The "Monch" a Swiss mountain

[Gabry Sawyer]

Here is my latest pattern, the north face of "Monch" ( the Monk ) a Switzerland famous mountain near Eiger and Jungfrau ( Berner Alps ) from a photograph taken by me three summer ago.

To date, it took 10 hours of manual sawing work. There are 263 holes for a total of about 15 meters of cut into a 2 mm birch plywood 20 cm x 30 cm approx.

I'll put more pictures when it is finished !

Gabry

 

 

[LarryEA]

Gabry, High fives and two thumbs up. That is beautiful.
Amazing ... And your scroll saw does a fine job in your artistic hands.

Patience and a steady firm grip to cut with a hand scroll blade

Edited December 10, 2013 by LarryEA

[Bishop]

Gabry

That is amazing. Anyone that can cut like that is tops in my book.

I'm not sure I could cut that on my scroll saw.

Can't wait to see the finished piece.

Thanks

God Bless

Homer & Carol

[Ron Johnson]

Hi Gabry

 

Totally amazing and can't wait to see it when finished. A person needs a whole lot more than patience to complete a project that size with a hand scroll saw. I have a lot of patience, but I don't have that much. I use a hand scroll saw only if needed and that is not too often. I can't imagine the hours you've already put in. Nice work.

[browders]

Holy cow! That is going to be an awesome piece. Great job.

[amazingkevin]

Great wrist thinning exercise!now I've seen everything.Truely a master craftsman I believe to work this saw.You can really appreciate your work after using this tool.If you look up in the pattern library tony coleman did the lords prayer and patterned it using a saw probably like this .I do know it was hand powered.Hats off to these two for a mission  and submission to scrolling the hard way.

[Dan]

Gabry, that is awesome. The detail is outstanding. You need to pat yourself on the back for such beautiful work. 

[LarryEA]

Gabry,* What holds your Birch plywood secure while you cut?
Is it a table similar to an electric scroll saw table?
* How do you attach the pattern to the Birch?

Thanks so much

Larry

Edited December 13, 2013 by LarryEA

[oldhudson]

Brilliant!

[ChelCass]

Very nice.  I would be interested in the answer to Larry's questions.  Thanks for sharing.

[heppnerguy]

Speachless... not many can shut my yappy mouth, but Gabry, you have gotten my attention for sure. I can not imagine even wanting to challenge myself that much. I have thrown several pieces in the garbage can because of breaking pieces after a lot of work into it. You are absolutely one of the most amazing people I have ever seen.   I for one, am really glad you found us.

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[PaPa50707]

Wow that is amazing. You must have a lot of patience. 

[RangerJay]

Holy smoke - I can't imagine doing this - very humbling .....

 

Thanks,

 

 

Jay

[bobscroll]

Fantastic work you are doing Gabry, Thank you for showing,

Bob   

[Phantom Scroller]

GABRY hats off to you, I'm sure you must have muscles on muscles to do this stuff by hand I would have cramp after 5 minutes.

 

Well done great work.

 

Roly

[Gabry Sawyer]

Hallo everybody and many thanks for compliments
I try to reply to Larry questions but first of all I want to clarify that I am not sure here to teach you something but rather to learn !
The ply plate is holded down by my left hand on the top of "jigsaw wooden tablet" ( I do not know if it's his real name - see horrible picture )
The pattern is glued to the birch by a spray repositioning glue, of the type used for graphic works.
I spray the glue on the lower face of the pattern and also on the plywood, I wait about 1 minute and join them pressing with thumbs and sometimes with a rubber eraser.
So here are all the machinery, jigsaw and tablet.
To drill the pattern I use a small electric drill from my husband Gabriel ( we are Gabriel & Gabrielle ... little parents imagination ) a fine model engineer ( live steam, model railroads )
I learned from him how to work with wood and he does some good work of scrollsaw.
Sometimes he will also write here.
Greetings to all !! Gabry

 

[LarryEA]

The intrigue grows.

Thank you for answering my questions.

I greatly appreciate you taking time to also show us a picture.

We are all here to try and help each other.

You show another aspect of "scroll sawing with a jig saw".

I am sure that very few if any of us have attempted this.

You may want to try a different way to attach your pattern to the plywood.

Questions:, " Do you have any trouble removing the pattern from the plywood?"

                   " Does the glue sprayed on the plywood remove easily?"

                   Instead of spraying the glue on the plywood...

If available, use 'blue painters tape' on the plywood then spray the pattern

and attach the pattern to the tape. The tape removes easily and leaves no residue.

 

Again thank you for responding Gabrielle..."Gabry"

 

Larry

[LarryEA]

Gabry, please keep us updated on your scroll projects.

Everyone here enjoys seeing other artists work and your

picture of the one you are cutting looks so good.

Please ask questions because there are woodworkers here

who are waiting and wanting to help.

God bless.

 

Larry 

[Gabry Sawyer]

The paper comes off easily even if after 15 or 20 days tends to adhere more and more, I don't know "blue painters tape" but I think it is a removable adhesive paper.

An experiment that I want to be a bit 'of time is as follows: paint the wooden tablet with matt varnish before to spray glue and apply the pattern, so that glue residues can be removed more easily.

Currently I remove them with a few light passages of very fine sandpaper.

Sorry if I reply late sometimes but I always have a little free time !

My mountain is almost over and in the meantime my husband has prepared a new design.

We will update soon, good week everybody !!

 

 

 

 

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[Barry5180]

Gabry, I am speechless. Ok, maybe not.   The pattern you shared is fantastic, and I'm not so sure I would do as well cutting this with my DeWalt saw. What type of blade are you using? The detail looks incredible. Please do show us more of your work as you get the opportunity.

 

Barry

[DonR]

Gabry, The glue residue removes easily with mineral spirits. Fantastic mountain!!

Don R

[Fish]

Definitely patience. nice work.

[Gabry Sawyer]

Et voilà ... now let's make a frame for it ...

 

 

[Phantom Scroller]

That is what I call Amazing work. looks brilliant. just imagine how many you could turn out if you had an electric one. 

 

Roly

Edited December 22, 2013 by Phantom Scroller

[Bendita]

Wow Gabry you do fantastic work, I was born and raised in Holland and started scroll sawing at the age of 6 I belonged to a club we scrolled and carved a bit but the tools you showed us here are identical to the tools we used well 58 years ago Man I've come a long way, Again Gabry your work is unbelievable and you need to show us more, Thank you very much for showing us this fine art of scroll sawing. Its obviously not a dying art.