Doc's tanuki #2 Atlas cedar

[doc spring _work]

This one took a few days to put together, the wood was by far the in the worst condition of my sage deadwood pile however... I really liked some features on it so I spent a full day cleaning and touching it up before spending the next day grinding a channel through it.

After getting the channel carved I coated it in pine tar (as I did with the first) and let it dry out in the 90 degree weather. Applied a quick second coat before Strapping the tree into the channel... With some difficulty ,

In the end the deadwood did loose some of the features I loved however I love the result, looking forward to seeing this tree grow into something of character!

 

[nuttiest]

A couple of days ago I heard people use used motor oil for preservative because the tiny metal fragment help. I like boric acid too. That would maybe be toxic on something that tall.
Good ambitious start.

 

[doc spring _work]

A couple of days ago I heard people use used motor oil for preservative because the tiny metal fragment help. I like boric acid too. That would maybe be toxic on something that tall.
Good ambitious start.

Yeah I was definitely a little ambitious here, had a lot of confidence after the spruce tanuki, this was definitely much larger then I thought it was being a giant is ridiculous.