Popular Post FrankEV Posted January 25, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Things happen, and they did in a big way, in my second attempt at a fretwork/sculptured project. The pattern is Owl by Seyit that I modified to suit an 11”x14” panel and adjusted for carving. The panel ‘started out’ as a piece of 3/4”x11”x14” and the pattern was cut with Pegas #1 spiral blades. The many-hole cutting itself was quite time consuming as the pattern has many very close together cut outs and required very slow cut speeds. After completing the scroll work I attempted to lower the background using a small trim router and a router sled to create a uniform lowering. I was removing 1/4” of material and as I moved across the piece the panel began to warp, causing the cut depth to vary, making the surface uneven. I stopped and when I returned to the shop the next morning, I found the panel had flattened out and I was able to clean up the uneven cuts. I was close to being finished when, in attempt to clean up a remaining small area, I proceeded to put a big, unrepairable, gouge in the panel. In order to try to save the scroll work I cut away the background from the image area. I then proceeded to do the necessary carving and painting of the image before affixing it to a 1/4” backer that I embellished with some colored work. The Frame is just pine with a detail trim strip, stained with a Minwax water based stain called Royal Pine that turned out to be very ‘Blue’ and not the color I was looking for. I added the gold color to the beading with Acrylic Craft paint and then finished it with Minwax water based Polycrylic clear satin protective finish. The water based products do dry much faster but I don’t think I will be using this system in the future. Every project is a learning process, and boy, did I learn a bunch with this one! ben2008, TexasDIY, Ken Lotts and 16 others 17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Worth all the trouble,,,, turned out awesome...!! FrankEV and danny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looks great, Frank! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Gorgeous! If you do not like it--you can send it to me! I can join the "WHO" club that is in my shop. I cannot claim the nice work in these owls, though. The mounted one was a gift & the 2 smaller ones are garage sale finds. danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 He is awesome. Very impressive work and time well spent. Marg danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lotts Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Nice work! Looks Great! Here is a recent story that came to mind after reading your post. I did an 8X10 winter scene fret piece (from Steve Good) during Christmas using BB and as I got into the last third, the saw started getting hard to control. Up till then, I had never had a board bow while cutting before. (yeah, I am still trying a lot of stuff for the first time Lol). I ended up using the "foot" to help hold down the bow. The piece turned out fine but I ruined it by staining the backer with the wrong shade of stain. danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 Great job! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 terrific job, it's beautiful FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Beautiful work. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Absolutely gorgeous. Dynamite work on the frame and painting the owl. danny and FrankEV 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 You did a wonderful job of capturing the owl with your carving and painting technique. FrankEV and danny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danj84 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 This looks fantastic a lot of effort but definitely worth it it looks great well done ,Dan FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted January 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 11:45 PM, Ken Lotts said: ... The piece turned out fine but I ruined it by staining the backer with the wrong shade of stain. You should never admit to doing something wrong that no one but you would know about. You can say something like: "The backer color did not quite turn out the way I had hoped", or, "Tried a different color for the backer...not sure I lkie it". You never know, others might like it! danny and Ken Lotts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Lots of hold your breath cuts. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lotts Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 8 hours ago, FrankEV said: You should never admit to doing something wrong that no one but you would know about. You can say something like: "The backer color did not quite turn out the way I had hoped", or, "Tried a different color for the backer...not sure I lkie it". You never know, others might like it! Gave me a chuckle! Yes indeed... golden advice. Thanks FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkort Posted January 28, 2021 Report Share Posted January 28, 2021 beautiful!!! simply beautiful!!! FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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