Paul if you need any spare Euro centre bands PM me your address and I will send you some that I have left over which I don't need
Thank you Woody, very much, I shall save that favour if I may, to save you inconvienance and see if I can use your brushing idea, and compare to any success with Neil tip too,to see which one best suits my hacking style!
I hated the skew, so got myself a couple of chunks of 4" square pine and basically shaved it down to nothing using just the skew. Keep going it will definitely get easier and +1 on keeping it sharp.
That's a great idea, I want to make the kids a christmas tree decoration, so I will try using the skew.