Post #231753 by Bay Park Buzzy on Fri, May 12, 2006 4:27 PM

I was going to make a three foot log holder for carving based on the big ones that Aarons Akua and Benzart discussed in AA's thread "working with big logs." After I cut it to size, I notice a neat wood pattern under the skin.
The outside looked like this.

I wanted to see what it looked like cleaned up.I took my electric planer and took off 1/32 of an inch
here is what it looks like during this process

here is a close up of the grain. I think it looks beautiful.

here is the whole log cleaned up. It's too nice for a carving stand. It begs to be something beautiful. Now I need another log for a carving stand...

I also have this piece that I cut off before I knew how neat this log looked. I think I will hollow it out and make a good lampshade or a drum.

I sold one of my tikis last weekend because it had a grain like this one does. I know I swore off using this type of log a long time ago, but I'm starting to change my mind. Time and execution will tell...

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2006-05-12 17:03 ]