Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 7:30am (EST-2) snipped-for-privacy@covad.net (buck) explains: Well, I will be using them to make some martial arts dummies so they need to be somewhat near a smooth configuration with little/no splitting.
Loads of options, no prob. One, use a live dummy, should be plenty of those around. Two, get a chunk of tree trunk, usually plenty available anywhere they're building. Three, glue together some 2X12s, then plane them round. Or, 2X4s, whatever is availble. Four, make a hollow one. Five, a section of padded metal pipe. Six, cut out a bunch of plywood circles and glue them in a stack. Seven, use "your" imagination.
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