Selected creations birth photos are on this page. The development of an animated wood creation is no small task, and tends to take a good 8 to 20 hours of work. Dimetrodon took 20 hours.
Dimetrodon
BELOW: Selected pics of Dimetrodon coming together. Each photo has captions added below the photo, describing various ideas that come to mind.
Above: Tail center section clamped between outside body parts. The dowels hold the parts in alignment so the axles and pivots all line up, which is a good thing. Above: Glue squeeze out is 100% perfect. No bad joints here. In fact, since this is art, there is no room for error.Above: Legs are baking in the LED light after being cut out from roasted flame maple that once was a guitar neck. What you can’t see is that each leg is actually two parts, edge glued. Grain matching is almost 100% perfect. Can you see the seam lines? I can’t. Above: Clamping the lower jaw to the sail. Two brass screws were added for longevity’s sake. Above: Drilling pilot holes for the brass screws I’ll add. The jaw is glued… but still. Glue it and screw it, I say, because there’s nothing like a jaw dropping onto the floor at some later date, assuming this guy gets rolled around a lot. Above: Parts ready to be assembled. The assembly process is relatively painful, but worth the effort. Everything has to be perfect.
