Fran L

I’ve done 2 doortoppers that were about 28” long. I have a Delta 20”. The first one I used straight blades, had to use multiple entrance holes and had to spin it to get it to fit. The main problem was having to step back to spin it, it sometimes got caught on my shirt and made a slight mis-cut. It was also hard to keep your line because you would be standing next to it instead of behind it, what looked straight was actually a slight angle. I ended up turning the saw off until I was positioned right then start again. The second one I used spiral blades and it was much easier. Got pretty good with moving forward, backward, right and left. No issues with the depth. I personally would rather not do a piece like that in pieces. Don’t know if I would be able to glue it together to make it look right. They are fun projects though.

Thanks Jes! I used 1/4" BB, treated it with Danish Oil then used 2 coats of Minwax Oak Polyshades. The backing is also 1/4" BB painted black. I took the picture before I glued the backing on, they do line up in the finished project.

That is awesome “vision” of how the wood should become an art piece. I particularly like the “clouds” in the sky. You placed the fence and cows in the perfect spots to bring out that effect too!!

That is a great job!!! I’ve been chicken to attempt boxes but you’ve got me thinking I need to give it a try. I could use some brownie points too.

Made my second door topper to replace my nativity one from last month. It’s “Five Seasons of Life” by Clark Weeks. I followed suggestions made here to try spiral blades because of the 28” length and am happy how it was easier to manipulate for the cuts. Still need some practice with them. I used FD spirals #1 and #3. Ironically, the middle panel I used FD #5 for the straight cut and it was the worst cut of the project. Used the spirals for the rest and they turned out better, probably focused on them a little more.

It's about 31 inches. It was a little tricky manipulating it to make the right cuts but probably one of the most fun projects I've done. Working on the offseason replacement now that I should be able to finish up in a few days. Darn work keeps getting in the way.

Great pattern---Great job!!!!!

Posted it in Bragging Rights but many pages back at this point . Don’t know if fits the definition of fretwork but here it is.

I like the blue as a "sky" background.

It's a fretwork type I use 1/4" BB. I posted a Nativity one I did for Christmas. They're designs by Clark Weeks that I got at The Wooden Teddy Bear.

Very nice work!! Newbie in name only apparently.

Great work!!! Snowed in for the weekend?? Each one of those pieces would take me weeks.

That’s what I usually do. Had a senior moment and forgot to test, just loaded the blade.

Took me a few lessons but my wife finally taught me how to get my pictures from my phone to the website. Still haven’t gotten to the point of transferring the pictures to my computer and doing it from there but at least I got that far.

Great cutting!!