Little dog face

planeur · February 5, 2024

Little dog face

For Lucie, who have and love dog, I made her this little intarsia dog, in cherry, ebony and sapele (ear and ''lips'' and around eyes ), from a photo in Pinterest from Tanya Mcelveen. It measures 6'' X 7'' and 3/8'' thick, assembled with wood glue and on a 1/8'' MDF base, but after sanding.

Naturally cut with a scroll saw, with many pieces whose angles are quite sharp, so not easy to cut . What gave me a chance in the precision of the cherrywood cut, was the fact that once a piece was cut, its immediate neighbor was partly trimmed, so the fit was already very good, if well trimmed! So here's the finished cut of all the pieces,

then the ebony and ..... pieces are copied onto the cherry originals.

Once the 34 pieces have been cut as accurately as possible, sanding begins on each piece to round them out and give them a 3-D effect. I also raised some of the pieces for more than 3 D.

Then the sanding! After several trials and recommendations ( thanks again every bodies ) I opted for this electric rounding sander with an aspiration tube near, which can go into almost every small corners.

Naturally, I do a lot of hand sanding with all kinds of sandpaper that I fold or round, and as you probably know, this requires ........... patience! But a little bit every day help a lot!

Rounding the upper parts , I also help him to see better with a white dot in his eyes !