Carving a Torso Out of Epoxy and Wood

I carve a human torso out of a massive block of epoxy resin and wood. I sculpted the torso using a chainsaw, angle grinder and die grinder. I used English Walnut, Brazilian Rosewood, White Oak, Cherry and Epoxy Resin. I used MAS Epoxy "Deep Pour" resin. Huge thank you to MAS epoxy for supporting this build. This was my very first chainsaw carving I have ever done. I am beyond happy with how the end result turned out and I cant wait to do something similar again.

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Materials/Tools for the build

1. MAS Epoxy- https://masepoxies.com/product/deep-pour-x-epoxy-...

2. MAS Penetrating epoxy- https://masepoxies.com/product/penetrating-epoxy-...

3. Epoxy Pigment- https://amzn.to/2OzidqZ

4. Kutzal Angle Grinder attachment- https://amzn.to/30nSN2y

5. Kutzal Die Grinder carving bit- https://amzn.to/3rlmVY5

6. Kutzal rotary tool carving bit- https://amzn.to/2OqWjq1

7. Chainsaw- https://amzn.to/2OqWH7X

8. Face shield/ mask (I love this thing!)- https://amzn.to/3amdlNf

9. Die Grinder (great for carving) - https://amzn.to/3tspFU7

10. Planer- https://amzn.to/3jvldzd

Watch the entire video first!

For this project, I used Walnut, Brazilian Rosewood, White Oak, and Cherry. My first step was gluing up each species giving me the thickness I wanted, around 1" per board. Once the glue was dry it was time to start milling them up. I first took my #6 hand plane and created one perfectly flat side. I then ran that side through the table saw. I made sure to make every species of wood the exact same dimensions. I then ran everything into my thickness planer getting the desired thickness and making each board a perfect square.

I lined up 8 boards together and sketched random heights across each one. From there I took them to the miter saw and cut them all down. This gave me random lengths of each species of wood. For this project, I needed my width to be 8 boards, so I glued up 8 random sizes and species of wood together. I had to do this a total of 16 times!

Once all my 16 pieces were dry, It was time to make them all flat. I created a planing jig, since they were too short to run through my planer. The jig would also solve the problem of tear out, because I could puzzle piece them all together and put them through my thickness planer. This worked as planned, and I soon had my 16 pieces all nice and flat. I then arranged the pieces in two separate pieces, mixing and matching until I liked the way it looked. I then used epoxy to laminate the two pieces separately.

I used Mas penetrating epoxy to seal in all of the wood to prevent air bubbles forming during my main pour. I ended up coating every single piece of wood two times over the corse of 3 days. It was amazing how much epoxy the wood soaked up. I then made a mold for the epoxy pour and used Mas Epoxies "Deep Pour" epoxy. I ended up doing two separate pours, 3 gallons at a time, and I waited 48 hours before pouring the second. 4 days layer the pour was cured and I de-molded the massive wood and epoxy block.

Now for the fun part! I used a chainsaw to carve the bulk of the sculpture. This removed large chunks of material fast. I was sure to keep my distance away from my outline, as the epoxy chips very easily. Once I had a more manageable piece, I switched up to my angle grinder with various carving discs. This took off less material and I could be more precise while carving. I also used my Die Grinder with carving attachments to reach tighter spaces. This took a LONG time!

The torso had a couple of cracks in the epoxy which I simply poured more epoxy into. This filled those cracks almost seamlessly. I then spent who knows how many hours sanding. I first used my orbital sander up to 220 grit, then hand sanded to 400 and wet sanded to 600 grit. This was extremely tedious because all of the curves in the sculpture.

Once the sculpture was wet sanded to 600, it was time for finish! I used Festool's heavy duty finish on the wood and epoxy, buffing in between coats