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Really nice Kevin. The scroll details are really nice. Great job Tony

That's a pretty big job Kevin. Came out very nice indeed. BIG well done. Tony

Awesome cutting. I just love this to bits. Do you mind if I ask dimensions? Cheers Tony

Thanks Bill... that's a LOT of praise Tony

Thanks so much Sonny89. Four years ago I would have thought the same but keep practicing and never let anyone tell you that something is impossible. Remember it's only impossible until you do it. Tony

Very nice cute work. Well done Tony

Cool one for the Arthurians Tony

Love it. Tony

Reckon its pretty good. Keep at it mate and things will get even better. Been wanting to get into segmentation but not had the guts yet. Tony

Very nice job. Well done. Tony

Beautiful pieces Tony

I agree with Dave her Dick. That is a great pattern. Pity you stopped because the talent is there. Tony

Reckon you got off to a pretty good start for a first time piece. Keep up the great work and keep 'em coming! Tony

I love them both Dick. Really beautiful cuttings and the wife should be chuffed with them too! Tony

NIce piece Tony

Yeah little snippet of a place and not sure about great most especially me Tony

Thanks Kevin Tony

Have to agree with Fab4 here Jim. That is a very nice cut and looks beautiful. Big WELL DONE Tony

Wow! Artistry at its finest. Such beautiful utilization of the wood grain. A really beautiful piece. Tony

Thanks for the share baggetta. Very nice... I might give this a shot. Tony

Availability is on the up and coming but when it comes to solid wood it has to be bought by the plank and therefore very hard for me to make use of. On the other hand there are quite a few different plywoods available which is much better for me as I take them to my carpenter friend and chop them up to the sizes I want on his industrial table saw. That way it makes it much easier for me to transport and store my material. My main disadvantage is space seeing that I work at home but from a very small room which I have dubbed as my 'workshop' but it is very crammed. Tony

Thanks Marg Much appreciated Tony

Thanks Les Pattern making for me is also a big chore because I do all my patterns by hand also. I convert a photo to greyscale and then ink in all the details I need by hand so sometimes the pattern making can take me almost as long as the cutting. I normally work on an A4 size sheet for the pattern and enlarge at a printing house accordingly. Regarding the saws I use I have three in all but use two of them on a regular basis. Let me introduce you to my ladies... The blue one was store bought and I do most of my work with this, while the yellow one is two store bought saws that were cut and welded together to give it a greater depth. At first this was a little difficult to use as was not as balanced as the store bought but managed to play around with my cutting technique and now I use it as well as the store bought one. Finally the grey one I had specially manufactured to allow me to do some really large pieces. The sizes are approx: BLUE 11 1/2 inches, YELLOW 18 inches and GREY 32 inches. I have only used the grey one a couple of times because of a couple of drawbacks. Firstly I did not take into consideration the weight of the saw that would put a lot of pressure on my wrist but managed to overcome this problem by resting the saw on a stand to take the majority of the weight. Secondly, being so long the blade end of the saw does jump about a little and is not as rigid as I would like so it can sometimes seem to take on a life of its own. Finally and this is something I have not been able to work around yet is the reach of my arm. Seeing that my arm is beneath the wood pulling the saw down for the cut, if the blade position to the edge of the wood is longer than my arm can reach then I wouldn't be able to cut it. Hope that this sheds some light on your questions and gives a little more insight of how I do things. Thanks again Tony

Thanks for the congrats and praise Spirithorse. The pattern was difficult to do and one of the major problems was making sure there were no islands left bobbing around but I finally was happy with the pattern and cutting. Tony

I once shave my beard because my mother in law wondered what I looked like without it. The wife told me to NEVER do it again or I would be in deep trouble Tony