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# Use the gouge to slowly begin chipping away the wood. Make sure the chisel to pressed firmly into the tool rest and you are holding the bottom of the handle tight into your core.
# Use the gouge to slowly begin chipping away the wood. Make sure the chisel to pressed firmly into the tool rest and you are holding the bottom of the handle tight into your core.
# Slowly push the chisel up until it begins chipping at the wood.
# Slowly push the chisel up until it begins chipping at the wood.
# Start the the high parts of the piece or towards the middle if it’s all even, and move the chisel towards the end, chipping away little bits of wood at a time.
# Start with the high parts of the piece or towards the middle if it’s all even, and move the chisel towards the end, chipping away little bits of wood at a time.
# Smooth out the wood, chipping away until you make a cylinder.
# Smooth out the wood, chipping away until you make a cylinder.
# Once you have the cylinder, choose one side to be the head.
# Once you have the cylinder, choose one side to be the head.