I saw a wood carving in the gardens at Michelham Priory and thought I could make something a bit like it - I don't have permission to post links to photos yet. It was like a 5 foot tall leaf emerging from the ground, with slots cut into the front and back face, so the wood kept its structural...
marcros - It wouldn't be all day every day, but when I do it I envisage removing quite a lot of wood. I plan to experiment with some ash, beech and cherry that I bought from Stiles & Bates but when I do it properly I'm planning to use oak because it's going outside.
Nev - you're reminding me...
Hiya - this is my first post - hopefully I'm not asking something that has been asked too many times before.
I want to use a (plunge?) router to carve inch-deep patterns into hardwoods - big pieces of wood that are maybe 5 feet tall, a foot wide, two inches thick. I think I want to rout my...