Beagle

[Allen levine]

Another project out of Kathy wise's book

calls for ebony for eye and nose but I'll spray black gloss paint instead of ebony which I don't have currently

i used sapele instead of walnut and will use tung oil which will darken it up nicely

Just finished cutting

heres Where im at

[rjweb]

You are doing an excellent job with these intarsia projects, RJ

[Peter N White]

Looks good.

[daveww1]

nice job

[Allen levine]

This one turned out a failure

looked good for some reason it glued up poorly not sure why maybe one piece was off and I tried to break head off but no luck

inthiught about cutting head and eyes off but odds of me getting perfect cut for new piece just not worth it

so my grandson is getting this one I have no choice 

he is waiting for it and he is 4 

my biggest mistakes were stupid

first I tried to fill in gaps and then sand off with dremel but once things are glued up forget it

then I applied oil anyway and the paint on nose and eyes ran

im moving on to next pattern when I start again in 2 weeks

mynwife says he will love it

I learned a lot from this piece and will never make this mistakes again

its not going into the fire pit but I won't be showing to anyone 

[Allen levine]

too frustrated, so i already got the copies done for another attempt. I wont be around much next week and then Im off for our anniversary for 5 days, so it will at least give me something to do in the few hours Ill have in the shop. Ill try to do better the next one

 

[rjweb]

I feel you are doing excellent work, RJ

[Allen levine]

My next attempt I'm thinking about using plastic dog eyes for this

not that the author/designer's pattern is undesirable I just have a boatload of eyes as I used to make doggie planters out of scrap 2 bys

i made mostly dogs out of 2 bys that resembled the dog I was copying

the eyes were important to make a decent look

heres some the beige dog was a therapy dog in a school so I made a bunch of lookalikes for them to auction off to raise money for pta

The only other one I have a pic of is a friends dog 

remember it's just 2x6's so it's not art

heres also the next attempt and what I'm thinking

 

[Allen levine]

I decided to just change the eye pieces and use a plastic eyeball

cut it 3 times this morning till I got what I wanted

now I'll start sanding /shaping

Edited November 24, 2024 by Allen levine

[Allen levine]

Here he is all sanded and ready for some finish

made the eyelids one piece centered the plastic eyeball and drilled in with Forstner bit around 1/4 inch and just rounded over the wood slightly

Edited November 25, 2024 by Allen levine

[rjweb]

Looking good, RJ

[Allen levine]

Two coats of clear gloss and he's hung up

ill hang the failed one in my grandsons room 

when we move I'll give him the new one

inhad to recut the ball part 3 times and ended up using sapele just not redish like Spanish cedar

sorry bout the poor pic and this is a brand new iPhone 16 but shadows and poor lighting in my den

 

Edited November 26, 2024 by Allen levine