Chainsaw carvings

“About a year and a half ago, I picked up a chainsaw for the first time, and decided to try my hand at chainsaw carving. Since then, I haven’t looked back. [...] My first carving attempt was on a little 2 ft log and I found it so hard to maneuver the saw around the small-sized carving and couldn’t get the detail I’d hoped for. Even using a 16-inch chainsaw bar, I felt the size of the saw was just too large in comparison to the log and I often unintentionally overcut areas.”

“I run a chainsaw all day at work so I'm very comfortable with a saw but this is my first time carving anything. Been wanting to try for a while but it seemed daunting. [...] This guy took me about 4 hours. I should have taken more time around the arms. This is the first one i've carved so it was more of a "see if i can do it" than a "really try knock it out of the park". Also i was wrangling my three kids while i was working on it so I definitely rushed it. I'm not trying to downplay it, i'm really happy with how it turned out, but i'm also aware that there's a ton of room for improvement. I learned a lot through this try though and my next one will definitely be better.”