…..Carving the top…and the ‘belly carve’…..
This is what I call a full carve – it works on virtually any shape.
Carving the top like this a 3 stage process:
- Carve a facet – I use a rasp and flat plane for this.
- Carve the re-curve – The flat shelf all the way round the edge
- Blend in – The first two stages leave a lump all the way round which is easily knocked off with a curved plane
The belly carve was roughed out with the gouge then tidied up with a rasp before sanding.
The air sander certainly saves a lot of time 🙂