munzieb

I enjoyed making my Peacock Night Light so much I decided to pull out the patterns and try it again. This time I broke out the expensive wood, Babinga, for this project. It is definitely a denser and harder wood but does not change colors and darken like Padauk. This time I stack cut the 1/8" BBPW twice. I get too much blade drift with this fine pattern with anything over 1/4" total. I decided to Stain the panels to match the base, top and sides and found a red walnut stain at Lowe's. I applied a pre-stain to prevent any blotchy appearance and it helped. My wife thought it would look great if there was a pattern on the top. Knowing that Babinga can be a little brittle, I was hesitant cutting 1/2" material with such a fine pattern. The cutting went fine but when fitting it all together, I leaned on the top a little too much and broke off a piece of the pattern. Thanks goodness for CA glue, all better! Finished with shellac and gloss lacquer. I was kind of hoping that the top cutout would project up on the ceiling but I would need to add some kind of lens. I'll probably revisit the first one I did in oak to add the top design cutout but may "hog" out a 1/4" of material since it is 3/4.

Funky stack cuts, fragile cuts, spray glue on the wrong side. Bob Ross's "Happy Accidents" don't apply here. Been there and hated it. It actually doesn't look too bad.

Really nice fret work. What kind of wood and how thick?

Holy Turkey!! Great Job.

Welcome to the site. Lots of knowledgeable people here that are glad to help with Technics, ideas and encouragement.

Came out great! Like the contrasting sides and top and can't beat that Texas inlay. Nice job!

I have been bugging my sister about sending me a picture of her and B-I-L I could cut. She found one she liked and sent it to me. Started the design process. The hardest part is getting the "light of eyes" right. I found out the bridge has to always connect in the same direction. I also had to do some modification on my B-I-L ears. I realized the the top of the ear lines up with the top of the eyebrow and the bottom of the ear with the bottom of the nose. They probably taught that in art school but I never made it there. They are coming to visit next weekend and I hope they like it.

Kevin, thank you for your compliments. I hope your eyes are not impacting the wonderful and talented scroll work you do.

Aerodynamic, high speed turtles. Chrome? right, silver paint on plastic..... fast but no class.

A few years ago I was at a local car show and was impressed with a 1953 Cadillac convertible. The yellow color and all that chrome really looked great. I found my original picture and started my pixel gobbling designing. I eliminated the shadow on the front but added more lines than needed. (Started taking them out as I started cutting, things got a little thin!) Some of the reflection on the chrome threw me a little too. I always cut the text first in case I screw it up. I did! The "3" upper internal loop was a little too fancy and it fell out... Tried, but couldn't glue it back in. Started again and now have a piece for another project. Font is English 157 BT TTF. The plaque cutting is 1/8" BBPW with a 1/4" backer and is 18" x 12". Love my UPS store for enlargement/copies $1.36 for 4 on gloss card stock. Time to give the cars a rest. Working on a portrait for my sister and still have several pieces of 1/4 and 1/2" stock for boxes I need to use up.

Get Well Soon. The saw dust is calling!

The shellac is a sealer coat that also lifts any fibers even after previous sanding. I give it a very light sanding to clear those fibers away and allows for a smoother finish with the lacquer. Both lacquer and shellac dry very fast too.

I thought I needed to add the B-17 Flying Fortress to my collection of Aircraft. My design was the typical pixel gobbling exercise. I tried to leave some shadow elements in the pattern. I did go smaller on this project since I am running out of wall space. It's 9 x 14 1/8 BBPW on a 1/4" backer shellac/lacquer finish.

Absolutely Stunning! A true piece of art!

I had to do another classic car, the 1941 Packard 180. It was the last pre war touring package with the 8 cylinder 180. The grills give this car an outstanding look but they are a bear to cut. Scoring with a straight edge always helps. The plaque is 19 x 12 on 1/8" BBPW on a 1/4 backer. I was going to try and cut the One Eighty and leave it attached but it was much easier to cut it on the left out piece and glue it on later. It took well over a week to get the design right and about 4 days (on and off) for the cutting.

Both are nicely done! Really like the card.

I am always impressed with the detail and quality of your work. Patience and perseverance are always rewarded with beautiful work!

Great Job. always loved that car!

Hi John, I had the same problem last year and did the helicoil repair. I explained it all in a thread " I had to do it" topic "thread repair". I also had the parts list for the kit in the thread. Contact me if you have questions.

Dick, I'm glad you posted the Duesenburg. I told you that you did a great job. Now that you got the other compliments, will you believe me now? I enjoy seeing your work. BTW where is your Germany company coming from? My wife is from Trier.

Thanks, It's all doable with a plan and going big. Keep the cutoffs in place with blue tape and it works! Orbital sand the whole back to remove fuzz. Before lifting the whole pattern, remove the blue tape first and the individual pieces will drop out. I use "off" with an acid brush to remove the pattern. It lifts off easy.

Thanks Dick. I guess I explained the technique for the grill so it makes sense. I do love blue tape and going big helps!

My sister and B-I-L were at the museum a few years ago and thought it was great. I recently saw a Toutube video on the museum also.

I've got this thing with '30's cars. Found a picture of a 1936 Duesenberg. Love those big Drum Headlights, side exhaust pipes and grill. As usual, it took a whole lot longer to do the design (pixel Pacman) than the actual cut. I had to go big because of the grill. 19 x 12. I think I have the grill technique down. I score all the lines with a straight edge and a razor then stop the cut just below the top of the individual grills then tape everything down for support and then go back and cut out the rest. It made me nervous but it worked. Sequencing the cuts are important because there are a lot of large floppy pieces. Material was 1/8" BB with 1/4" backer. Another box may be next.