Friday 13th was a great day to be outside carving my art doll

This afternoon I sliced up my rock like a canned ham. I cut slabs for the upper arms, lower arms and upper legs, lower legs. It was pretty apparent using an old hack saw my dad gave me that 1/4 scale dolls is all I have the tools for. I also had a nice chunk left, which I am saving in case I make a mistake and need a new slab. If not, I'll have a piece to make another head or extra hands.

I finally got her magnets in and realize she will need 4 sets of magnets instead of 2. Her head holds together but when I was holding her upside down working on the best way to string her, the cap falls off. So back to the grind, literally. 

 It is hot today in NC (in the 70's). After a break and some flavored water, I went back to cutting the arms out. I used my round cup shaped bits to make a shoulder joint and then trimmed any excess around the round joint. That was difficult with a hacksaw, because I had to keep changing the angle of the saw blade as I circled around the joint. The channels and stringing  are going to be the difficult part for sure with that angle. But I felt it would work at the time. I think I might be able to thread it with a wire twisted like a bead needle. I will soon find out. It is coming along better than I thought. Knock on stone, ha!  Now I got to drill those holes and fit the joints, and shape her arms.

I uploaded this video of how it sounds when I am sawing. I like how it sounds. It's addicting me.