Make a Joined Chest: Splitting, Riving & Hewing - trailer 

This is a short trailer for the new video I posted in the vimeo-on-demand series I’ve started about making a carved joined chest. This video is about splitting open the log and then riving out various parts with a froe. I also show how I use a hewing hatchet to further prep the riven stock prior to planing it to size. You’ll see some snippets about choosing a log, details on splitting a great log and a look too at working a below-average one as well. The video is available separately or as part of the whole series, which I expect to be about 12-15 hours overall. See www.vimeo.com/ondemand/follansbeejoinedchest/