<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Chuck:<div class="">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="">I suppose this helps prevents splitting and cracking.</div><div class="">Wish you great luck !</div><div class="">TomL</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 27, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Chuck Steger via Woodworkers <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" class="">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>