Martinson train pattern

[heppnerguy]

I was so enthralled when I saw another pattern designed by Kris Martinson that I had to give it a try. His patterns are always so interesting as well as filled with challenges. With this particular pattern I knew I could not get it perfect but I knew I really wanted to give it a try. So first of all, my apologizes go out to Kris do to the fact that I do not have all the skills needed to get it perfect, but I was able to finish it and I am happy with how it came out.

    I cut this on a 1/2 inch bamboo cutting board I purchased on line, using  #3  Pegas spiral blades. It took my about 3 evenings to cut it.  My thanks go out to Kris Martinson for the use of his great pattern. 

Dick

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Edited October 6, 2025 by heppnerguy
had 2 photos posted by mistake

[Kris Martinson]

Looks like a beautiful cutting to me. Thank you for posting this.

[Gonzo]

Looks great!

[FrankEV]

Nicely done. The Bamboo cutting board was a good choice.

[daveww1]

terrific job

[Scrappile]

Beautiful cutting!

[rjweb]

Very well done, RJ

[Denny Knappen]

Mighty fine cutting.  How do you like the Pegas #3 spiral blades?

[heppnerguy]

19 hours ago, Kris Martinson said:

Looks like a beautiful cutting to me. Thank you for posting this.

 I am really sorry about not understanding your name properly. I hope I have it correct now. I got confused and I am not even sure how that happened. I got it now though. You and I are on the same page with only cutting one at a time and about sharing our work with others. 

Thank you for approving my cutting and allowing me to take a crack at it. I am really happy to know I have things where they belong. I especially like that you are not hurt by some of the small things I did a little different than you did. You skills far exceeds mine and I appreciate your accept my efforts on my efforts to cut your beautiful patterns.

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

19 hours ago, Gonzo said:

Looks great!

 Thank you so much for your kind words. I love the challenges in Kris's patterns and love to give them a crack. I usually do not do every single little cutting and often change things, just a little, if I think it doesn't have enough of a bridge and might break if I cut it exactly.  I like the way it came out as well as it did on this effort.

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

18 hours ago, FrankEV said:

Nicely done. The Bamboo cutting board was a good choice.

I am also happy that I used the bamboo as it is an interesting medium that I am probably going to use more often, especially in patterns with a lot of challenges in them. Also I want to thank you for the nice comment on my work as you and I both know, your projects far exceeds my efforts. 

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

3 hours ago, daveww1 said:

terrific job

thank you, Dave. Those words are very encouraging to me. 

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

2 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Beautiful cutting!

Coming from you, my friend, That is a really big compliment as your cutting ability makes mine look like a beginners.  THANK YOU PAUL

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

1 hour ago, rjweb said:

Very well done, RJ

Thank you so much.  I continue to try to do my best and as I am starting to get up there in age,{almost 86 now} It seems to be more challenging every time I go to my shop.

Dick

heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

1 hour ago, Denny Knappen said:

Mighty fine cutting.  How do you like the Pegas #3 spiral blades?

First of all, thank you for the nice comment on my project. As far as the #3 Pegas spiral blades goes, I really enjoy cutting with them a lot. I have found that I tend to have a lot of breakage with the #1 spirals, especially if I am cutting a large pattern with a lot of fine and small cuts. Because the entry hole is so small I tend to get the blades bent trying to put them into the holes and it causes the blades to get a bend in them. This, of course, causes premature braking of the blade. Using a #3 bade I reduce the amount of early breakage, as they are much stronger than the #1 spiral. So if I am able to use the #3  spiral, I prefer to do so.

Dick

heppnerguy

[Denny Knappen]

2 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

First of all, thank you for the nice comment on my project. As far as the #3 Pegas spiral blades goes, I really enjoy cutting with them a lot. I have found that I tend to have a lot of breakage with the #1 spirals, especially if I am cutting a large pattern with a lot of fine and small cuts. Because the entry hole is so small I tend to get the blades bent trying to put them into the holes and it causes the blades to get a bend in them. This, of course, causes premature braking of the blade. Using a #3 bade I reduce the amount of early breakage, as they are much stronger than the #1 spiral. So if I am able to use the #3  spiral, I prefer to do so.

Dick

heppnerguy

Just to let you know, there is a #2 Spiral sized between #1 and #3.

[Fish]

Very nice!  Using a cutting board is a great idea.  

[Kris Martinson]

On 10/6/2025 at 12:00 PM, heppnerguy said:

 I am really sorry about not understanding your name properly. I hope I have it correct now. I got confused and I am not even sure how that happened. I got it now though. You and I are on the same page with only cutting one at a time and about sharing our work with others. 

Thank you for approving my cutting and allowing me to take a crack at it. I am really happy to know I have things where they belong. I especially like that you are not hurt by some of the small things I did a little different than you did. You skills far exceeds mine and I appreciate your accept my efforts on my efforts to cut your beautiful patterns.

Dick

heppnerguy 

All I know is that your cutting looks great and it is an honor to me that you cut my pattern. 

Kris

[preprius]

The train came out wonderful. This pattern focuses on the train which in this case is great.  Just a little smoke and shadows of the people add realism. 

All this allows the scrollsaw cutter to worry about mistakes.  But the viewer has no info about pattern.  

 

Now about the boards...

I have 3 bamboo cutting boards that I can play with. Thanks for bringing that up. This also got me thinking about going to good will and getting wooden tv trays to do inlay.  

Great work.

[Peter N White]

Nothing wrong with your cutting as far as I can see looks very well done.

[Scrappile]

Very well done, Dick.  That does look like a challenging cut.

[GregBennett]

Great work Dick with very fine detail! I had never heard of Kris Martinson and I'm always looking for new patterns. I was able to find his Facebook page and view some of his work even though I'm not on Facebook.  Does he sell patterns?

 

[heppnerguy]

On 10/7/2025 at 9:34 AM, Fish said:

Very nice!  Using a cutting board is a great idea.  

 Thank you. I was at our local Dollar Tree last evening and was pleasantly surprised to find they were well stocked with 3/8 thick, 81/2 X 11 inch bamboo cutting boards for only $1.25 each. I will be going back this week and buy myself a stack of them for future use. I have found the B Birch wood has gone up a considerable amount, which was not a surprise, but the thickness of the face board is way thinner and I do not like that. This makes the bamboo even more inviting. 

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

On 10/7/2025 at 10:29 AM, Kris Martinson said:

All I know is that your cutting looks great and it is an honor to me that you cut my pattern. 

Kris

Thank you so much for your understanding. I saw a couple more of your beautifully done patterns and I will be chatting with you as soon as I have things caught up and can get time to give them a shot. I hope you will allow me to do that as I am becoming a big fan of all your great patterns and hope I will be authorized to give them a try. I promise to get your name listed correctly now, as the pattern maker.

Dick

heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

On 10/7/2025 at 10:29 AM, preprius said:

The train came out wonderful. This pattern focuses on the train which in this case is great.  Just a little smoke and shadows of the people add realism. 

All this allows the scrollsaw cutter to worry about mistakes.  But the viewer has no info about pattern.  

 

Now about the boards...

I have 3 bamboo cutting boards that I can play with. Thanks for bringing that up. This also got me thinking about going to good will and getting wooden tv trays to do inlay.  

Great work.

Thank you for the nice comment on the train. I am happy with it and the little changes I made on it was not to correct Kris Martinson's   beautiful pattern but only to make it a tiny bit more to my ability that is definitely not up to Kris's work. As far as the bamboo cutting boards, I discovered last night that our local Dollar Tree store has 8 1/2 ? 11 inch bamboo cutting boards for only $1.25 each. I will be buying a stack of those later this week. You might want to check that out if you have one of these stores anywhere near where you live. They surprised me to find them on the side wall where the kitchen tools are hung but way down by the floor.

Dick

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