The Owl's Beak and Final Touches

One little job which remained was to shape and fit a beak on the Owl.

I decided to use a darker wood to give a little contrast to the otherwise somewhat smooth and undecorated Owl.

A piece of rather hard dark red wood, possibly a variety of Mahogany, was found and the beak shaped on the end.

A tenon was shaped and then the small piece cut off.

A suitable 'slot' (mortice) was cut into the front of the Owl's face and the Beak fitted quite tightly. A small dab of wood glue holds it firm.

The Owl being finished, the only remaining task was to fix the Parrott's wings.

Wood glue liberally applied to the inserts and these then pushed into the slots in the body made a tight fit which should last.

So now we have a couple of shots of the completed pole.




















Now all that remains is to give the whole piece another coat of sealant after rubbing carefully with grade 0000 wire wool to get rid of the 'nibbies'!

Approx 1 hour per coat of sealant and 1 hour to shape and fix the beak.