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Found a picture of a PBY I really liked. I did one in 2020 but I like this one better. 1/8" BBPW on 1/4" backer. Shellac and Gloss Lacquer.

Wonderful lookng project. Need to learn how to play.

Wondering how you were doing on that project. Did you find all the equipment you needed?

Thanks Dick I always appreciate you kind comments. I just finished up some more moulding boxes but my wife still needs to paint them. I'll post them when she is done. I'm starting to feel a little boxed in.

Great job on the F-4. Love the contrasting colors. Saw alot of them while I was stationed in Germany in the late 60's.

Wanted to make some small gift boxes and ordered some mahogony. 6 each 24 x 4" 1/8" boards (should have ordered 5-6" wide boards to better fit pattern). Stack cut 2 at a time. finish with gloss laquer. I had done the 2 center boxes with bubinga wood previously but it is getting very expensive. (twice as expensive as mahogony) Fun cutting.

I have a EX-16 and my deck is so scuffed up so I added a magnetic sheet on top. I wax the top to keep it slick, a little Mcguiers does the trick and keeps it slick

Thank you Dick. Your Kind comments always encourage me to do better.

Thanks, this is very doable and the lacquer thing is not that complicated.

Thanks Paul. I need another project. Waiting to see you post the train project.

I had enough window frame molding to make another box. I had stack cut the rose pattern so I needed to put this somewhere also. I did amp it up by scrolling a pattern on the sides. They sort of disapeared once I started spray painting the black lacquer so my wife gold painted around the pattern along with the feet. There are probably 10 coats of lacquer on the top. It goes down fast and dries fast and I started wet sanding after 5 coats each coat. It came out very deep and shiny. The trick is to progressively go to a finer sand paper and to make sure there are no shiny parts between each coat. Amazing how hard lacquer gets.

Funny how she snuck that into the picture! Its a slow train but it will get there. Happy New Year!

My Sister just sent me pictures of the hanging jewelry box mounted on the wall and filled with her jewelry. Looks pretty good but probably should have added a few more hooks.

Good days, bad days. Tries to do too much, slow going. Next week will be 8 weeks since accident.

My wife uses Ship It and my sister just received it. She loved i and said it was perfect and loved the finish. 2 weeks to finish this project

Ha! My sister is in Raleigh/Wake Forest NC. We were going to go there for Xmas but Karol's foot is still not up to speed. Guest bedroom is upstairs and she's not to it yet.

My Sister aske for a special Christmas gift. She has a lot of Jewelry chains that always get knoted up in her regular jewelry box and asked if I could make her a case where she could hang her chains. I looked a several boxes on the web to get some ideas and came up with my own design (on the fly!) I would have like to use an exotic wood but it is getting very expensive so I went with 1/2" Poplar since it would be painted. Built the doors first since that would determine the final size of the box. Routered the recess for the front plaque first and then cut the miters. I used my Peacock pattern (Stack cut) 1/8" BBPW and used an 1/8" backer painted black and felt on the inside. Used picture frame hold downs to hold it all in place. Built the frame based on the dimensions of the combined doors. Added a 1/4" backer into the recess of the frame. Went 1/4" but should have gone a little wider. Not much room for the screws. 3M sprayed felt and applied to inside of backer. Bought hinges and hangers and french cleat from Woodcraft. Got very thin magnets from HD. Finish was several coats of black lacquer. Gold paint was from Hobby Lobby for the peacocks. I'll be sending it off this week and hope it get there before Christmas.

Fantastic display with lots of variety. Lots of great items to pick from. Glad you did well at the show.

I like cutting the wood but I enjoy fleshing out the back story.

Cutting the landing gear and window frames were definitely a little iffy. I used a Sharks tooth 0/3 puzzle blade. They make a very fine cut but break alot.

Sikorsky S-76B Sikorsky had a long history of military and utility helicopters and the dual engine S-76 was their initial entry into the executive helicopter market based on their success with the Black Hawk helicopter UH-60. Their objective was to enter the inner City, point-to-point, EMS and utility transport, especially for off shore oil rig personnel. The first “A” models went into operation in 1977 and had a capacity of up to 13 passengers but most executive models are configured for 5-6 seats with a crew of 2. The aircraft has gone through many model upgrades (A, B, C, C++, D) also with various engines to improve noise reduction, performance and extended distance. The B model operated dual Pratt & Whitney PT-6 engines similar to the ones use on several corporate and commuter turboprop aircraft. In a previous life I had a lot exposure to this aircraft. My company did a lot of avionics upgrade to these aircraft to include radars, radios, navigations/gps systems, inflight phones and entertainment systems. United Technology had a service center close to where I lived and I would spec out work packages and went on many test flights. I had fond memories of S-76B N500WK. It was managed by Wayfarer Ketch Corp and owned by David Rockefeller and our company had quoted a major avionics upgrade package that needed to be inspected at our facility in NH before the work could be started. It was about an hour flight up and back to MHT from POU. It was a great flying over western Connecticut, Mass and southern NH. Weather was perfect. A few weeks later we started the project. Great memory. Th plaque is 15 x 10 1/8” BBPW with ¼” backer, Finish shellac with Gloss lacquer.

Beautiful pattern and wonderful detailing.

I have been using 2 sided carpet from Lowes for positioning hinges for alignment and drilling when making boxes, I'll also adhear it the base and top surface edges to sand them flush. I've also used it on small pieces of wood I cut on the table saw to keep my fingers away from the blade. I have also been doing more stack cutting and I use 3M 77 spray glue. I'll spray both sides of printer paper and stick it between the pieces I am cutting and also apply to the bottom of the pattern I am cutting. I was using Goof Off to remove it but it can leave a pink tinge of color on the wood. I have gone to Acetone. I wet a paper towel and dab the pattern and it comes right off (often in one piece) I use an acid brush soaked in acetone and brush along the edges and use a scraper to widen and separate the pieces. I wipe down with acetone to remove any remaining glue and it leaves a clean surface.

I also bought Volkers book of 21 and did several of the Schwibbogens and they are very nice. He also has some pyramids but they are large.

I believe your grand child will be very happy to receive this wonderful cutting. That plaque behind it looks somewhat familiar.