John - I hadn't noticed before how the shape of your thwart followed the grain of the ash. Extra-primo-good.

Ross

> Travis - I did mine similar to Ross's, drawing and trying it on poster
> board until I got a shape I liked. I cut mortises in the inwales before I
> glued them in, and cut matching tenons on the thwart stock before cutting
> out the shape on the bandsaw. It was carved with a spokeshave, block
> plane, rasp, and sander. Took all of 20 minutes to carve (ash). Photo
> below. - John