<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477577467615_90731">Chuck<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477577467615_90744">Call Sleepy's in Eureka Springs. 253-2080 ask him what he does with his log carved statues. Worth the trip to go see him and see his work.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477577467615_90755"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477577467615_90756">Kirk</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477577467615_90760">Combs, AR<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477577467615_90507"><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:27 PM, Thomas E Lovelace via Woodworkers <woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0468610012"><div>Chuck:<div class="yiv0468610012">I have purchased a few hand carvings and they all had a hole drilled in the bottom, going pretty well up into the body.</div><div class="yiv0468610012">I suppose this helps prevents splitting and cracking.</div><div class="yiv0468610012">Wish you great luck !</div><div class="yiv0468610012">TomL</div><div class="yiv0468610012"><br class="yiv0468610012" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0468610012"><br class="yiv0468610012" clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0468610012"><br class="yiv0468610012" clear="none"><div><blockquote class="yiv0468610012" type="cite"><div class="yiv0468610012yqt9849353835" id="yiv0468610012yqtfd64092"><div class="yiv0468610012">On Oct 27, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Chuck Steger via Woodworkers <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv0468610012" ymailto="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv0468610012Apple-interchange-newline" clear="none"><div class="yiv0468610012"><div class="yiv0468610012WordSection1" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><div class="yiv0468610012" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv0468610012" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago, I purchased a chain saw log art piece (whimsical Christmas tree) at a local crafts fair. It stands about 3 ½ feet tall and the largest diameter is 13 inches. It was painted from top to bottom with 2 coats of poly on it when I purchased it. I knew he didn’t do that at the crafts fair but didn’t know when it was done. It has cracks in it but that is to be expected from a carved log.</span></div><div class="yiv0468610012" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv0468610012" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class="yiv0468610012yqt9849353835" id="yiv0468610012yqtfd19419"><br class="yiv0468610012" clear="none"></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt9849353835" id="yqtfd81363">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Ya know, life is all about perspective; when the Titanic sank it was a miracle to the lobsters in the ship's kitchen<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" href="mailto:Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org">Woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">To unsubscribe from this list -<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org" target="_blank">http://lists.sawdusters.org/listinfo.cgi/woodworkers-sawdusters.org</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Address to contact the list ADMIN staff -<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org" href="mailto:woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org">woodworkers-owner@lists.sawdusters.org</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>