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  1. Frank Pellow
    These are now hanging as a pair on the wall of my office that is devoted to art that features buildings and, furthermore, to art that was made either by me or my brother Bruce. Here is a photo of the portion of the wall where i hung these additions:
  2. Frank Pellow
    Back when my grandfather taught me, we used a backsaw with a rip blade (carefully): Another way is to glue two pieces of wood together.
  3. Frank Pellow
    Better still, make the masks removable. I'm going to exactly that.
  4. Frank Pellow
    Barb, by no means ae all the tools that I use in the examples document necessary. I've made this type of frame using hand tools only.
  5. Frank Pellow
    As of right now, the Fretwork has 14 votes, the Layered has 0 votes, and the Can't Choose has 2 votes. I expected the Fretwork to be more popular but not by this margin. Alex, if you are reading this, I notice that most of the patterns that you are designing these days are Layered rather than Fretwork. Your Fretwork designs are great and I wish that you would do more of them. Have you considered combining the two techniques? This scene would be a good subject for such a pattern. Please give it a try.
  6. Frank Pellow
    The backer uses the same material as the foreground, that is 6mm thick material with a thin 1/4 sawn Oak veneer. I ran the grains in different directions and stained the backer with Saman Canadian Maple water-based stain.
  7. Frank Pellow
    Barb, I sent you and three others the instructions. My grandfather taught me the basic design of the Rosseter-Pellow frames that I use and I am happy to be able to pass his tips on to others.
  8. Frank Pellow
    The main tool that I use to build the frames is a table saw. I also use hand saws and a router. They are rabbited. Here is picture of the back of a frame that may answer your questions: If you would like a very detailed 'how to' document about how I build my frames, send an email request to me at: [email protected]
  9. Frank Pellow
    That is interesting. I might want to make such a thing. But, I would need to make it the old fashioned way using a scrollsaw. Where did you obtain the original pattern?
  10. Frank Pellow
    In the thread: Alex Fox claims that his 'layered' version is more interesting than his original fretwork pattern of a similar scene. I purchased both patterns and made them using similar stains and similar frames. Here photos, showing both: I asked Margaret (my wife) which she preferred and her comment was that the layered version was "funky" and drew her immediate attention but that the fretwork version was "beautiful" and had more long term appeal.
  11. Frank Pellow
    Alex, the video helps somewhat and I did look at it before purchasing the pattern, but it is still two dimensional and I did not see the full effect until making the piece. As you can see, I used some of the same stains on both this piece and the fretwork Farm Truck piece. Also, the frames that I made for them are similar. I'm planning to hang them as a pair on a wall in my office.
  12. Frank Pellow
    I wrote to Fiona and asked her the type of bird that she depicted. She answered right away and informed me that they are Blue Tits. My wife, Margaret, thought they looked like Blue Tits. We lived in England for a few years and had a bird feeder in our garden, so are familiar with English birds.
  13. Frank Pellow
    Thanks. Yes, I cut the bevels using my router table after I assembled the frame. If you are interested in making such frames yourself, contact me via email at [email protected] and I will send you detailed step by step instructions.
  14. Frank Pellow
    This is made up of 6 layers of 3mm thick Baltic Birch Plywood. Layers 2, 4, and 6 are stained with Saman water-based stain. the layer 2 colour is Canadian Maple the layer 4 colour is Walnut the layer 6 colour is Dark Walnut All the sawing was done with Flying Dutchman #1 Ultra Reverse blades and it took about 3 hours to cut. The Rosseter-Pellow frame is made of 1/4 sawn White Oak and stained with Saman Black water-based stain. After staining, the frame was sanded to give it a distressed appearance. Everything is finished with 3 coats of semi-gloss clear rattle-can spray stuff. Here is a photo of the layers before staining and assembly: Here it is after staining and assembly: And, here it is after framing: Unfortunately, the layering is hard to see in a two dimensional photo, but it is quite effective.
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    I cut this from 6mm thick 1/4 sawn White Oak faced veneer and backed it with the same. The backer is stained with Saman Canadian Maple water-based stain. All the sawing was done with Pegas #2/0 spiral blades and it took about 9 hours to cut. The Rosseter-Pellow frame is made of 1/4 sawn White Oak and stained with Saman Black water-based stain. After staining, the frame was sanded to give it a distressed appearance. Everything is finished with 3 coats of semi-gloss clear rattle-can spray stuff. Here is one photo taken before framing and another taken after framing:
  16. Frank Pellow
    That's good to know.
  17. Frank Pellow
    I see that Fiona gave this piece the title 'Bread and Cheese? Does she say why in the article? Also, does she identify the type of bird. My guess is European Robin.
  18. Frank Pellow
    Steve is one of the really good guys and I wish him well in fighting this terrible thing.
  19. Frank Pellow
    The pattern is not on her web site. (I would have known that if I had read the above post by FrankEV). I guess that I will need to find the magazine. I'm not sure where it can be purchased and Don's Walmart suggestion is out since I refuse to shop there.
  20. Frank Pellow
    I like both the pattern and your use of it A LOT! I've used three of Fiona's patterns but have never seen this one on her web site. It must be new. I will go to her site right now and purchase the pattern.
  21. Frank Pellow
    I like it. Is it your pattern?
  22. Frank Pellow
    When I think of October in Ontario, I think of the leaves and changing colour. We get a great display even on our street but the best display that I have seen is along the Ottawa River east of Mattawa. Most years I take that route at least once in Autumn but, alas, not this year. Back to the topic at hand: We have a set of seasonal Welcome signs for our front door. I cut the original from Sheila Landry patterns and have, since, augmented those with some of my own design. One of my designs features Autumn leaves.
  23. Frank Pellow
    When you bought it, did you find out who designed it? Thanks for the into and advise about the numbers. I think clocks without numbers are OK, but I understand that most people want, at least, some numbers on their clocks.
  24. Frank Pellow
    I did find the link to the pattern (and downloaded it) but that link gave me no clue as to who designed the pattern.
  25. Frank Pellow
    I went looking on both Sue Mey's site and Steve Good's site and could not find the pattern. To me, it looks like a Sue Mey pattern. I certainly would like to give proper credit to the designer thus, if someone knows who designed the pattern, please let me know.
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