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Tennessee Troll Demonstration by Bill Epps 19/05/1999 |
Bill-Epps :20:28:28 |
Ok, Gents, I'm excited. Hope everybody brought the popcorn and the beer. | |
Bill-Epps :20:30:10 |
Ward's demo may be a little bit weak, but his work is something to behold. I'm just glad that some of the rest of the world is finally getting to see it. | |
Bill-Epps :20:31:57 |
This wizard head was shown to me by Mike Jacek from Casterville, TX in 1984. | |
Bill-Epps :20:33:38 |
The wizard head is incorporated into this Tennessee Troll.
You start with a railroad spike
You taper the end to point about 2-1/2" long. |
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Bill-Epps :20:36:13 |
You need a punch something similar to this to make the eye depressions and set the end of the nose. Mine is made from 3/4 round sucker rod that I just ground out a triangle on the end. |
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Bill-Epps :20:36:13 |
Just below the end of the taper set in the first eye socket about 1/3 of the material thickness deep. Do the same on the other side |
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Bill-Epps :20:40:19 |
This is going to raise the nose. At the bottom of the nose set it down straight across at a slight angle. At this point is where I mark the mustache, and then have to take another heat. |
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Bill-Epps :20:46:12 |
Ok, take a good heat, clamp in a vice and with a center punch at about a 45 degree angle, punch the nostrils. This lets the nose come up and take some form, then where I marked the mustache from the center of the nose out to the edge, I put some lines for the whiskers which will be cut out later. | |
Bill-Epps :20:48:17 |
Take a good heat and punch the eyes (with eye punch or large nail set) Take a little hot cutter and mark the eyebrows and make a line to separate the hat from his forehead. |
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Bill-Epps :20:51:40 |
Now take a good heat and cut the mustache out starting at the corner and to the center at an angle. Do the same on the other side. This leaves a real sharp on the end of the Mustache, so I take and very gentle turn that back in towards the middleput a line underneath and make his beard |
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Bill-Epps :20:54:32 |
Then I clamp in the vice and flatten down the head so he can stand up. | |
Bill-Epps :20:55:41 |
Now we are going to split out the head of the rr spike so we can make his feet. |
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Bill-Epps :20:57:20 |
carry the split up the center of the spike about 1/2 way and let it fade out to nothing. Go approximate 3/y of the way through the head of the spike for the feet |
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Bill-Epps :20:58:34 |
Spread the feet on the corner of the anvil, then you are ready to put on the toes. |
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Bill-Epps :21:00:41 |
Adjust to base or head to where he will stand free or flat |
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Bill-Epps :21:02:09 |
Use an eye punch for the toenails, then with a hot cutter put lines in between the toe nails for the toes. |
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Bill-Epps :21:03:44 |
Curve or Serpentine his hat to suit yourself, I make a star in mine for accent, and that is the Tennessee Troll |
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Bill-Epps :21:03:44 |
(BTW: Bill says these trolls sell for around $30.00 US.) |
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