Rob Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Turtle cut from reclaimed Rimu and finished with BLO. I will give it a coat of wax or Rustoleum semi matt once it has dried a bit more. Pattern by Birchbark. Rob amazingkevin, lawson56, WolfyPete and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Very nicely done Rob. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 That is very nice cutting, Rob !...Well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Well done Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Turtle cut from reclaimed Rimu and finished with BLO. I will give it a coat of wax or Rustoleum semi matt once it has dried a bit more. Turtle.jpg Pattern by Birchbark. Rob Here's looking at you he's saying,lol Very nice project indeed! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Nicely done Rob, will you be adding a backer to it? What is Rimu like to cut and finish, is it a heavy wood? Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Rob it looks Fantastic Love the wood.I don't know if I can get that kind wood in my area.Until I came to the Village I have never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Great cut! Well done Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birchbark Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Ha!! Glad someone cut this one. Very nice, thank you for taking the time to post a picture for us. Many hours went into making this pattern, glad it was cut. Looks great, very well cut, thanks for sharing this. Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Well done, looks great. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Well done cutting of a nice pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thanks all, especially Russell for the awesome pattern. It was probably the most challenging piece I have attempted so far. I'm sure others would improve on my efforts but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I need to work on hiding my access holes a bit. Maybe spiral blades would help with a pattern like this but I have yet to try them. @Len, Rimu is native to New Zealand. Here is a link to a wikipeda page about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacrydium_cupressinum. It is very common here although now protected and was also known as red pine. Sapwood is easy to cut but the older heart Rimu can be tough as nails. I have had pieces catch fire from concentrated seams of pitch in the wood when cutting before now. Heartwood can come off the saw with a silky smooth and polished appearance however with no further work needed. It is one of my favourite timbers and I get a lot of it from broken pieces of furniture or old floorboards at the local tip/recycling centre. Rob keefie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefie Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 very nice cutting , looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 You certainly did a great job on that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Nice work Rob thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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