Post #100727 by Polynesiac on Fri, Jul 9, 2004 4:45 PM

depends on the wood, but with palm you can usually start choppin immediately.
spend the time and go through this "carving post" thread - it gives you all the detail you need:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=1605&forum=7&663

or use the search engine. There are lots of threads on that topic