Hi all, i decided to have a crack at making a kuksa. I was given a lovely blank of beech and decided to make a large kuksa.
After having roughed out the exterior design I was shocked by just how bloody hard beech is (I swear I am never carving with beech again).
I decided to burn out the bowl using embers. it is slow work, but producing a nice bowl. only problem is that it is now developing a crack.
Is this a problem inherent with the technique? Is there anything I can do to stop it?
TIA
Alex
After having roughed out the exterior design I was shocked by just how bloody hard beech is (I swear I am never carving with beech again).
I decided to burn out the bowl using embers. it is slow work, but producing a nice bowl. only problem is that it is now developing a crack.
Is this a problem inherent with the technique? Is there anything I can do to stop it?
TIA
Alex