WayneG

ha ha, maybe. I posted about a dozen or so about a year ago and I think a few said that they may give it a go, not sure if they did. in any case, they are really fun to make, I have a black, brown and white leather belt that I put them on and I get all sorts of cool comments from people about them.

Had the desire to make a few new belt buckles honduran mahogany, acacia and wenge sapelle, Honduran mahogany and wenge acacia and wenge teak and wenge

well cut kevin, thought of cutting that pattern many a time...

spot hot glue them into place and when ready you glue all the edges of the pieces that are sticking out? I presume you to that from the back side correct? what kind of high gloss clear spray?

love that, especially the silver tooth! spectacular work man, your pieces are always a pleasure to see!

so you glue the cover to the plywood. you then gut out whatever image you want to make 3D but this is where I have a Q? What if the object you want to cut out is not an edge cut, meaning you need to drill a pilot hole. How are dealing with the pilot hole in either the 3D piece that you cut or in the background part of the cover which is not 3D in the end. The other q I have is around how you are proping the 3D image up at a difference height so to speak if both are laying flat on a surface? Are you putting spacers in behind the 3D piece to prop it out as high/far as you want it to be? I would imagine that you have to mount both the 3d piece, its spacers and the background which is the rest of the comic book cover on a thin backer of sorts? Lastly what to you finish the cover with once it is completely done, given the amount of work involved I would like to know how the longevity of the piece will be, meaning do you put anything on it to preserve and extend the life of the piece. Modge Podge for example thanks for the clarification, I find this interesting and really appealing and I know a friend that would absolutely go over the moon to get one as a gift and I think I may give it a go. I think your work is awesome! and I am sure that those will sell for you.

awesome !

no problem mate, my mantra is to use 97% repurposed wood and its fun although I have too much wood, must clean out the shop! It is also getting more difficult to find pieces that are in fact real wood.

Thanks, deciding if I should frame it or not

Cut from repurposed oak from a kitchen cabinet, mounted on an artist canvas

ha ha... in actuality i do have arthritis and it is easier to grip in some ways than a regular comb. I work in health care and now that you mention it this comb design could very well allow people with significant physical defects comb there hair with some sense of independence and dignity as long as they had good dexterity in the shoulder and arm.

Trying a different design for a comb utilizing short pieces of torrified maple. I like it and if any one messes with me I could whip it out and do some damage haha... kidding really but I am going to make another but change it to longer tines for a pick perhaps for Afros

thanks Paul! I also think the ash looks good, IMO wood with really visible grain looks good with this pattern

fabulous work, they are both really nice, the Tigers one seems to POP a bit more.

I knew I was gonna cut when I first saw it. The loon is great but IMO the favourite part of this pattern for me was the little tree stand, love that! Thanks for the pattern Frank and thanks for the compliment!

thanks, it looks easy but in fact it was very challenging.

thanks All, I enjoyed doing this one, I tried to make the flower purple and white and the stem etc green but it did not work. Black looked much much better

Frank Pellow pattern, when he posted it I knew I was going to cut it, finally got to it, i have fond memories of paddling my kayak in the early morning and seeing this scene live, too bad this scene does not come with the sound of the loon call. Cut from repurposed ash flooring framed with cedar great pattern frank!!!! Thanks!

Cut this Lilly, my sisters fav type of flower, cut from birch flooring framed with cedar

Cut this a long time ago, never finished it, good test for the scrolling skills, cut from oak repurposed kitchen cabinet door

On the belt sander actually

Clever, I always thought turmeric would work! great second piece

One bamboo set purposely burnt while sanding, the other two cut from scrap exotic and domestic wood

Thanks!

Thanks folks