Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

[cynbone]

Found in CWC Sept '07. It's not as hard as it looks. The article in CWC says it has 668 interior cuts.

[Phantom Scroller]

Wow loads of holes great work.    Roly

[lawson56]

I remember that one.You did an Awesome job!!    

[newfie]

Great work thanks for sharing

[Scrolling Steve]

A lot of great cutting there....Nice work !

[Dan]

Nice job Vern! Too many holes for me.

[daveww1]

Sure is a lot of inside cuts to make, great job!

[ike]

great cutting.

[FranMike Harley]

668 cuts ? You have more patience then me, that's for sure.. Great work there...

[Scrappile]

You did very nice job of it.  I have that pattern to try someday.

[Denny Knappen]

When I saw that pattern, I said no way, too many holes.  You did a great job.

[amazingkevin]

Found in CWC Sept '07. It's not as hard as it looks. The article in CWC says it has 668 interior cuts.File Mar 20, 10 29 02 PM.jpeg

Gluten for punishment,This looks to be a show winning piece anywhere.You should get plenty of work from this piece.Your taste in projects match your skills perfectly!Top job! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

[Birchbark]

almost looks laser cut, that would be a tough one for sure.

 

Russell

[penquin]

That is outstanding, really looks super.  Well done. 

jim

penquin

[Lucky2]

Wow Vern, what an amazing piece, the piece of wood you used was perfect for this pattern. I've looked at this pattern many times, I just wasn't insane enough to try cutting it.

Len

[Dave Monk]

That is totally nuts. That would take me several days. Looks great. dave

[wombatie]

That looks amazing.  You did a terrific job.  Do you know how you are going to frame it yet?  Everyone says that it takes too much patience but when you think about it its only one hole at a time and who cares if it takes a month to cut, everything else we cut we cut one hole at a time. Do you agree Vern?

 

Marg

[Ninuninu]

That looks amazing.  You did a terrific job.  Do you know how you are going to frame it yet?  Everyone says that it takes too much patience but when you think about it its only one hole at a time and who cares if it takes a month to cut, everything else we cut we cut one hole at a time. Do you agree Vern?

 

Marg

 

Have to agree with Marg on this one... 'one hole at a time'. Although it is a rather lengthy countdown to get them all cut.

 

Stunning piece of work cynbone! My hat is off to you!  :thumbs:

 

Tony

[cynbone]

When I start a project like this that is so intricate, I go into it with the thought that I just want to see how far I can get before it turns into caca, so I'm completely surprised when I can see that I might have a chance to be able to finish it. Bad news is that I made no plans about the framing of it. I made this mistake before with some owls and I still haven't done anything with it. I guess all I can do is cut about a half inch all the way around and stick some felt behind it and frame it.

My mindset going into one of these monsters is exactly what you said.. 1 cut at a time and try to plan my cuts at least 3-4 cuts in advance so not to have to make a cut that is between two delicate cuts and risk a break. I try and have plenty of beer on hand and lots of loud country rock on pandora. I'm proud and surprised that you take your time to comment on this stuff that I do. Thanks

[Fish]

Very nice work! Definitely have patience.