Linkshouse Posted July 11, 2017 Report Posted July 11, 2017 Hello all, new to this forum and thought I kick of by inviting your comments on a recent piece I completed. It is an Orkney Skiff made using one of my own patterns based on a photo that I took at last year's Westray Regatta. Hope you like it. Regards Phill jollyred, jbrowning, crupiea and 3 others 6 Quote
meflick Posted July 11, 2017 Report Posted July 11, 2017 Hi Phill and welcome to the Village. I like your Skiff. Looks like some pretty small pieces there. How many pieces are there and what woods did you use? I admire those of you who make your own patterns. Do you only work from your own patterns or do you also buy patterns and use those? I started on the saw a little over a year ago and Intarsia was my primary interest, thanks to the guys and gals here in the village I have ventured off into some other areas with the saw as well. Thanks for sharing. Linkshouse 1 Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted July 11, 2017 Report Posted July 11, 2017 Welcome to the Village, Phill !....That is some mighty fine work ! Linkshouse 1 Quote
Rob Posted July 11, 2017 Report Posted July 11, 2017 Very nice piece. I had a quick Google and Westray looks like a beautiful place to live. Hope to see more of your work soon, Rob Linkshouse 1 Quote
amazingkevin Posted July 12, 2017 Report Posted July 12, 2017 6 hours ago, Linkshouse said: Hello all, new to this forum and thought I kick of by inviting your comments on a recent piece I completed. It is an Orkney Skiff made using one of my own patterns based on a photo that I took at last year's Westray Regatta. Hope you like it. Regards Phill Top of the line intarsia,Welcome friend,Keep coming back! Linkshouse 1 Quote
Linkshouse Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Posted July 12, 2017 6 hours ago, meflick said: Hi Phill and welcome to the Village. I like your Skiff. Looks like some pretty small pieces there. How many pieces are there and what woods did you use? I admire those of you who make your own patterns. Do you only work from your own patterns or do you also buy patterns and use those? I started on the saw a little over a year ago and Intarsia was my primary interest, thanks to the guys and gals here in the village I have ventured off into some other areas with the saw as well. Thanks for sharing. Thanks Meflick, There are some fairly small pieces but I mitigated this slightly by making the overall pattern 24cm x 56cm. It only has 40 pieces so isn't too complex. As for woods, I must confess to fairly extensive use of dyes/stains. The sails are pine (it was all I had to hand that was vaguely white and long enough!) and everything else is Sapele. I do work from commercial patterns as well as my own and am working on a Kathy Wise Clydesdale and Pony pattern at the moment, but I prefer to make my own patterns if I can. I sell most of the patterns and the pieces online. meflick 1 Quote
Linkshouse Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Posted July 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Rob said: Very nice piece. I had a quick Google and Westray looks like a beautiful place to live. Hope to see more of your work soon, Rob Rob, Thank you. We moved to Westray around 14 years ago when I took early retirement from engineering, and love it here. It can be a bit wet and windy (a lot actually) in winter, and is a tad isolated for many tastes but with that comes serious peace and quiet. Quote
Montserrat Posted July 12, 2017 Report Posted July 12, 2017 It's a great piece! I like it very much! Quote
Linkshouse Posted July 12, 2017 Author Report Posted July 12, 2017 7 hours ago, Montserrat said: It's a great piece! I like it very much! Thank you. Quote
Scrappile Posted July 12, 2017 Report Posted July 12, 2017 Welcome to the forum. That is really a great piece. Linkshouse 1 Quote
wombatie Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 That's great. Excellent cutting and pattern. Marg Linkshouse 1 Quote
don watson Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 Excellent piece Phill take care Don W Linkshouse 1 Quote
GPscroller Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 Very nicely done. Jeff Linkshouse 1 Quote
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