Post #68977 by Benzart on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 12:20 PM

The Canoe, Solid log, yes, I cheated a little since I knew it was for display only If you look on the side about 4 inches from the bottom, there is anoticable long strip glued in. I Plunge cut from the top a rectangle around what is now the inside of the canoe. I stopped about 2 ' from the bottom, not going all the way thru.
Then from one side about 4 " form the bottom I plunged thru Almost all the way and cut out the bottom ok the rectangle. The piece lifted out and there was the canoe hollowed out. I cut a strip tto plug the hole in the side , sanded it , scr3ewed and glued it in.
I used the cutout piece for another carving so it was not wasted.
This may sound confusing, but what I did was cut out a 16" by 16" by 8' square log. I used scrap pieces for the pontoons and brackets.
Easy.
The fun part was during the bow shaping, this Peacock type imabe started to come out and really blew me away.
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