That's a beautiful hunk of wood that you rescued from the fireplace, Tim! The undulating grain rings are what make it great, IMHO. Thank you for making all your interests and expertise seem so approachable, and the barriers to entry so low! Cheers!
American Bison are called buffalo because french trappers and fur traders would sell the hides as "Boeuf" (a catchall for all bovines) which is the same word used for cows and buffalo. They weren't cattle so english speaking settlers translated it to buffalo like the true buffalo that wasn't around. "Bison" was latin for aurochs, the wild cattle that were the ancestors of modern domestic cattle, so it's similarly the wrong name but it was selected for the scientific name so it gets academic precedence.
There is one more tool you could use between the band saw and the flapper disk. It is an angle grinder attachment, a disk with chain saw teeth around its perimeter. It allows you to take off edges and corners faster than the flapper disk without the limitations of the band saw. Greetings from Australia.
Thanx for the tips! I just finished my project: I carved a lump of wood out of a piece of tree. The design fitted so perfectly! I kept it simple and added no details. Perfect!
Hey Tim! Bison in North America are believed to have been misnamed Buffalo by settlers who had lived in the westernmost bits of europe, where bison have been exterpated for a very long time. Smithsonian suggests 'Buffalo' was likely either a reference to the french 'Boeuf' or to 'buff' fabrics of the time, the former making more sense to me as the north american interior was mostly mapped by french fur traders. Wikipedia suggests it evolved from the early french name for the animals; 'Buffles', which may have evolved from the latin word used for wild ruminants; 'bufalus' Personally, I like 'buffles' :)
It looked like a pair of shorts to me. But a Buffalo works, too. You are a man of many, many talents, Tim! I love the simplicity of your Bull. You usually see these at expensive stores for lots of $! It's a style choice that I love!
Lovely! I like to carve lots of little tiki heads myself, and you're right about keeping it simple. It's so easy to get bogged down with all the unnecessary details that end up ruining the carving in the end when they don't turn out anyway. I'll probably never be a master, but I love doing it and that's what counts.
Yes we Irish love our meat and potatoes. Unfortunately we ran out of bison before we ran out of potatoes. We drink to the memory of our delicious bison.
Speaking of detail bro de tail is not there but just as well I have imagination, well have some of it left after 70 years. Was wondering how long before an angle grinder made an appearance as they seam to be used just about everywhere. Big thumbs up for how it turned out and for your thinking how this bit of tree could be used. Safe travels. Ken.
Lovely carving - you have an eye for it. I did notice that you are using sandpaper. Which is well enough, but it clogs quickly and creases in the wrong places and is generally unpleasant to use (IMO). I've started to use Abranet, which is basically abrasive on a kitchen scouring pad and it works brilliantly because the dust just falls through it and it can conform to the surface you are sanding without creasing. You can buy packs with a range of grits for not too much EUR. (No connection, just a happy user.)
Avoid /Needless/ details... Details are an important thing, but only important details are actually important. That's why they're called the important details. Its right there in the name. Before adding a detail to something, ask whether it is important or what it will add to the finished piece. If you cannot justify that adding a detail will add to the value of the finished piece, then you should be questioning why you would consider adding it to your project.
One of the most versatile power tools is the angel grinder, but it needs a very firm hand and a flap wheel is one of the best accessories for it DO NOT GET THE CHAINSAW BLADE WHEEL
@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 they are meant to be used in homemade duplicators, they are very very dangerous, you need both your hands and all your fingers.
Congratulations. Excellent job. Can you please tell me what is the liquid you used for the final polishing: Is it a kind of wax, some kind of oil or a specific varnish? Many thanks. Paolo from Italy
Because Ur ansestor ate all europen bisons in western europa and only similar animal they saw in life was buflo. If my ansestor nead to name such animal it will call Żubr ;) (european bison)
Buffalo is singular. Bison is plural. Like how goose is singular and geese is plural. I come from a small town by the name of Buffalo and it's pretty well engrained into our minds from a young age.😅
no, no, no, not a bison. 1:13 it's an underpants manakin in an olympic discus hurling pose. but admit the bison is a lot more fitting in the garden. each to their own eh ?
No idea why americas call Bison Buffalo, bu they perplexingly invented something called buffalo wings. renamed football and than used football for rugby and measure in everything but the metric system. they are strange folk. As for the carving its pretty much dependent on what the carver wishes to do? some people ravel in tinkering with piece of wood for days weeks even to make it perfectly alighned wih their vissions some prefer to keep it more naural. both are valid i feel as the joy comes from th shaping of one object to something pleasing to look at if not nexcesarily entirely different. a lump of wood into art in this case.
Fun fact: the subspecies of bison native to the US has the scientific name b. b. bison, which of course stands for: bison bison bison
It is beautiful Tim! One more example to prove you are a modern day Renaissance Man! Thank you for the inspiring tutorial! 👍😁😎
Tim looks like a casual DIY, but he hides a senior designer behind his clothes. Who would have seen anything else in that log but firewood
That's a beautiful hunk of wood that you rescued from the fireplace, Tim! The undulating grain rings are what make it great, IMHO. Thank you for making all your interests and expertise seem so approachable, and the barriers to entry so low! Cheers!
American Bison are called buffalo because french trappers and fur traders would sell the hides as "Boeuf" (a catchall for all bovines) which is the same word used for cows and buffalo. They weren't cattle so english speaking settlers translated it to buffalo like the true buffalo that wasn't around. "Bison" was latin for aurochs, the wild cattle that were the ancestors of modern domestic cattle, so it's similarly the wrong name but it was selected for the scientific name so it gets academic precedence.
Good research, makes sense. I was going to say something like "the American Natives spoke a different language". But you said it better.
Say in a Birmingham accent... "What's the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
You can't wash your hands in a buffalo"...
I'll get my coat. 😎
There is one more tool you could use between the band saw and the flapper disk. It is an angle grinder attachment, a disk with chain saw teeth around its perimeter. It allows you to take off edges and corners faster than the flapper disk without the limitations of the band saw. Greetings from Australia.
3:59 "Taint what a horse looks like, it's what a horse be" - (Terry Pratchett)
Thanx for the tips! I just finished my project: I carved a lump of wood out of a piece of tree. The design fitted so perfectly! I kept it simple and added no details. Perfect!
This dude has not uploaded in a while, love this dude inspired me to be an engineer :) 😄😄
Hey Tim!
Bison in North America are believed to have been misnamed Buffalo by settlers who had lived in the westernmost bits of europe, where bison have been exterpated for a very long time. Smithsonian suggests 'Buffalo' was likely either a reference to the french 'Boeuf' or to 'buff' fabrics of the time, the former making more sense to me as the north american interior was mostly mapped by french fur traders. Wikipedia suggests it evolved from the early french name for the animals; 'Buffles', which may have evolved from the latin word used for wild ruminants; 'bufalus'
Personally, I like 'buffles' :)
Thanks for this sculpture.
You sure pull off some gems!
Nice to get a video on a Friday. Every Friday would really round off my working week nicely.
It turned out great.
Great job, love your videos. Currently in St. Louis Missouri.
Wow, that's beautiful!
Thank you very much!
I can see that you got some inspiration from Pablo Picasso, very well done.
It looks like a bison to me Thanks Tim
Looks fantastic!! I've recently cut down some dead trees and I may wanna have a closer look at some of the pieces.
It can be amazing how few "strokes" it can take to make a thing of beauty.
I think you caught the cave painting style. Impressive!
Thank Tim 😊
So, Abstract Art or Abstract Carvings.
Very nice Tim. Cheers 🇨🇦
It looked like a pair of shorts to me. But a Buffalo works, too. You are a man of many, many talents, Tim!
I love the simplicity of your Bull. You usually see these at expensive stores for lots of $! It's a style choice that I love!
'A pair of shorts' 2024. Cypress wood. Part of the Firewood Collection..
Lovely! I like to carve lots of little tiki heads myself, and you're right about keeping it simple. It's so easy to get bogged down with all the unnecessary details that end up ruining the carving in the end when they don't turn out anyway. I'll probably never be a master, but I love doing it and that's what counts.
Brilliant 😊
Gorgeous!
I particularly like the left hand side of the beast 😊👍
That bull looks similar to the ones in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, angry and snorting !
It's beautiful! I saw a torso.
He did call it "crotchwood" at the start...
The bison certainly works, but I saw a horse head 🐴 in that lump of wood.
wow. I will go looking for a lump of wood in the forest the next time!
Love it! 👏👏
So many good things come from an interesting lump of wood!
Saying hello from the US! Glad to see another video from you!
Hi, very good. Give up Garlic and sell your Art. Many thanks from UK.
very lovely! simple is nice!
Excellent lesson in stress reduction. Nice Buff…
excellent
Thanks for posting
Yes we Irish love our meat and potatoes. Unfortunately we ran out of bison before we ran out of potatoes. We drink to the memory of our delicious bison.
Speaking of detail bro de tail is not there but just as well I have imagination, well have some of it left after 70 years. Was wondering how long before an angle grinder made an appearance as they seam to be used just about everywhere. Big thumbs up for how it turned out and for your thinking how this bit of tree could be used. Safe travels. Ken.
I quite like it.
Definitely gives me more confidence to give it a go, cheers Tim!
Lovely carving - you have an eye for it. I did notice that you are using sandpaper. Which is well enough, but it clogs quickly and creases in the wrong places and is generally unpleasant to use (IMO). I've started to use Abranet, which is basically abrasive on a kitchen scouring pad and it works brilliantly because the dust just falls through it and it can conform to the surface you are sanding without creasing. You can buy packs with a range of grits for not too much EUR. (No connection, just a happy user.)
Thank you - I'll look out for those..
I like this :)
Nice good
Ya know Tim it looks like a Bison from here in New Zealand 🍻🫂✌👍💪well done Bro 👏 ✔ Loves to Sandra in passing ❤
In passing should probably read everyone's opinion
Someone's once told me, use the KISS principle - "Keep It Simple Stupid" 😂😂
Avoid /Needless/ details... Details are an important thing, but only important details are actually important. That's why they're called the important details. Its right there in the name.
Before adding a detail to something, ask whether it is important or what it will add to the finished piece. If you cannot justify that adding a detail will add to the value of the finished piece, then you should be questioning why you would consider adding it to your project.
The bit I generally struggle with, is seeing that there was a buffalo in there (or a car, sheep, policeman, whatever) in the first place :/
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One of the most versatile power tools is the angel grinder, but it needs a very firm hand
and a flap wheel is one of the best accessories for it
DO NOT GET THE CHAINSAW BLADE WHEEL
why not? Other people are telling me I should
@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 they are meant to be used in homemade duplicators, they are very very dangerous, you need both your hands and all your fingers.
Congratulations. Excellent job. Can you please tell me what is the liquid you used for the final polishing: Is it a kind of wax, some kind of oil or a specific varnish? Many thanks. Paolo from Italy
The difference between a buffalo and a bison is you can wash your hands in a bison, you can’t in a buffalo !
Have you ever tried using a high speed rotary tool with rasp bits?
I'd like to try one - but no money for that atm
You have Cypress in Ireland ?
leylandii mostly, I think?
Have you seen the bear head at minute 3:39?
When comes an Update for the railway?
Because Ur ansestor ate all europen bisons in western europa and only similar animal they saw in life was buflo. If my ansestor nead to name such animal it will call Żubr ;) (european bison)
Bison and buffalo are different animals. Bisons have a hump buffalo do not.
How is the railroad going?
No money for that at the moment : - (
Buffalo is singular. Bison is plural. Like how goose is singular and geese is plural. I come from a small town by the name of Buffalo and it's pretty well engrained into our minds from a young age.😅
no, no, no, not a bison. 1:13 it's an underpants manakin in an olympic discus hurling pose.
but admit the bison is a lot more fitting in the garden.
each to their own eh ?
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The difference between a buffalo and a bison is that you can't wash your hands in a buffalo.
I'll get my coat
Nice job Tim.
Think if I had a bi son I’d want him to pick one side or the other
i hope your bi son will be very happy ❤
Yeah, simple, just get a bandsaw and a disk cutter, like these are not the main source of missing fingers
No idea why americas call Bison Buffalo, bu they perplexingly invented something called buffalo wings. renamed football and than used football for rugby and measure in everything but the metric system. they are strange folk.
As for the carving its pretty much dependent on what the carver wishes to do?
some people ravel in tinkering with piece of wood for days weeks even to make it perfectly alighned wih their vissions some prefer to keep it more naural. both are valid i feel as the joy comes from th shaping of one object to something pleasing to look at if not nexcesarily entirely different. a lump of wood into art in this case.
The difference between a Buffalo and a Bison is, you can not wash your hands in a Buffalo.