Vamp's Ergonomic Study for Carvers (survey available, just pm me your email address) - Tiki Carving

P pjc5150 Member Tampa, FL Joined: Jun 01, 2009 Posts: 2379	P pjc5150 Posted posted on Sun, May 25, 2014 11:01 AM Bill, I highly recommend the jawhorse... it's basically a foot operated clamp, so you can use 2 hands to hold the log in place. And, it's thick & heavy, not flimsy. and when I'm really whackin' at it with the big chisels and there's a lot of impact & shaking, I use a clamping strap to keep it in place so I am not constantly repositioning. it's stable and nothing shifts or slips... I did a couple of BIG pieces a few months ago and did 'em on the ground like you in that pic, and at the end of getting them done, my back flared up worse than it had in the last ten years... hell, for that matter maybe the worse it's been since the original injury. Tom & Will both warned me... "man, get off the ground..." I really should have listened.... but yeah, get a jawhorse... they fold up real nice too... will sit on the front seat of your truck... :)

Bill, I highly recommend the jawhorse...

it's basically a foot operated clamp, so you can use 2 hands to hold the log in place. And, it's thick & heavy, not flimsy.

and when I'm really whackin' at it with the big chisels and there's a lot of impact & shaking, I use a clamping strap to keep it in place so I am not constantly repositioning. it's stable and nothing shifts or slips...

I did a couple of BIG pieces a few months ago and did 'em on the ground like you in that pic, and at the end of getting them done, my back flared up worse than it had in the last ten years... hell, for that matter maybe the worse it's been since the original injury. Tom & Will both warned me... "man, get off the ground..." I really should have listened....

but yeah, get a jawhorse... they fold up real nice too... will sit on the front seat of your truck... :)

Post #718163 by pjc5150 on Sun, May 25, 2014 11:01 AM