Steamed easily, followed by slowly, slowly carving out the shape.
Aussies are blessed with God's gift to boat builders. Huon Pine.
The 2" x 2" blank of Huon I started with had 100 rings of growth across it.
What a privilege to be able to work such beauty.
Stambox as per JBs suggestion.
Roughing out with my new Veritas Porsche GT3 plane.
Tiller and my Homebrew Irish Stout
Beautiful looking tiller, Pete! I made mine out of laminated Bai Mu (aka "Ramin"), and envy you having "God's gift to boatbuilders" in Huon Pine. Was much tougher here in HK finding woods... BTW: I part-owned an ex Admiral's Cupper, Mercedes IV, back in the 80s'. It was made of King Billy pine. Wonder if you've heard of it, or if you can get hold of it. It's a Tassie wood, I believe.
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Cheers from Hong Kong (Discovery Bay)
Peter Forsythe (Somes blog: mywoodboat.blogspot.com)
Got to echo Peter's comments - a really beautifully made tiller! I can imagine that your boat will be a real work of art if you continue with these high standards. I have just begun bending an ash blank for my tiller so you have set a high bar! Keep up the good work!
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