Good hard oak, already seeing it’s a much better improvement from the 6” PVC pipe

Looks great

Look great. I made one two weeks ago that hinges off the wall. Whats yours made of?

I switched from PVC to wood last year and really enjoyed it. Nice work

Wondering what tools you used to shape it. I ran mine through a table saw a few times to knock down the sides and make a sort of straight sided arch. Then just used a power hand planer to shape it. Didn't turn out great but it was close. Would like a good way to get it really round and even on both sides.

Looks nice, to shape mine I used a hand plane then sanders after that.

Looks good.
Any side profile pics?

Good job. I made a new wood one 7 inch width a few years ago.
Took me quite a while to get the arch just right
You'll feel good making your own equipment and finishing fur on it.
Are you making your own stretcher boards yet?
You'll find them easy to make after this

need some grease on it now. Lots of coon grease.

Looks nice, I made my own as well, but set it up horizontal , back cant take being bent
Over for a those vertical ones, also made a couple smaller for fox and coons

Not much taper, I used oak. And for making it I used a handsaw to cut the shape, then took a chisel and brought down the edges, went over it with a hand held wood planer then a belt sander.

looks good ,wtg

I used a jig saw for the radius then hand plane to get started, belt sander to do some final shaping and then hand sanding to finish

Looks nice.

Draw knife or hand plane and then belt sander. Finally random orbit sander

Great job!!