Popular Post Frank Pellow Posted February 16, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) This week, I started and completed 'Bee on a Comb: It is a companion piece for 'Double Dragon" -see As with all of Fiona's patterns I have utilized, I cut this out of thick (almost 1 inch) Spalted Maple. For reasons that I don't understand, not all my cut swere at a perfect 90 degrees. If one looks closely at the back of the cut piece, this is obvious: I had thought about hanging this n a window with no backing but, because the cuts are not perfect, I decided not to do this. The imperfections are hard to detect once a backing is glued to the piece. I tried various veneers as a backing: and chose #6 which, I think, is Elm. I sandwiched the veneer between the cut piece and 3mm thick Baltic Birch plywood, glued all the together, the cut out a circle on my scroll-saw: I then sprayed everything with clear semi-gloss "rattle can" stuff, attached a brass plaque and hung it on our bedroom wall beside 'Double Dragon': Edited February 17, 2020 by Frank Pellow meflick, Whisper, new2woodwrk and 14 others 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Great work. Sometimes the wood seems to have a mind of it's own on whether or not the cuts will remain 90's! amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Very, very nice work, Frank, With work that thick, it would be very hard not to put side pressure on the blade as you are cutting. Also, the blade has to be square to the table and the thicker the wood, the more any minute discrepancies in square will show up. You are much more critical of your cuttings than anyone else would ever be. Those are excellent projects and you can be proud of them. God Bless! Spirithorse amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackman Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 I like the name tags you used. Did you make them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Beautiful work Frank, thanks for showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Beautiful work! I'm not able to detect anything not 90 degrees so it must not exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 I would be in 7th heaven cutting the Combs and not mess them up. Real quality cutting here Mr. Pellows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Super job well done! I don't see any imperfections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Love it. Marvelous work Frank. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Your work is just beautiful. Thank you for showing. This should be inspiration to many others.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 8 hours ago, trackman said: I like the name tags you used. Did you make them? I designed them, but I had them made by a small local manufacturer of awards, plaques, and trophies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loskoppie Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Excellent work all around ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 fantastic work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 For those of you who said that they could not detect cutting mistakes, I modified the diagram that showed the back of the piece in front of a window, I modified the photo to add three red arrow pointing to three of those mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedido Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Thanks for sharing. I was told before I started that I will be most critical of my own work. Also, I was told to not point out mistakes as most will not notice them. I share this because the mistakes you pointed out would not be noticed and does not take away from the overall amazing work. Well done! Hendo danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 49 minutes ago, Fedido said: Thanks for sharing. I was told before I started that I will be most critical of my own work. Also, I was told to not point out mistakes as most will not notice them. I share this because the mistakes you pointed out would not be noticed and does not take away from the overall amazing work. Well done! Hendo Thanks. In genera, I agree with you about to mentioning mistakes. I did so in this case for two reasons: I am mystified as to why some of my cuts were not at 90 degrees The uneven cuts are harder to see when there is a backer board on the piece. ( Some day I would like to make one of these with no backer board, so I need to solve my cutting problem.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedido Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 I can understand that. I made a piece in the shape of a grenade for work (there is a story there). I screwed up the piñon it by having the front perfect and the back at about 45 degrees. Let’s just say it is now a grenade armed with no pin. Hendo danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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