Italian Carpenter

[Jim Rimmer]

Check this out. This guy is either really fast at carving/woodworking or he has way too much time on his hands.

http://www.livevideo.com/media/playvideo_fs.aspx?fs=1&cid=6E4E3D59C43E45DEB6B673D5DAAFC0B3

[Glenn Vaughn]

Very impressive.

I am impressed with the skills some have for carving. Here in Colorado most carvings are done with a chainsaw and, to me, are so-so. The wife and I made a trip to Fiji this year and we bought a carving that just blew us away. To the best of our knowlege it was done with only hand tools by a native Fijian - the wood is a single piece of Saman (a form of Koa I think). The carving is just over 5 feet tall.

http://www.dawiz.net/Fiji/turtles.jpg Full statue)

http://www.dawiz.net/Fiji/turtles2.jpg (detail)

[Lee Schierer]

I would say that "carpenter" doesn't adequately describe this man's ability to create things in wood.