heppnerguy Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) I decided to try a building and choose The Alamo. I thought it would be easier than it was but it turned out to be a little challenging for me. I consider this effort to be one more small step for me on my way to learning how to make patterns. I guess if I am going to learn to do this, I need to try every aspect of items I can think of. I am always open to comments both positive and well as negative. These comments is what helps me to understand what I need to pay attention to in the future so that I might reach my goal of being able to make scroll saw patterns good enough that others will enjoy cutting them Dick heppnerguy MADE CHANGES TO THIS PATTERN. THE NEW ONE IS POSTED BELOW.. I HOPE I CAUGHT ALL MY PREVIOUS MISTAKES Edited January 12, 2017 by heppnerguy Phantom Scroller, SCROLLSAW703 and ChelCass 3 Quote
Dave Monk Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 Dick, You are soo into this. The upstairs windows need modifying ......it look to me. Keep up the good work. dave Quote
Gordster Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 You are doing very well Dick. This is going to be nice. As Dave said,upper windows need bridging.all I can see. Quote
rjweb Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 It looks good to me, keep up the great work, I am biases because I live here in San Antonio home of the Alamo, RJ heppnerguy 1 Quote
heppnerguy Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks, Dave. I did not like the way the Windows came out but I was not sure how to get the right. That being said, I totally missed that they were actually floaters, or islands, not sure of the correct name for that fact that they WILL fall out if cut according to my pattern design. I thought I looked it over pretty good too, but so far I have missed something in every pattern I have made so far. I appreciate you pointing that out to me. Gorgster, thank you for your confirmation too, as when I first read Daves comment, I was thinking he was just letting me know them Windows sucked, but then after I read your comment, Dave also meant I had neglected to protect them from just becoming holes in the wood, but then, that might become a good pattern improvement should I just leave it and let that happen. Ha ha Dick heppnerguy Quote
heppnerguy Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Posted January 11, 2017 It looks good to me, keep up the great work, I am biases because I live here in San Antonio home of the Alamo, RJ You lucky guy. I love San Antonio. Was lucky to visit there a few years ago where we not only visited The Alamo but also did the fun and beautiful river walk. Unfortunate for me we were not able to spend as much time at The Alamo as I would have liked to, because it was too close to closing time but that was OK with my wife as she is not very interested in history. I hope I can get back there sometime but most likely we will not be able to do that Dick heppnerguy Quote
wombatie Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 Your going great guns Dick, keep it up. Marg Quote
amazingkevin Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 I decided to try a building and choose The Alamo. I thought it would be easier than it was but it turned out to be a little challenging for me. I consider this effort to be one more small step for me on my way to learning how to make patterns. I guess if I am going to learn to do this, I need to try every aspect of items I can think of. I am always open to comments both positive and well as negative. These comments is what helps me to understand what I need to pay attention to in the future so that I might reach my goal of being able to make scroll saw patterns good enough that others will enjoy cutting them Dick heppnerguy Enough practice looks like you have it all down pat! Quote
Dan Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 Fantastic! You are well on your way. I did notice the white part of the flag pole is floating also. heppnerguy 1 Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 You are making great strides Dick !.......You will be there soon . Quote
hawkeye10 Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 You lucky guy. I love San Antonio. Was lucky to visit there a few years ago where we not only visited The Alamo but also did the fun and beautiful river walk. Unfortunate for me we were not able to spend as much time at The Alamo as I would have liked to, because it was too close to closing time but that was OK with my wife as she is not very interested in history. I hope I can get back there sometime but most likely we will not be able to do that Dick heppnerguy Dick you did the Alamo justice, it looks great. Like you I love history. You can kinda tell the future by knowing your history. Keep up the good work. heppnerguy 1 Quote
Blaughn Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 Nice! As I look at it, the right side of the building has sufficient bridges. The left side (starting at the foliage that peeks above the roofline) has only one small bridge just to the left of the column. If cut in a closed grain wood (Cherry or basswood, etc) that might be enough but I would be inclined to introduce a couple of bridges to help support the work. Without those, I would be concerned about the major portion of the work breaking free in the hands of a "ham fisted" scroller like me. Bruce heppnerguy 1 Quote
Fish Posted January 11, 2017 Report Posted January 11, 2017 Nice pattern your pretty good at it Practice makes perfect. Quote
heppnerguy Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Posted January 11, 2017 It has to be the long time it takes me to make a pattern that when I get toward the end of the pattern making I seem to fall apart and miss all the errors I am making. Thanks everyone for getting me back to the drawing board to make correction. Whe n I think I have them figured out I will repost my efforts. Thanks again, all of you for taking the time to help me understand all of this Dick heppnerguy Quote
Lucky2 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Dick, don't get discouraged, I think your doing great at pattern making. Sure you're making a few mistakes, but, keep in mind you're just starting out in this venture. I like that your making patterns of multiple subjects, it will pay off in the end. Now that a couple of items have already been mentioned and fixed by you, this pattern does look to be very cuttable. I have a question though, why does the window on the bottom right have a double frame? I'm only asking, because the window on the left doesn't. One should be changed to match the other, it would add symmetry to pattern. There's nothing wrong with the windows the way they are, but if they matched I think it would look better. Then again, maybe I'm just being a bit picky. Len Quote
heppnerguy Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Posted January 12, 2017 Dick, don't get discouraged, I think your doing great at pattern making. Sure you're making a few mistakes, but, keep in mind you're just starting out in this venture. I like that your making patterns of multiple subjects, it will pay off in the end. Now that a couple of items have already been mentioned and fixed by you, this pattern does look to be very cuttable. I have a question though, why does the window on the bottom right have a double frame? I'm only asking, because the window on the left doesn't. One should be changed to match the other, it would add symmetry to pattern. There's nothing wrong with the windows the way they are, but if they matched I think it would look better. Then again, maybe I'm just being a bit picky. Len How the heck do I miss these obvious things ????? Thanks again for pointing that out. I WILL correct that today, also .. Dick heppnerguy Quote
Dan Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Dick, one thing I do when looking for floaters is do a bucket fill in the area that would be the wood. In your Alamo pattern, if you bucket fill the white area with red, you will see some white that need bridges. There are probably other ways to check but that's how I do it. heppnerguy 1 Quote
heppnerguy Posted January 15, 2017 Author Report Posted January 15, 2017 Dan, I think you are right. It is an easy way to find out most of the errors i am so good at making. i knew about this but i am too vain, I guess, I always figure that " I have this one right as it is "' which is usually wrong anyway.. Dick heppnerguy Quote
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