai Tiki Racer...

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speedyjvw on Apr 16 '08 at 9:33pm

tracerbullet on Apr 16 '08 at 9:33pm

that's some fine widdlin'!

Rambunkcious on Apr 16 '08 at 9:34pm

wow you have good wood widdling skills which is good because when you get really old you can sit out on the porch and widdle wood to pass the time

DaniellesGarden on Apr 16 '08 at 9:34pm

lol at the SHAG reference book.. thats great..

WanderingBert on Apr 16 '08 at 9:36pm

A damn fine piece of craftsmanship right there.

squeegebeckenheim on Apr 16 '08 at 9:37pm

That is awesome! I just got my kit from Mr. Charles Festa today! :) I need to start working soon.

abeadle on Apr 16 '08 at 9:38pm

that is amazing shimala

jstumpenhorst on Apr 16 '08 at 9:38pm

great work craig!!!

sonmi on Apr 16 '08 at 9:40pm

ooooioooo

Pizazz on Apr 16 '08 at 9:44pm

wow, nice work!

Flying Mouse on Apr 16 '08 at 9:45pm

Cool!!

littlem on Apr 16 '08 at 9:50pm

show off!! hehe

sweet design and work! :p

iFDL on Apr 16 '08 at 9:52pm

dude seriously, wtf. do you have insanely talented multiple personalities? jeesh!

Khol on Apr 16 '08 at 9:56pm

Holy crap. That's a nifty car.

My Middle School wood shop teacher would have loved you.

wearecareful on Apr 16 '08 at 10:05pm

nice!

renfrue on Apr 16 '08 at 10:09pm

like
WoW
!!!!!!

i know very little about art on Apr 16 '08 at 10:12pm

You're a great sculptor!

Ellsswhere on Apr 16 '08 at 10:16pm

honestly... really graceful sweeping lines
set aside some time in 2008 and we will have to make some cool sculpture or make a canoe

tell me you drilled out most of your stock, because if you carved out that hole just wow, and what danielle said about Shag, of all reference books haha

Andreas Mohacsy on Apr 16 '08 at 10:19pm

did you really do that or did you get the threaldess elves to make it over night???

double lol at the shag book:D

kennybanzai on Apr 16 '08 at 10:38pm

that thing is lookin nice!

arzie13 on Apr 16 '08 at 11:21pm

Jeezum! That is so great!

bhoomika on Apr 16 '08 at 11:26pm

This is pretty awesome!!

radiostaticstar on Apr 16 '08 at 11:26pm

dang...
that's impressive!

valorandvellum on Apr 16 '08 at 11:30pm

Whoa, that's really nice!!

shimala on Apr 17 '08 at 12:23am

Yes, a canoe!

I had to glue two blocks together since one block wasn't enough to get the profile I wanted . I only had a small exacto hand saw (like this) to cut away the excess areas so it wasn't an easy start. I also had a dremel tool but it was missing all the good bits so I did what I could with a mini saw and grinder bit. To get the front/back/bottom drafting holes I used a quarter inch drill bit followed by a combination of the dremel and wood carving tools like these

shimala on Apr 17 '08 at 12:33am

as for Shag... I was using that upper right cropped page and these guys below as a basic blueprint since they seemed to match up with the pine wood block pretty well...

I was trying to get that bottom one on ebay but it went for $175

atomic child on Apr 17 '08 at 12:39am

nice work you gonna paint it or maybe just a nice stain or varnish

d3d on Apr 17 '08 at 12:41am

that's so cool. i don't think i can get mine done and there in time, but it's just as well if this is the kind of competition i'm up against.

Doms Penis on Apr 17 '08 at 12:45am

Craig knows how to work wood.

MyPenis on Apr 17 '08 at 12:45am

mmmmmm...yes he does!

Ste7en on Apr 17 '08 at 12:50am

Really impressive. I know very few people that can whittle well. Such a cool talent to have.

bananaphone on Apr 17 '08 at 12:59am

shimala spends a great deal of time playing working his wood.

herky on Apr 17 '08 at 1:03am

sweet! looks great.

ISABOA on Apr 17 '08 at 1:04am

this is really slick - it has some turbo dynamics too -

shimala on Apr 17 '08 at 1:04am

What you see is about 7 hours of working the wood

pilihp on Apr 17 '08 at 1:08am

nice, craig. you work fast. my rabbit took me 3 days of straight carving.

Ellsswhere on Apr 17 '08 at 3:09am

you could use brown shoe polish to paint it

angelito on Apr 17 '08 at 3:48am

whoa whoa whoa

BaronVonMonkey on Apr 17 '08 at 3:49am

Amaaaaaaazing! I want one

welshalex on Apr 17 '08 at 3:51am

Thats smashing. How long has it taken you to get that good at carving?
For my birthday, my fella got me a new book of tiki statues & some woodworking tools, but thus far all ive done is look at the wood & plan what I'm gonna do with it. I'm stupidly concerned about making a bodge.

phones on Apr 17 '08 at 4:05am

whoa! that's some crazy skills you got!

i think you should check out:

*giggle*

aycacha on Apr 17 '08 at 9:47am

wowzers - awesome job craig!

shimala on Apr 17 '08 at 9:49am

This is the first wood carving I've done since shop class in junior high school... so it's been about 14 years

Torakamikaze on Apr 17 '08 at 9:49am

shimala on Apr 17 '08 at 1:04am
What you see is about 7 hours of working the wood

lols

SoulfumeInc on Apr 17 '08 at 9:55am

is it red and chaffed?

steven218 on Apr 17 '08 at 10:10am

be careful not to get splinters in your hands as you work the wood.

snaggle tooth on Apr 17 '08 at 10:10am

ever hear of a dremel tool?

littlem on Apr 17 '08 at 10:22am

i want to learn how to work with the wood.

*snicker

Ste7en on Apr 17 '08 at 10:37am

littlem, something tells me that you are a pro already

littlem on Apr 17 '08 at 10:38am

*gasp!

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