been a minute since doin portrait work

[tomsteve]

I haven't been scrolling like I once was but have been doing some.mostly work  using straight blades.

its been a minute since doing a portrait, but came across a time I wanted to do this for a friend that owns an animal sanctuary.

shout out to Charles Deering for making the pattern. this is going to turn out awesome when done and framed.

 using #1 FD spirals for this, I'm using a rather small drill bit- just big enough for the blade to go through.

I've had this saw for about 12 years now.i put the light on the left side when first got the saw. im a bottom feeder and left handed so I lift the right side of the work up to feed the blade through. at least I think I do it this way because I'm left handed.

with the light on the left side it could be a bugger finding and fishing the blade through the holes. not enough light to see the holes.

12 years of owning this saw it FINALLY occurred to me today;"maybe I can put the light on the right side of the saw."

what a difference! I can see what I'm doing when trying to feed the blade through!

12 friggin years to finally have THAT thought.

I've already done twice the cutting in half the time  as when I had the light on the left side!

amazing how something so simple can speed up work.

and take an eternity to think about!

 

[Wichman]

Sigh.

This the kind of simple idea (after the fact) that I often times don't think to write up, because it's just too simple. This along with shifting the light to each side, front, and back to see what works for a given situation, sometimes for different pieces and at time rotating the piece 90* each direction and 180* (depending on the grain structure and sheen).

Good on you for sharing.

[Scrappile]

Going to be a great picture.  I need to get that pattern.  Grandson is raising a Goat that looks like that for a FFA project.