[Woodcarver] aching palm

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

Hi to all,
 
doing some real deep relief in mahogany, using hand chisels only.   Spent 
endless hours today and yesterday.  Last night after I put the tools  down the 
palm of my hand was extremely tender due to the butt of many chisels  being 
pressed into it for so long.  Today I began carving and almost  immediately, my 
palm was as sore as ever.  What I wound up doing was taking  a piece of duct 
tape and folding it over on itself again and again till I had  about 8 layers, 
sticky side out.  Stuck it to my palm and put a glove over  it.  Carved for 
about 6 hours after that with no problem.  What does  everyone else use to prevent 
painful palm syndrome?
 
Maura carvin'  in  nyc
http://www.carvinginNYC.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/carvinginnyc
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