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Description: MIKE STINNETT CARVES THIS WALKING STICK WITH A MOUSE AND A CANE-BREAK TIMBER RATTLESNAKE FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD . PLUS HE DESCRIBES SOME OF THE POWER TOOLS THAT HE USES (transcription below) * TOOL STORE (paid link) amazon.com/shop/stinnettstickstudio *RAZERTIP WOOD BURNING AND PYROGRAPHY SUPPLY (#ad) pyrographystore.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html Music by Mike and Jered Gillispie PURCHASE MUSIC FROM AMAZON Mike Stinnett and his daughter Theresa Stinnett (paid link) amzn.to/3d73mfz Jered Gillispie's fine Banjo Music (paid link) amzn.to/3daNdFJ (As an Amazon Affiliate I earn fees for qualifying purchases.) UPDATES, TIPS, TUTORIAL ON PATREON: patreon.com/stinnettsticks To Help Support the Channel and get Carving Tips and Tutorials, Photo Updates on my latest carvings and walking stick projects and Behind the Scenes Videos *TRANSCRIPTION* "Hello! Today I'm working on a Rattlesnake staff. This is number 80. It is going to have a little mouse on it. (1:29)The industrial wheel has two carbide teeth on it. It cuts very fast and makes a 3/8 inch depth cut. I remove the wood with a chisel. (3:20) The mouse on this project has perplexed me. I want it to be climbing up the side of the stick, just out of the reach of the Rattlesnake. (3:33) I searched the internet for reference pictures. But I could not find anything that looked exactly like I wanted. (3:42)I don't know how many times I sketched it again before I actually began to carve. (3:50)I finally began to remove the wood without any assurance of how the project would turn out. (4:35)Do you see that bird? (4:59) You're looking at the wrong bird!