Popular Post Hawk Posted February 11 Popular Post Report Posted February 11 A Kathy Wise pattern, Walnut, Mahogany,Aspen. The claws are a darker wood than the Walnut, don't know what it is though. Anyhow started it in May and finally finished, I need more shop time and less of everything else (lol) Chris barb.j.enders, JackJones, Gonzo and 10 others 13 Quote
FrankEV Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 (edited) IS HE SMILING OR GETTING READY TO BITE ME? Looks to be a fairly large piece...what are the dimensions? What finish? BTW, Nice work! Edited February 11 by FrankEV Quote
Wichman Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 He's smiling cuz he's going to bite you jerry walters and barb.j.enders 2 Quote
Hawk Posted February 11 Author Report Posted February 11 (edited) 2 hours ago, FrankEV said: IS HE SMILING OR GETTING READY TO BITE ME? Looks to be a fairly large piece...what are the dimensions? What finish? BTW, Nice work! About 17" high and 24" from head to tail, tung oil on everything but the teeth Edited February 11 by Hawk barb.j.enders 1 Quote
Hawk Posted February 11 Author Report Posted February 11 I tried to get more definition in the teeth, but not sure how. I cut the teeth part 6 times trying different methods to define each tooth, all of them were spic fails. So this one I didn't put the tung oil on like the rest of it, I didn't want the teeth to change color as they are glued in and changing would be more work than I want to do. barb.j.enders 1 Quote
Wichman Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 1 hour ago, Hawk said: I tried to get more definition in the teeth, but not sure how. I cut the teeth part 6 times trying different methods to define each tooth, all of them were spic fails. So this one I didn't put the tung oil on like the rest of it, I didn't want the teeth to change color as they are glued in and changing would be more work than I want to do. What methods did you use? Quote
Hawk Posted February 12 Author Report Posted February 12 32 minutes ago, Wichman said: What methods did you use? First I tried high lighting with a sharpie, then wood burning, cutting the teeth separate and very light paint wash on the sides, that one was difficult as the back teeth are TINY!, next tried a bit darker wood, once again the back teeth too small. Decided that a one piece teeth was the was to go. tried a couple more different woods but none had a "wow" factor of the Aspen. So I stuck with the aspen, used my dremel with a ting diamond bit to define each tooth, but looses the definition of each tooth. I didn't oil them, maybe something will come to me to visually separate the teeth somewhere down the road. Wichman 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 Looks great. If you had cut and shaped each tooth, that should have provided more definition. To shape small pieces, tape to a scrap piece of wood. Saves your fingerprints! You can always bleach the wood to lighten. Yes, just regular bleach. Hawk 1 Quote
TAIrving Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 30 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said: Looks great. If you had cut and shaped each tooth, that should have provided more definition. To shape small pieces, tape to a scrap piece of wood. Saves your fingerprints! After you shape them, if you need more definition, you could put just a little bit of dye on the edges to accentuate the individual teeth. Quote
FrankEV Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 (edited) 17 hours ago, Hawk said: About 17" high and 24" from head to tail, tung oil on everything but the teeth I find that the Tung Oil finish for that piece is toooooo dull. Some Intarsia pieces need the soft to the touch look, but in my humble opinion, a peice like this guy needs a hard, brite, clear gloss finished and even then polished. It really needs to make a statement!!! You might want to consider using a fine sharpie to outling the individual teeth. If you do, seal the wood first with an application of hard clear coating or the sharpie will bleed. Oops, I see you already tried that. Edited February 12 by FrankEV Quote
Hawk Posted February 12 Author Report Posted February 12 7 hours ago, FrankEV said: I find that the Tung Oil finish for that piece is toooooo dull. Some Intarsia pieces need the soft to the touch look, but in my humble opinion, a peice like this guy needs a hard, brite, clear gloss finished and even then polished. It really needs to make a statement!!! You might want to consider using a fine sharpie to outling the individual teeth. If you do, seal the wood first with an application of hard clear coating or the sharpie will bleed. Oops, I see you already tried that. I didn't clear coat the teeth before using the sharpie, I'll give that a try on some scrap tomorrow as we are in the middle of a blizzard so I won't be going anywhere for a couple of days. FrankEV 1 Quote
Wichman Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 I was going to get some titebond 2 dark glue, try something and report back. Unfortunately no one in my local area stocks it. Anyways here's my idea, cut the teeth apart and use the dark glue to reattach them. The idea is that the glue line would be dark and highlight the teeth without the stain spreading. Good luck with whatever techniques you try. Quote
FrankEV Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 9 hours ago, Wichman said: ...cut the teeth apart and use the dark glue to reattach them. The idea is that the glue line would be dark and highlight the teeth without the stain spreading.... I like this idea for many projects where the joint needs to accented. A little fine sawdust will turn any clear glue dark. Quote
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