Wolf Pack

[Ron Johnson]

24” x 12” x 1” live edge walnut board, pattern by Heartland Creations. Finished with clear satin polyurethane and polished with bees wax. 

[Scrappile]

Ahh. Ron, I have missed you.. all your projects as first class and unique. You always inspired me to try harder... that is very cool. How did you do the paw prints?  looks like they are proud of the rest of the picture.. how!?

[Charlie E]

Beautiful piece! Like Paul, I wondered about the paw prints.  

[Ron Johnson]

Thanks Paul. Cutting the paws I tilted the table to the right 2 degrees and cut counter clock wise. For the nails table was tilted to the right 1 degree and again cut counter clock wise. Then glue all pieces in and round off. Doing this process will vary according to thickness of wood so it’s best to practice on a piece of scrap first. Thank you. 
PS

I should mention when drilling a hole for blade I used a bit just big enough for a #3 blade. Drill the hole on the line tilted to the right same angle as your table. 

Edited December 23, 2022 by Ron Johnson

[Ron Johnson]

7 minutes ago, Charlie E said:

Beautiful piece! Like Paul, I wondered about the paw prints.  

Thanks Charlie. Forwarded Paul an explanation. Thank you. 

[daveww1]

excellent job

[RabidAlien]

Very nicely cut!  Love the live-edge wood used for this, very wild and rustic.  Although part of me saw the subject line and thought "oooo...someone has a pattern of WW2 submarines on the prowl!!!"   ...I may need more coffee.

 

Nice explanation on the paws!  My first thought was "cut the sides straight, cut scrap pieces to fit in the bottom of the holes and then drop the pads/claws back in so they're scrap-pieces higher than the rest".    I tend to forget that my saw table tilts.

[Ron Johnson]

2 hours ago, daveww1 said:

excellent job

Thanks Dave. 

[Ron Johnson]

10 minutes ago, RabidAlien said:

Very nicely cut!  Love the live-edge wood used for this, very wild and rustic.  Although part of me saw the subject line and thought "oooo...someone has a pattern of WW2 submarines on the prowl!!!"   ...I may need more coffee.

 

Nice explanation on the paws!  My first thought was "cut the sides straight, cut scrap pieces to fit in the bottom of the holes and then drop the pads/claws back in so they're scrap-pieces higher than the rest".    I tend to forget that my saw table tilts.

Thanks Kirk. 

[rjR]

Looks great!

[Ron Johnson]

1 hour ago, rjR said:

Looks great!

Thanks Ralph. A very Merry Christmas to you and family. 

[Tbow388]

On 12/22/2022 at 7:50 PM, Ron Johnson said:

24” x 12” x 1” live edge walnut board, pattern by Heartland Creations. Finished with clear satin polyurethane and polished with bees wax. 

Now that is one fine piece!!

[Ron Johnson]

13 minutes ago, Tbow388 said:

Now that is one fine piece!!

Thanks Timothy. 

[wombatie]

Another amazing piece.  Excellent work Ron.

Marg  

[lawson56]

Great to see you back a well. This is an Awesome piece, Love the wood. The way you layed it out is Beautiful.

[GPscroller]

Great work as always Ron.  Cut the same pattern years ago, one of my favourites.  Good to see you back.

Jeff

[Ron Johnson]

49 minutes ago, GPscroller said:

Great work as always Ron.  Cut the same pattern years ago, one of my favourites.  Good to see you back.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff.  Had this pattern for many years and decided since I had the wood I should cut it. Gave it to my brother so I’ll be cutting a couple more. 
A very Merry Christmas to you and family. 

[Ron Johnson]

9 hours ago, wombatie said:

Another amazing piece.  Excellent work Ron.

Marg  

Thanks Marg. A very Merry Christmas to you and family. 

[Ron Johnson]

6 hours ago, lawson56 said:

Great to see you back a well. This is an Awesome piece, Love the wood. The way you layed it out is Beautiful.

Thanks Bobby. A very Merry Christmas to you and family.