Extra Challenging

[Dak0ta52]

This is Jim Blume's "Heading West" pattern that was designed to be 11X14. I decided to make it a little more challenging by cutting it into an 8X10. Baltic Birch stained Ipswich with a black backer and a Pine frame. Both cutting and frame were sprayed with several coats of Polyacrylic with light sanding between coats. This was a lot of fun to cut and surprisingly the reduced size didn't make it very difficult. Thanks, Jim, for another great pattern.

 

[Peter N White]

Very nicely done looks great.

[rjweb]

Beautiful piece, excellent craftsmanship, RJ

[preprius]

Yep,  the family is taking on a great adventure.  Extra challenging to head west.

 

Oh your saying the cutting is extra challenging.  Yes but it looks great.

 

I had to look closely,  i think the child is a girl peeking out of the covered wagon.

 

 

 

[Gonzo]

Very nice. I had to go look at it again to find the child peeking out of the wagon. 

[Charlie E]

Very nicely done!

[MarieC]

An amazing alot of work!  Very nice...

[wombatie]

Wow, that's awesome.

Marg

[Fish]

Nice work!

[Denny Knappen]

My, that is mighty fine.  I thought you might go larger with the new saw.

[Jim Blume]

Looks great Pard.

 

[Dak0ta52]

4 hours ago, Denny Knappen said:

My, that is mighty fine.  I thought you might go larger with the new saw.

At the time I was limited on my wood stock but I wanted to see if I could complete the cut with smaller bridges. I selected this pattern because it didn't have any large areas with thin bridges. The previous piece I did of Jim's where the cowboy is sitting with a dog along side would have never worked. That one was very delicate even though I cut it 11X14. I have a "Last Supper" pattern I hope to cut when I have the wood that will be around 8X48. I'll surely need the extra depth as well as a couple side tables for that one.