BTW you can do bigger work with a hatchet, but its tough going.
   This was a pretty large broad hatchet (with about a 6-7" edge).

I cut to depth with a saw and took off the entire waste with the ax.

I was stripped to the waist and glistening the whole time. (behind the 
house where nobody saw.

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/house/pole2a.jpg

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/house/poles11.jpg

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