He Wants To Carve Out Record

George Thomas is searching for the perfect piece of wood to carve the world’s longest wooden chain.

He holds the record for third place, with a 75-foot long continuous chain he whittled out of one board.

The longest, 364 feet, is in a museum in Chicago.

Thomas, 68, has the measurements calculated to create the record-setting chain. In order to carve it 500 feet long, he needs a board 20 to 24 feet long, 2.5 feet wide and 1.5 inches thick.

“I just want to out-do somebody else. I just want to be a little bit better than them,” Thomas said.

When Thomas was a boy, his grandfather used to live with his family on their Montana farm.

“He would grab a stick and whittle it for two or three days, and hand me a chain about so long,” Thomas said, indicating with his hands a chain about 2 feet long.

“I said I was going to do that one day. And I out-did him considerably,” he chuckled.