Somewhat inconvenient but fun thought experiment

The branches I wanna work with are too long and needs too much material removed for drill to be a realist tool. I could try it out just to confirm that theory, I guess.

Had no idea those were a thing, I’ll be reading up on them, thanks!

This is a new tool to me, I might look to nab a used one off market place or something. Thanks for the suggestion!

Yeah I’ve been meaning to get a chisel set, of the few projects I did I certainly had a few moments where I thought a chisel would be handy.

Indeed, I think splitting the branch will be mandatory to get some carving done.

I’m not sure what would be the best tool to do the carving, however. I’m considering getting some wood scissors, because it’s not immediately obvious to me which power tool could carve out material with a nice mix of accuracy and efficiency.

OK so you had loads of good advice, but I’ve done a very similar clean up on a branch, and I have the cheapest option to recommend: I’ve debarked my branch with a nail.

The flat head of the nail can be used to ‘crowbar’ some pieces of bark, by leveraging the length of the nail to apply pressure. You can also use the side of the head to push off bark from knots and the side of the branch.

To finish on my projects, I had to eventually use a metal file mill + sand paper. I intend to do more projects like this so I’ll almost assuredly get some of the tools listed in here, tho.