Post #309378 by GMAN on Mon, May 28, 2007 4:58 AM

Meech,

Free wood is always best :) but do what you have to to get a chunk to start with. $40 bucks is a small price to pay for good wood. I've was lucky and got three whole cedar trees cut up and seasoned in my garage - I've been using that cedar for the last two years (happy happy). I'm on my last big piece now (not so happy).

Cedar can be very chippy too, so keep those chisels sharp and that edge polished. Get the Flexcut slip strop and yellow compound (12 bucks) if you do not have a flat leather edge polishing setup already. PM me or search for sharpening on Benz's threads if you want to talk about sharpening. Would suck to ruin expensive tools, yes? You'll need a mallet too. Search MHC for that, I use an 18.

So now that you have wood and toolz picked out, are you going to research a historical design? Pick a good one, because we'll all want to watch your project through progress pics. If you want to talk designs or need old photos to digest shapes, give me a PM and I will do what I can - I have lots of pics here.

-G