cutting 3 sided compound cut patterns

[Dragonkort]

Sometimes getting old can be a real pain in the bottom!  my youngest daughter asked me if id send her some of  holiday ornments i make  for her house in maryland....and of course i thought this was a great idea! and while im at it i'll make one for me ad one for the stock boxes...of each pattern....now i KNOW i have cut 3 sided compound cut patterns before but i'll be darned if i can remember how i did it....the pictures only show how to wrap the pattern on the wood...the 2 side pieces on the long side and then the other one on the end...im pretty sure thats how it gos...with only the 2 sides it really dosnt make that much difference which you cut first but with the 3 sides it might....i tryied  doing a search on how to cut 3 sided compound cut patterns but i just get vidos on cutting 2 sided cuts.... the same in my books....its been awhile since iv done a lot of compound cutting even though those are my favorite things to do... my question is do you cut the end piece first and then the 2 sides or do you cut the 2 side first and the end piece?   i have several compound cuts im going to do and a couple layered snakes to make for the stock boxes...im going to try to turn them into some kind of containerr ..maybe put a small jar or something in the center so they can hold things or maybe turn them into the flower holders you use test tubes with ...we'll see but first i have to get them made! lol  i have also been doing a lot of trying to get the programs i need for the cnc machine to work...i finally got rid of carbin create because i just couldnt get it to work but some one suggested easle and i love it!!!  its so easy for the most part...spike is off to find some dry lube...and some time today i have install candle...so much to do and so little tiem!! lol i can never get everything done on my list of things to do lol well id best get busy if im going to get anything done !!

 

[amazingkevin]

You,d fit right in here!!! Similar same sort of rigamonro here.

[JimErn]

Color me confused, I have never seen a 3 piece 3-d pattern.  I'm having trouble visualizing it, could you post a pic of the pattern?

[Dragonkort]

thanks lol and yes i will take a picture of the few 3 sided compound cut patterns i have.....there arent to many of them ...  if i remember correctly i do the 2 sides first and then the end peice..... i think im going to dig out a couple of my other compound cut books and see if they have the instructions for these.....to make things easer for me i scanned most of my patterns into the computer and put them on  jump drives .... you have to remember even though my projects dont really show it iv been scrolling for a little over 40 years i think, and the patterns and books and such were taking up so much room!!  lol and itd take me hours to find a pattern i wanted to make....it still takes me hours sometimes but its a lot easer to sit with the computer then a ton of magazines on my  lap and on the floor and table lol as i put the ones iv already looked through into different piles  and then another pile or two of magazines that i found patterns i also decided to make while looking for the pattern im looking for if that makes any sense lol then spike got a big gray tub and put the books and some of the magazines in them and put them in his closit so i can get to them when i need to lol....i havent told him yet that i suggested to my children they get me a subscription to the carving magazine... lol i''ll have to find a place to put them when i get them as all my sewing and crochet patterns is taking up most of the space in our inclosed frount pourch.... it looks like just another room but it dosnt have heat. lol well let me go take thos pictures and grab another cup of coffee lol 

[Dragonkort]

 ok heres an example of a 3 cut compound cut pattern ... and i need to get off and see if i can install candle on to this computer....if everything works out ok i might be able to make my first cnc project soon!!! lol 

[OCtoolguy]

13 hours ago, Dragonkort said:

 ok heres an example of a 3 cut compound cut pattern ... and i need to get off and see if i can install candle on to this computer....if everything works out ok i might be able to make my first cnc project soon!!! lol 

It seems to me that if you cut the two long sides, the short side is cut automatically. It's not a separate cut. 

[Roberta Moreton]

12 hours ago, octoolguy said:

It seems to me that if you cut the two long sides, the short side is cut automatically. It's not a separate cut. 

I agree, it just works. Not a separate cut.