Reply To: Need Advice

[kingspawn]

I haven’t had experience in this type of carving yet.  However, Barton has a technique which may be of benefit.  When carving a four chip fan he suggests leaving the two inner chips short of the meeting point, giving the illusion of all four coming together.  Your rectangle could be divided into 5 four chip sections in this manner, or, do 2 four chip sections (for the long chips) and 4 three chip sections (for the short ones).  I know it sounds a bit out-of-the-box, but it may do the trick.