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[mpounders]

I like your eyes better than Daves's!

[mpounders]

Wow,that's kinda scary just thinking about it. 10" and 12" saw blades are only used with table saws and miter saws, not handheld tools. Portable circular saws only use 7 1/4" blades and they can be dangerous also. I think a 12" blade on a die grinder is a serious accident waiting...

[mpounders]

Wow. I have been carving for some time and never needed any of that information. Perhaps it will help you in some of your decisions, but I have always just looked at the charts showing the sweeps and sizes. I own 30 -40 full size tools and I just select them by picking the one closest to what I am trying...

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Some tools are more suited for certain jobs than others, but that doesn't mean you can't use them if that is what you prefer. You can eventually chop down a large tree with a hand ax if you want to bad enough, but there are certainly better ways to do that. But you will also find it very difficult...

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Arthur C and others have given good advice. Wood offers some challenges because of it's structure, in that cuts have to be made in different directions, depending on how the grain runs. So, if you carve a square piece into a round cylinder, you will often have to turn the piece upside down to cut smoothly...