Cowboy hat

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I’m kicking myself for not using the maple I got for free 2 years ago sooner. To bring “something made out of wood" to the Skagit expo, I borrowed a chainsaw and started making a hat, but couldn’t get a big enough not-rotten part from the maple. I used a cedar block instead.

I’m thinking to make Rocky from Project Hail Mary with the maple, when I have time :lying_face: It’s too pretty to give up.

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Tools used:

16" chainsaw

Angle grinder

Oscillating saw

Dremel

Orbital sander

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OH MY!…

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When you came over to the booth at the Skagit Wood Expo, we all thought it was a leather hat until you took it off and put it down on the table :joy:

This was a very ambitious project to take on as your first chainsaw carving project, and you pulled it off!

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Wow! That’s some really fine detail, and the grain looks great.

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Thank you all!

I’m a Jump-in-and-find-out kind of person :donkey: