Son had chopped down a Norway (pest) Maple from out of the Lilac bush. Found a straight section and tried a couple handsaws to cut it out. Yeah, Cardio! Brought the "victim" in to the house

 

 

Still shaking from the sawerying? On to the Dungeon we go ( add the Igor laugh, here)

Clamped into the Monarch Vise

 

 

After roughing down three sides.Time to bring out some old planes

 

 

Yep, steel frog and all. Tried a couple other ones, too

 

 

Sargent #414c made a few passes, then a little larger one took a turn

 

 

Stanley #5-1/2 Jumbo Jack. It was a night too big for this work, though

 

 

So I let Junior take over, and make just a few shavings of Soft Maple. Now to let this blank dry for a good while, then we'll see...

 

 

 

Looks like fun . I need to go make some shavings of my own. Well, more like powder.

Nice curlys

I love doing just what you did Steve, a great stress reliever!

Brought up another flashback topic from the archives, great work Steve!