Popular Post Frank Pellow Posted September 29, 2020 Popular Post Report Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) Terry is turning 80 in early October (and I'm only 1.5 years behind him). Terry and his wife Peggy are both in good health and taking full advantage of life. I searched for quite a while for something to make for Terry and finally hit upon a Sue Mey pattern. I reduced the pattern to 75% size (which made for some very intricate cutting) and made a few changes. I cut both the foreground and background out of 3mm thick Baltic Birch plywood. He is a photo taken when the cutting saw about half completed: Here, the detailed cutting has been completed, the background has been stained green, then attached to the foreground with double sided tape, and I am cutting the perimeter of both: And here is the completed "card": The whole project took about six and a half hours of work. All the cutting was done using #1 Flying Dutchman Ultra Reverse Tooth blades. I mailed the card to Terry this afternoon. Edited September 30, 2020 by Frank Pellow jbrowning, jollyred, Dave Monk and 7 others 10 Quote
Woodrush Posted September 29, 2020 Report Posted September 29, 2020 That's great I'm sure he will love it Frank Pellow 1 Quote
amazingkevin Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 Looks good Frank!!! Frank Pellow 1 Quote
Rockytime Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 Nice work! It will be appreciated. Frank Pellow 1 Quote
wombatie Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 Oh he will love it. Excellent work Frank. Marg Frank Pellow 1 Quote
Tomanydogs Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 What a very nice card. I’ve never seen a scrolled card before. What was the size? Quote
daveww1 Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 fantastic job, it's beautiful Frank Pellow 1 Quote
Frank Pellow Posted September 30, 2020 Author Report Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Tomanydogs said: What a very nice card. I’ve never seen a scrolled card before. What was the size? Thanks. I often send folks scroll-sawn (sort of) cards. In fact a couple of folks at our local post office are interested in seeing them and ask me about when I am going to mail another one. The card is 24cm at its highest point and 22cm at its widest point. The original pattern was quite a bit bigger. Edited September 30, 2020 by Frank Pellow Tomanydogs 1 Quote
ike Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 That's a nice card I am sure he will love it. IKE Frank Pellow 1 Quote
Jim McDonald Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 Nice sentiment. I just finished some Steve Good's ornaments in 1/4" (6mm) poplar with #1 FDUR and my problem was fish hooking on the bottom of the blade. Quote
FrankEV Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) I'm catching up with him also...78 and getting older every day. That is a beautiful job on that BD card. He will really love it, I'm sure. Unfortunately we here on this side of the pond are still on the feet and Inch system and I could not visualize 24cm X 22CM, so I had to use my converter software to get 9 1/2IN x 8 3/4in. Edited September 30, 2020 by FrankEV Quote
Frank Pellow Posted September 30, 2020 Author Report Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Jim McDonald said: Nice sentiment. I just finished some Steve Good's ornaments in 1/4" (6mm) poplar with #1 FDUR and my problem was fish hooking on the bottom of the blade. What is 'fish hooking'? (maybe I am better off not knowing ) Quote
Frank Pellow Posted September 30, 2020 Author Report Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, FrankEV said: I'm catching up with him also...78 and getting older every day. That is a beautiful job on that BD card. He will really love it, I'm sure. Unfortunately we here on this side of the pond are still on the feet and Inch system and I could not visualize 24cm X 22CM, so I had to use my converter software to get 9 1/2IN x 8 3/4in. Thanks. Hey if the pond is the Atlantic, I am on the same side of it as you are. If the pond is the Great Lakes then we are on different sides. Thanks for the conversion. Knowing that some USA citizens still prefer the antiquated British Imperial system, I should have given those numbers too. Edited September 30, 2020 by Frank Pellow meflick and FrankEV 2 Quote
scrollerpete Posted September 30, 2020 Report Posted September 30, 2020 Very nice Frank it is quite better than an Hallmark birthday card. Frank Pellow 1 Quote
Jim McDonald Posted October 1, 2020 Report Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Frank Pellow said: What is 'fish hooking'? (maybe I am better off not knowing ) When the blade bends forward in the very bottom inch or so. It gets too bent to go through the entry hole for top feeding. Edited October 1, 2020 by Jim McDonald Quote
Frank Pellow Posted October 1, 2020 Author Report Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Jim McDonald said: When the blade bends forward in the very bottom inch or so. It gets too bent to go through the entry hole for top feeding. Thanks for the answer. Since I don't do top feeding, its not a problem that I encounter. Quote
Dragonkort Posted October 1, 2020 Report Posted October 1, 2020 its simply beautful im sure he will love it Frank Pellow 1 Quote
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