Post #162738 by Swanky on Wed, Jun 1, 2005 7:03 AM

I have spent all of maybe an hour carving so far, but the hours I spent with the draw knife and then the chisel let me know this is going to be painful!

I am looking forward to a free weekend and hoping to spend a lot of it with chisel in hand, but! Doing it the way I have been means I can't do too much or my back and neck will kill me.

What do you guys do as far as a carving set up? I have a short (10-12") stool and am carvng the log on the floor with 2 x 2s keeping it from rolling. There has to be a better way.

Also, I am thinking ahead to when I start carving the other side of this guy and he would then be laying on the carved and potentially fragile side and there must be a way to handle that better too.

These are basic dumb questions, but, I am inventing the wheel here with no training or knowledge...

Carving is very addicting to me. I am very much looking forward to spending Friday through Sunday working away...