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bjrogg:
Glad to entertain you Arvin. Maybe we can learn something together. If anyone wants to contribute helpful tips feel free to do so. I like learning stuff to.

Sometimes it helps to mark the edge of ring with pencil.

Here I went around the knot with draw knife leaving a little bit on opposite side.

Then I cleaned it up with scraper so I could clearly see where I was.

Then I removed the rest of the ring from opposite direction.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Start from the side you think has the lowest ring. Start on that ring and don’t get lost. Keep cleaning it up with scraper only going a few inches at a time with draw knife in between.

DONT SKIP AROUND. You have to follow the same ring.

It should look like this when you’re done

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Seal the back right away to prevent it from checking.

bjrogg:
When it drys we can try another technique.

This skill you never completely master. It can sometimes go very badly.

Most of the time it works well for me.

I use mostly hand tools. Not because I want to be more primitive but because I feel they work so well for the job.

For removing large amounts of wood from the stave I often use belly splits.

They make tools for this but I don’t have one yet. Working on that.

I wouldn’t suggest using your favorite draw knife for this but this one was beat on long before I got my hands on it. I’m going to basically use it like a froe.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
I help guide the split with my screwdriver trying to keep it in the same ring as we go.

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