John 3-16 Heart finished (finally)

[TAIrving]

Here it is, finished and ready to hang on the wall.  BTW, my wife has claimed it and it is to hang on our wall.

Since I last posted about it, after many side-tracks and disruptions, I have encased it in clear epoxy, sanded and clear-coated it with lacquer.  

The wood is 3/8" mesquite and I used Pegas MGT blades, mostly #3.  The finished product is roughly 7-1/2" H x 7-3/4" W.  

It was a fun project to cut although it took many hours.  I had not originally planned to do the epoxy but the words at the bottom were fragile. There are several single bridges between the H, the N, the 3 and the 6. They broke and I had to glue them back together.  You can probably see it if you look close enough.  Now, with the epoxy, nothing is going to break.  

I will share the pattern if anyone is interested.  

[rjweb]

Thruman, excellent true craftsmanship, RJ

[Denny Knappen]

That is a mighty fine cutting.  A wonderful verse, but I also add 17 and 18.

[MarieC]

Amazing work!  Great cutting, too!

[AUTOMILE]

Absolutely beautiful!

[wombatie]

Wow, excellent work.

Marg

[daveww1]

awesome job

[Bob1234]

I would be interested 

 

[heppnerguy]

I can see easily that one would not be able to knock this one out before dinner.  I have done some long difficult projects several times. It would turn from a fun project to one I would think will never get finished but they always turned out to be the most satisfying pieces when I did finally get to the end of it. Good for you, finishing a real nice project

Dick

heppnerguy

[TAIrving]

@Bob1234 & @heppnerguy,

Here is the pattern.  Be patient and have fun!  

The pattern includes the statement "free pattern to copy and share."  

Let us know how you do with it.  

Thurman

John 3-16.pdf

[Scrappile]

Well done and thank you for sharing the pattern!