Thread: Building Flower Boxes

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I'm totally ignorant on this, but perhaps it would be a viable option---

LOL well now that makes three of us

A burn might help me get it leveled better to, I have been approaching this along the lines of a Dugout Canoe so heck it might work Worth a shot anyhow

Originally Posted by gssixgun

LOL well now that makes three of us

A burn might help me get it leveled better to, I have been approaching this along the lines of a Dugout Canoe so heck it might work Worth a shot anyhow

My friend, I do hope you will believe me when I tell you that how the First Nations used fire to be able to scrape the charcoal out when they built their Dugout Canoe's was on my mind when I wrote my suggestion.

HONEST TO GOD!

Burn was what i was thinking too. Good luck.

What about pre-drilling the interior with a grid of holes using a contractor drill with a large bit to the depth you want? I know many woodworkers who do this before chiselling out a mortise. It would make removing the interior wood a lot easier.

Originally Posted by DZEC

What about pre-drilling the interior with a grid of holes using a contractor drill with a large bit to the depth you want? I know many woodworkers who do this before chiselling out a mortise. It would make removing the interior wood a lot easier.

That was an idea too, I kinda am doing a similar thing with the Chainsaw cuts and then chipping out the chunks

Since I sharpened the Pick things are going faster and I am getting a smoother outcome on the bottom

I am about 75% done now

I have a 3.5 foot wide maple stump that I was thinking about using the same as you are, but my chain saw just skipped right off the top. I understand there are special chains you can get that have squared off cutters for chipping out this kind of thing, but I can’t locate them where I am.

I will be trying the drill procedure later this summer, but may have to pick up or rent an adze to finish it off or maybe just light it up as was suggested earlier.

I’ll post photos when/if it gets done.

Originally Posted by DZEC

I have a 3.5 foot wide maple stump that I was thinking about using the same as you are, but my chain saw just skipped right off the top. I understand there are special chains you can get that have squared off cutters for chipping out this kind of thing, but I can’t locate them where I am.

I will be trying the drill procedure later this summer, but may have to pick up or rent an adze to finish it off or maybe just light it up as was suggested earlier.

I’ll post photos when/if it gets done.

I have been taking my time,
work on razors
work on stump
work on cleaning up slash piles
Repeat LOL

I maybe have 1 hour of actual work on the stump so far, I have been cutting two rows and chipping them out then doing something else

I bet your Maple Cuts or drills harder, but chips easier once you get in there

Once you potting area is complete it might be a good plan to bore a few drain holes in there to keep it from being too wet, in your area that’s likely only a spring and fall issue.

Originally Posted by DZEC

I have a 3.5 foot wide maple stump that I was thinking about using the same as you are, but my chain saw just skipped right off the top. I understand there are special chains you can get that have squared off cutters for chipping out this kind of thing, but I can’t locate them where I am.

Simply google the words "carving chainsaw".

Originally Posted by gssixgun

That was an idea too, I kinda am doing a similar thing with the Chainsaw cuts and then chipping out the chunks

Since I sharpened the Pick things are going faster and I am getting a smoother outcome on the bottom

I am about 75% done now

And you doubted the concave edge design. Since yesterday I have had moments I am just sitting there and laugh like an idiot about your bevel comment. Fortunately no one has been around because how would I sum that up to anyone else.