12-01-2022, 01:26 PM
I am making a snowman out of a spalted maple log for our daughter. She has a nice collection.
My snowman measures 22x12 with the outside mostly done. I have reached the length limit of any of my chisels. I'm only into the middle section maybe a third of the way. By accident the bottom is a 6 inch hole. Had a catch. The side walls are roughly 3/16 up about 4 inches. My steady rest is maxed out, it is smallish.
I'm afraid to reach in the hole to try to get more and with the thin wood at the opening I'm not sure about using my cole jaws and turning it around. The hat will be seperate and pine as I will paint it black.
I don't want to buy a probably one time use tool to hog in deeper but I would like to lighten the weight by trying to take out more.
Thanks for any suggestions.
My snowman measures 22x12 with the outside mostly done. I have reached the length limit of any of my chisels. I'm only into the middle section maybe a third of the way. By accident the bottom is a 6 inch hole. Had a catch. The side walls are roughly 3/16 up about 4 inches. My steady rest is maxed out, it is smallish.
I'm afraid to reach in the hole to try to get more and with the thin wood at the opening I'm not sure about using my cole jaws and turning it around. The hat will be seperate and pine as I will paint it black.
I don't want to buy a probably one time use tool to hog in deeper but I would like to lighten the weight by trying to take out more.
Thanks for any suggestions.