Post #612402 by Lake Surfer on Tue, Nov 1, 2011 7:51 PM

Thanks for the kind compliment on my work TikiMitch, very much appreciated.

You're on the right track with the bowl concept. You're probably looking at a log that's at least a foot and a half in diameter to carve a bowl out of.
I used pine for mine, but had to seal them after they were done because they cracked. Witco tikis were carved from Cedar.

You can carve the bowls with chisels, which will take long, a chainsaw, or use a tool that I used that goes on an angle grinder.
It's called a Lancelot, and its a scary tool... a bit dangerous too. But it works for carving big bowls.

http://katools.com/carving-tools/lancelot-and-squire-cutters/

Ken Pleasant is the resident Witco expert here, otherwise known as Keigs. He's also studied under William Westenhaver.