[Closed] Are you bored enough to watch me carve a Sea Horse from a railway sleeper?

What could possible go wrong?

I love how you’ll give anything a try WCA.

yes. yes i am.

Colin Furze must be shitting himself. 😉

Well following that deluge of praise and questions, here is part 2.

Brace yourselves as WCA uses an angle grinder :

There might be a short delay for part 3 as those were filmed at the weekend and I actually have to work at the moment.

I am sure you will live with the disappointment

Can you clarify?

Is it possible to uncarve wood? It wasn't something you covered.

🙂

Sorry, looks good.

Cool. Love a bit of angle grinding.

I've got an arbortech type attachment for mine. It's vicious.

Danger Danger! will someone take all those sharp things away from him and give him some playdoh and a plastic knife and fork!

Cheers for my Octopus referral WCA. just as an aside, I was recommended to switch from the standard tariff they put you on (whilst waiting for Octopus Go/Agile), to Octopus Tracker Tariff. just send them an email as soon as you start, asking to be switched (NB for Yorkshire: Tracker = 11.28ppkwh, 18.96ppd the original tariff they put me on was = 14.50ppkwh, 21.26ppd, so worth doing).

Bookmarked for mid-May.

Some more WCA doing stuff because he is boredf here : https://nclarksouthampton.wixsite.com/mysite

I shit you not, every time you went for a new power tool I half expected to see a bandage on another finger, or a leg cast.

Will watch with interest though.

I was hoping that it was going to be in real time

I have to watch from behind the sofa when you fire up a power tool.

You really don't want to watch 2-3 hours of me faffing about while carving. I got bored watching the video while I was editing it. I am amazed that 159 of you have watched the first one and stunned that 60 went on to watch the second part. I guess I had better video the rest of the work when I get a chance to do some more

To the 99 people who didn't watch part 2 I would urge you to stick with it. It is a slow burner but by the end of the second episode things had really started to develop.

That’s look pretty good.

disappointing not to see a chainsaw being used....

I am drawn to follow the series... It's like _knowing_ that there will be an accident, yet being unable to look away.

Time lapse would work for it... GoPro in the roof or something.

To the 99 people who didn’t watch part 2 I would urge you to stick with it. It is a slow burner but by the end of the second episode things had really started to develop.

Definitely watch 2 - fashion advice, masks and cameos

More action than you could shake a stick at

When does pt 3 premier?

I can't pre-announce Part 3 yet. Contracts, My job, NDA's, Me Too, other issues but it should be soon....

Just checked - 215 views for Part 1!!!!!

Does this mean it has gone viral?

Am I a YouTube sensation?

Where will I store all the money?

How bored can I get before I kill myself?

Watched both parts in high anticipation when I saw flip-flops and an angle grinder were involved. Came away disappointed, though the sea horse looks great!!

One question though - if that’s really a railway sleeper what happened to all the creosote?

It is a garden centre fake sleeper that I had left over after doing some garden landscaping. Not sure what the wood is but did you see the split up the side? Not sure how long the sculpture will stay whole but we will see.

Part 3 now!!

I do hope it’s a tutorial...

“How to un-carve wood”

First rule of wood carving - YOU CAN'T UN-CARVE WOOD

Yeah, I may have noticed that I repeat that phrase occasionally.

Promise to try harder 🙂

Loved it! The tension was unbearable.

372 views! Lock down is really hitting home

Hurry up with part 3, the suspense is killing me!

Gone quiet. Has there been an injury?

#PrayForNick

Yeah, he's put up a new thread about what to do next... BUT WHERE'S PART 3???

Part 3 is in production - I am actually Working from home so just did a bit more during lunch break

This is a real cliffhanger!

You need to spread it over 6 years like binky

Still got both hands after ep2. Winner.

And all his toes 😂😂😂

Part 3 editing complete and now being saved ready for upload. Should be live in the next 30 minutes and in this episode something DIES!

hold onto you handkerchiefs, part 3 is launched :

Brilliant, nearly there. Particularly enjoyed speedy-cam and "deep relief".

Everyone's a critic, but are you going to do anything more with the nose?

I wasn't but now you have mentioned it I might. Off to google what a sea horse actually looks like. Everything so far has been from memory rather than actually looking at a picture. That might have been a good idea nearer the beginning of this process.

EDIT
I have looked and most pictures are side profile. This one isn't but he is not exactly happy looking : https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-portrait-of-a-maned-seahorse-or-long-snouted-seahorse-hippocampus-113822270.html

Surprisingly hard to find a front-on photo of a seahorse! (And yes, I am that bored 🙂 )

Here's a couple:

(From https://es.123rf.com/photo_14684675_caballito-de-mar-hippocampus-nataci%C3%B3n-aislados-en-negro.html)

And here is how I chose to interpret that

I may engrave deeper tomorrow, I want to see if I like it first

A disappointing 44 views may mean "Part 4 - Watching Paint Dry" never happens. It will have to wait until the wood stain is delivered regardless..

Thanks to my 44 har core fans who endured the 3 so far

Enjoyed 👍

Part 4 pls

(Dust mask 😷)

WCA Headquaters 🙂

A disappointing 44 views may mean “Part 4 – Watching Paint Dry” never happens. It will have to wait until the wood stain is delivered regardless..

Bring it on!

Ive started now so I'll have to see it to the end. Actually enjoying it. It's looking good.

Is it just me that cringes seeing flip flops when using power tools?

Is it just me that cringes seeing flip flops when using power tools?

you've not been to India then? safely flip flops are all the rage there

It appears I _am_ bored enough. Fair play for doing this, I think it's great. Please make #4...... Or are you going to make it like Binky and we have to wait another 6 weeks?

I started filming part 4 and discovered a distinct lack of wood paint/stain. The filming will continue when the new stuff arrives.

I can give a sneak reveal of the working title : Carving a Sea Horse - Part 4 Watching Paint Dry

DO you think that summons the right level of expected excitement?

Sounds spot on! I’m still watching...

Sneak snapshot from the fourth and final part of How to Carve a Sea Horse

Expect the full video to be released around lunchtime tomorrow - this might just break the internet.

Here is the full box set

1)

2)

3) https://youtu.be/CcT3z9_Htxo

4) https://youtu.be/a9be2NnQVKw

Whoop, I’ve been waiting for this! 😁

Nice purple!

👏

"for the pedants amongst you".

Marvelous.

😂👍

I do love the colour 🙂