Some of my beginner Projects

[meflick]

Hello.  Sorry for the delay in sharing some of my beginner intarsia projects that I have been working on as promised.  I decided to put them in the Intarsia/Segmentation category over the "Bragging" or some other area as I felt they fit here and my work is not yet to the "bragging" stage.   I finally got the pictures taken and a few minutes to upload.  A few are "completed" and some others are "works in progress".  As I noted before, I cut a number of projects out while I was waiting on my hubby to help me set up my grinder with the sanding drums and find its home in "his" err Our shop.  (So far he's sharing at least.)

 

This first image is the Trigger Fish that I did in the Beginner's Class I took back in May at Judy Gale Roberts Studio.  NC Scroller (Scott) was in the class along with about 7-8 others - none of whom I think are on this forum.  (If so, please speak up.)

 

 

Then the next 3 images are Beginner pieces that I think most of you will recognize from different pattern makers. The flower is a free pattern from Garnett Hall found here: http://www.sawbird.com/free-patterns.html .

The goldfish is from one of Kathy Wise's beginner books. It is cut as a "segmentation" as I cut it all from one piece of wood to work on my basic cutting skills. The Hot Air Ballon is one of Judy Gale Roberts from one of her Beginner Books.  It was also a segmentation piece cut from one piece as I again practiced my basic cutting.  I then used these pieces to work on some "shaping" skills.  They turned out "ok" so I went ahead and finished them with clear gel like JGR uses and added the backings. No great "masterpieces" and I hope one day to look back at all this early work and say "I can't believe I thought that looked good." 

 

 

Then I have these works "in progress".  I have been working some on shaping when time permitted and then letting it "sit" for a bit while I look at them and decide what else needs to be done.  Again, I was working on basic cutting skills but have used all different shades of woods or different woods for each piece except the pig. He is a segmentation work.  I still have work to do on these and to finish.  Once I finish them, I will try to share them here.

 

The pig and the Angel are both from the same Beginner's Book from Kathy Wise.  The first picture of each shows when I had just cut them out.  The second picture of each shows where I am in the process of "shaping" them.

 

 

The Raccoon in a tree is a Judy Gale Roberts Beginners pattern purchased from her site. I have an Aunt who loves Raccoons and I was hoping it would turn out well enough to give her as a gift.  I will see when I finish it  up if I am willing to pass it on or if I will wait for my skills to improve and then do this one again or one of JGR's other raccoons for my Aunt.  Again the first picture is when I first got it cut out and the second would be with the shaping to present.

 

 

I have JGRs mallard duck pattern cut out as well but no work done on him yet and no photos.  Plus, I have several more patterns cut out into the "pieces and parts" to hopefully get adhered to wood and cut soon.  I have found that right now, working with cutting and shaping the Intarsia is quite peaceful and my "happy place."   I look forward to getting time to complete these pieces and do many more soon.  

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Edited: to get photos to "show" - not sure why some of them show "sideways" as they are not shot that way.  But at least they show up now.  If anyone can tell me why they are sideways and how to fix I will try to do that.

Edited July 31, 2016 by meflick

[meflick]

Okay - hmm - looks like even though I went through the "adding" photos they didn't add the actual image.  I will try again and see if I can figure out what I did wrong and see if I can get them to show up.     

 

Well looks like I finally got them to "show" the photos even though so are turned sideways and I don't know why that is.  Will try to figure that out and fix or know for future posts. I think what I did wrong was that after I did the "add" to the post and the images were added - I then told it to delete because on another forum I am on - if you add the photo to the post, it will add a larger image into the post but will still show the "thumbnails" at the bottom unless you tell it to delete the "thumbnail" after you add to the post and I figured that it worked the same when it had the "add to post" and then the "delete" right next to it.  It doesn't. 

Edited July 31, 2016 by meflick

[NC Scroller]

Melanie, you have a real talent. Your skill is growing with each project and it really shows. Keep up the great work.

[dgman]

I think you are coming along nicely! I think practice time is over, start using more colorful woods and get them finished!

[Scrolling Steve]

You are going to be great  !......Nice work !

[meflick]

Thanks for the kind words. I thought it would be a bit before I could get back online to check things out. We were leaving shortly after my post to take my son down to college to move in. We are using a uhaul trailer. Suppose to be about a 4-5 hour drive max on a good day. Got about an hour or so from home and blew a rear tire on the trailer. Been waiting for service truck for almost an hour and a half. They just called, on their way. Problem is they are coming from Knoxville area which is where we left from. Will see how quickly they "get er done". Hopefully they can change tire without having to unload trailer. Hopefully we will still make it before beating our 9 hour record time it took last fall to get there for parent's weekend. Bad news is that, while also not a uhaul trailer, we had to deal with a blown tire on another trailer Thurs. son had taken our mower over to mow his grandparents lawn and a rear tire on that one blew. Hoping we are done with blown tires. Don't care to have a 3rd one to confirm things come in 3. (Crying emoticon inserted if not on my phone in the car in the side of interstate 75.)

 

Little more than Two hours later, tire changed, pressure in all checked and on the road again.

Edited July 31, 2016 by meflick

[Scrappile]

No doubt what so ever you have the talent for intarsia.  Those are all really great.

[amazingkevin]

Hello.  Sorry for the delay in sharing some of my beginner intarsia projects that I have been working on as promised.  I decided to put them in the Intarsia/Segmentation category over the "Bragging" or some other area as I felt they fit here and my work is not yet to the "bragging" stage.   I finally got the pictures taken and a few minutes to upload.  A few are "completed" and some others are "works in progress".  As I noted before, I cut a number of projects out while I was waiting on my hubby to help me set up my grinder with the sanding drums and find its home in "his" err Our shop.  (So far he's sharing at least.)

 

This first image is the Trigger Fish that I did in the Beginner's Class I took back in May at Judy Gale Roberts Studio.  NC Scroller (Scott) was in the class along with about 7-8 others - none of whom I think are on this forum.  (If so, please speak up.)

 

Trigger Fish.JPG

 

Then the next 3 images are Beginner pieces that I think most of you will recognize from different pattern makers. The flower is a free pattern from Garnett Hall found here: http://www.sawbird.com/free-patterns.html .

The goldfish is from one of Kathy Wise's beginner books. It is cut as a "segmentation" as I cut it all from one piece of wood to work on my basic cutting skills. The Hot Air Ballon is one of Judy Gale Roberts from one of her Beginner Books.  It was also a segmentation piece cut from one piece as I again practiced my basic cutting.  I then used these pieces to work on some "shaping" skills.  They turned out "ok" so I went ahead and finished them with clear gel like JGR uses and added the backings. No great "masterpieces" and I hope one day to look back at all this early work and say "I can't believe I thought that looked good." 

 

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Then I have these works "in progress".  I have been working some on shaping when time permitted and then letting it "sit" for a bit while I look at them and decide what else needs to be done.  Again, I was working on basic cutting skills but have used all different shades of woods or different woods for each piece except the pig. He is a segmentation work.  I still have work to do on these and to finish.  Once I finish them, I will try to share them here.

 

The pig and the Angel are both from the same Beginner's Book from Kathy Wise.  The first picture of each shows when I had just cut them out.  The second picture of each shows where I am in the process of "shaping" them.

 

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The Raccoon in a tree is a Judy Gale Roberts Beginners pattern purchased from her site. I have an Aunt who loves Raccoons and I was hoping it would turn out well enough to give her as a gift.  I will see when I finish it  up if I am willing to pass it on or if I will wait for my skills to improve and then do this one again or one of JGR's other raccoons for my Aunt.  Again the first picture is when I first got it cut out and the second would be with the shaping to present.

 

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I have JGRs mallard duck pattern cut out as well but no work done on him yet and no photos.  Plus, I have several more patterns cut out into the "pieces and parts" to hopefully get adhered to wood and cut soon.  I have found that right now, working with cutting and shaping the Intarsia is quite peaceful and my "happy place."   I look forward to getting time to complete these pieces and do many more soon.  

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Edited: to get photos to "show" - not sure why some of them show "sideways" as they are not shot that way.  But at least they show up now.  If anyone can tell me why they are sideways and how to fix I will try to do that.

Your presentation is the best i've seen ! Clear concise an Factual. Your photography skills are tops ! And now coming to the third plus is,  Hubby may just turn the shop over to you with outstanding wood workmanship like this.It's going to be a treat to see you show up as often as you can :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: 

[wombatie]

You are obviously a natural at intarsia, it show in all of your photos.  You do fantastic work and I would say that your Aunt will absolutely love the Raccoons, so go ahead and give her this piece.  Now you need to do more different woods.

 

Marg

[Bpardue]

I would not call yourself a beginner, everything looks really good.

[daveww1]

very nice job on all the pieces, thank you for sharing

[meflick]

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement everyone.

[Rolf]

That is some significant progress, taking one of Judy's classes is a major plus. You are a natural at this and as time goes on your shaping will get more aggressive. I look forward to seeing more projects as you progress.

 

What tools do you have in the shop for your shaping?

Kevin said it well about your presentation.

[meflick]

That is some significant progress, taking one of Judy's classes is a major plus. You are a natural at this and as time goes on your shaping will get more aggressive. I look forward to seeing more projects as you progress.

 

What tools do you have in the shop for your shaping?

Kevin said it well about your presentation.

Thanks Rolf for your kind words. You are right, being able to take a class with Judy at the beginning is a great help to understanding what I need to do for good work. I highly recommend her class to anyone who gets a chance to take one. Unfortunately, she is cutting back on her classes offered. So, since I live close by (less than 40 minutes) I have also signed up for her intermediate class this Oct.

 

As far as shaping tools I have in the shop, my hubby who is a hobby woodworker (mainly furniture type pieces but learning to turn more recently) already had some sanding tools. He already had a belt/disc sander and a spindle sander. I then got a Gunivere sanding system with the inflatable drums before I took Judy's class. (In hindsight, I wish I would have waited and got the foredom bench lathe setup with its variable speed. The Guinvere system is not variable speed. It is very high speed. As a result, while I have tried to use it some, I am not very comfortable with it and try to avoid it. Though the small sander drums would be helpful if I could control it better I think. After Judy's class, I got the flexible drum sanders from her along with a wonder wheel. We set those up on a grinder with a stand and finally got it hooked into his dust collection system. I would love to have a large pneumatic drum sander like Judy has in her shop as well as a sand flee but I am going to wait on those and see as I progress. First, there really isn't much room in the shop to add those and I know they are just "wants" and not "needs". (at least not yet - wink) maybe they will be on a Christmas wish list. Wouldn't surprise my hubby, he knows I like my toys err tools much better then jewlery, clothes, shoes, or purses.) (Wish I had see the post on here earlier in July on the Sandflee someone wanted to get rid of.)

 

Any suggestions anyone has on good tools (or ones to skip) is greatly appreciated. Anyone want to talk me into or out of a sand flee or larger pneumatic drum sanders?! LOL Need to make that Christmas list up soon.

Edited August 2, 2016 by meflick

[Rolf]

I built my own clone of the pneumatic sander that Judy has. I used a 6" diameter drum on one side and a 2" on the other. It still cost me about $500 mostly the cost of the Drums. I have also had a Sand flee for about 11 years It is a work horse in my shop for many projects. I keep a MAC mop  on the output shaft http://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/mm07204/ and normally run two grits on the sanding drum 120 and 220. The only uses for intarsia is flattening the bottom of the pieces and the sanding mop. If your primary work will be intarsia  I would skip it for the moment. 

[meflick]

Thanks Rolf.  Yes, right now my primary work will be Intarsia with a little bit of some other attempts thrown in on occasion and that was what I saw the primary purpose for the Sand Flee was for me.  also to quickly sand down maybe some wood pieces that were too thick that wouldn't go through the planer he has because they are too short for that. (We had some walnut from an old tree that was cut down from his parent's years ago - but it was pretty thick pieces and I needed thinner for like the raccoon's face. I wasn't comfortable with trying to cut it thinner with his bandsaw and thought perhaps the Sand Flee would be good for something like that.  So I guess the pneumatic sander will jump to the top of the Christmas list.   Thanks for sharing your photos of yours.  He's quite the sandman so I can show him that he could build me one if he preferred. (Now, just to figure out WHERE I can put it.  His shop is rather full already!   (Guess that is a good problem to have.)

[Rolf]

The Sand Flee is not the best choice for lots of wood removal, it is more for finish sanding. I bought a Super Max drum sander for that, it really takes a lot of space. And for the mop I have a motor with a chuck on it for the mop.

 

The Super max has almost replaced my planer for dimensioning lumber. I keep 80 grit on it most of the time.

[meflick]

The Sand Flee is not the best choice for lots of wood removal, it is more for finish sanding. I bought a Super Max drum sander for that, it really takes a lot of space. And for the mop I have a motor with a chuck on it for the mop.

 

The Super max has almost replaced my planer for dimensioning lumber. I keep 80 grit on it most of the time.

Thanks Rolf for the input. Funny, I had not heard of the super max drum sander until earlier today. It should up when I was looking for something on line I think. I had put it on the list to check out. Definitely will now. Space is going to be an issue though if it's a space hog. Will check it out and see maybe I can figure something out.

[Rolf]

There are several videos on line. There are other brands but this one has features that make it a lot easier and quicker to change the paper.

[heppnerguy]

Very nice work. So lucky to be able to start with a class. I am sure that was a great help. You learned well and have obviously applied all your knowledge to your pieces. It. Is a great feeling to learn that you are able to make such beautiful things.

 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[meflick]

Thanks Rolf. I will definitely look into it.

 

Thanks Dick for your kind words. Yes, it was a great help to take a class with Judy Gale Roberts. It was amazing to be in her lobby and see all the detail in her work.

[Clayton717]

great looking projects. You have every right to "brag" about them. well done.

[meflick]

Thanks Clayton.