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I was down in the shop, carving a snake that Iapos;ve been working on for some time. Itapos;s part of a crying woman thingy, so I canapos;t really tell you more at this time.

Anyway, I was sanding part of it, trying to get the surface smoothed out. Itapos;s made of vera, which is a very waxy wood, even more so than teak, and very hard to sand because the dust gums up the paper something awful. And, for some reason, it never really seems to get truly smooth. Also, when itapos;s sanded, the beautiful grain seems to disappear behind a dusty mask on the surface.

So, I finally stopped and realized the problem was I was trying to make the wood do something itapos;s not designed to do. By leaving the tool marks in the surface, I get the grain to show and make the whole thing much more like I desire. Iapos;m no usually one to leave tool marks, but in this case, I think I was over-finishing the thing.

So, I went back and re-tooled the whole thing (breaking part of it in the process) and now I think it will look much better. I usually donapos;t apply a finish to vera because left open to the air it will turn a beautiful dark green colour, and what better colour for a snake?

So...I repaired the broken join and when itapos;s all dry, Iapos;ll touch up that area and heapos;ll (I donapos;t know why, but I really think of this snake as male) be all ready to mount on the main section. Maybe after the weekend Iapos;ll be ready to send it out.

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