Horse

[wombatie]

This is the first cutting I have done this year and now I have pulled/damaged my femoral nerve so sitting on a hard chair for too long is out of the question.  Never mind I am managing 1/2 an hour a day so that is one good thing.

Back to the horse.......The pattern is by Charles Hand.  The horse is cut from 3/4 inch pine and the base is unknown wood.  It was actually easier than it looks to cut.  Really happy with it.

Marg

[Sycamore67]

Wow...that is beautiful

[barb.j.enders]

Well done Marg.  Did you do that with spirals or flat?

Sorry about your injury.  Hopefully it heals quickly.

[daveww1]

fantaastic job

[Scrappile]

looks great.  real nice cutting.

[rjweb]

Excellent cutting especially for thick wood, RJ

[Fab4]

Hi Marg:
Get well soon, brings a whole new meaning to "one hole at a time"
I know if I were to try this I would have pain in a different area. 
Mainly my seating area(if you know what I mean)  P.I.T.A.....NOT THE EATING KIND
BUT: no pun intended here
Once complete, it would almost be worth it
You did one heck of a job on this one  Well done is an understatement
Hang in there they say the Golden Years are not too far away....rrrrrrrrrrrrrr-ight!!!
Fab4

[Peter N White]

Very good cutting looks great.

[Richard Hotchkiss]

Beautiful job on that piece, keep up the good work!

[Old Joe]

Well done, indeed!

[WayneG]

stunning

 

[AUTOMILE]

Beautiful cutting !!!

[MarieC]

Very impressive!!  Get well soon!

[GPscroller]

Very nice cutting Marg.

Jeff

[Mike Crosa]

What everyone else says.  A wonderful job cutting.  You should be proud.

[wombatie]

On 5/8/2026 at 10:51 PM, barb.j.enders said:

Well done Marg.  Did you do that with spirals or flat?

Sorry about your injury.  Hopefully it heals quickly.

Flat blades all the way, I hate spirals.  

Marg

[wombatie]

On 5/9/2026 at 12:56 AM, rjweb said:

Excellent cutting especially for thick wood, RJ

I think the fact that it's pine helped.

Marg

[barb.j.enders]

7 hours ago, wombatie said:

Flat blades all the way, I hate spirals.  

Marg

I hate spirals too!

[Fish]

Great job!

[meflick]

 Beautiful work Marg. Sorry to hear about your injury. Hope you can fully heal soon.

[Charlie E]

Great work on a very intricate pattern! I hate spirals too. I know they have their place and I have some but I rarely use one. Most of my patterns have sharp inside corners and those two don't get along well.  So sorry about your pain.   My wife and I can sympathize. 

[Old Joe]

Funny, I use spirals as often as possible. There is nothing that advanced my scrolling more than learning to use and to have confidence in spirals.

[Wichman]

About that Femoral nerve, I've had issues for years with leg pain and pinch points. One solution, among several, is to use a chair with a "tractor" seat. The seat is shaped for comfort, and if it works for seating on a tractor being bounced up and down for hours it's worth a try. These can be found on Amazon so you may be able to find them locally or have them shipped.

I limit my time in the seat to 1/2hr at a time anyway, then get up and move around for a few minutes, then continue. Chair pads just don't cut it for some reason, but the tractor seat, oh yeah. 

[wombatie]

14 hours ago, Wichman said:

About that Femoral nerve, I've had issues for years with leg pain and pinch points. One solution, among several, is to use a chair with a "tractor" seat. The seat is shaped for comfort, and if it works for seating on a tractor being bounced up and down for hours it's worth a try. These can be found on Amazon so you may be able to find them locally or have them shipped.

I limit my time in the seat to 1/2hr at a time anyway, then get up and move around for a few minutes, then continue. Chair pads just don't cut it for some reason, but the tractor seat, oh yeah. 

I will give it a go.  I will search Amazon.  Thank you for that.  It's feeling a lot better but I still have some discomfort.  I am only working on things that I want to do for myself at the moment so it doesn't matter how long I take.

Marg