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Great work, Lee!
I have always liked that pattern and have cut and sold quite a few of them.
I also donated one to a local Eagles lodge.
There are two sizes of this same pattern. I did the largest one more
frequently than the small one. 

Thanks for sharing your work and God Bless! Spirithorse

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Beautiful eagle! I'm making the same pattern as a Christmas gift. The plans calls for a dowel for the eye but it doesn't look like you did that. Can you share how you crafted the eagle's eye?

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On ‎12‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 4:26 PM, rhw said:

Beautiful eagle! I'm making the same pattern as a Christmas gift. The plans calls for a dowel for the eye but it doesn't look like you did that. Can you share how you crafted the eagle's eye?

I don't like using dowels for eyes if I can help it. Although I will use dowels on certain projects, (small birds and fish)  I try to cut them out from base wood of the color needed.  Takes a bit of practice and a slower speed on the saw, along with a smaller blade.  I usually use a #1 blade to cut something so small, and I put a zero clearance plate on the saw so I don't lose the piece.  Occasionally I will cut it all from the same white piece, and then wood burn the pupil to give it darkness, or I will color it with a black sharpie marker.

Everything depends on the piece, and the size of it.

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Wow, super nice!  I keep wanting to try Intarsia, I keep chickening out.  I love Eagle's, got one on my arm with a flag around it and several statues from 3" tall to over 4' tall around the house. 

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