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    RabidAlien replied to Tom Gi's topic in Bragging Rights

    At that price, its worth stacking out of the way somewhere and potentially using to practice on, or for some honey-do project around the house.
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    Made this one for my wife, after the neighborhood hummingbirds discovered our hummingbird feeder.
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    Likin' the dark (old-school lanterns were usually darker as they aged, due to sitting out in weather and all the oil/smoke). These things are awesome!!! I'll second @JackJones and inquire as to the pattern source?
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    Not sure if he has llamas, I'm currently cutting an octopus pattern of his that has a LOT of little tiny detail cuts.
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    Picked up this (and several other) pattern from Etsy, finished it up today. Fun cut! Or cuts. 4 layers. Used a bunch of Pegas MG #1 blades, 1/4" ply I picked up from Amazon (MUCH better than the stuff I'd been getting from bigbox store). Base was a piece of scrap (most likely bigbox "whiteboard") I shaped and rattlecanned "satin green grass". I cut a 1/4" slot about 2/3 of the way back on the base, cut a scrap of the 1/4 ply, filed the hole to get a good tight fit and gorilla-glued the Highland cow to the upright to give it something to stand up against. Minwax stains Honey, Provincial, and Natural, with some white, pink, and sky blue oil paints for highlights (eyes, nose), hard to see in the pic. Pattern is here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1879895335/highland-cow-multilayer-svg-laser-cut?ls=r&ref=hp_recent_activity_hub-1&sr_prefetch=1&pf_from=home_non_recs&pro=1&sts=1&content_source=fb7a703158ca5bb6ad339f51f164c9d1%3ALT9f8bbbbfd30f6638d82844be90e68b968fa3d0ee&logging_key=fb7a703158ca5bb6ad339f51f164c9d1%3ALT9f8bbbbfd30f6638d82844be90e68b968fa3d0ee
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    Charles Dearing pattern. Stack cut this one cuz my daughter saw the pattern and said "that's cool. Its for me, right?" So...yeah. Did some experimenting on cardboard with some rattlecan (brick red and fireengine), she opted for the red backer. 1/8 BBply from bigbox store....which delaminated really bad so had to end up flipping one of the pieces. Mostly Pegas #1MG blades. Lots of holes, but danged if I'm not really happy how they turned out! Frame is 1x2 strip. Dragons stained Minwax Ebony, frames/backer are Minwax...Provincial, I think.
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    I have a couple of Steve Good patterns downloaded, but in the middle of another couple of multi-layer projects at the time. Here's one of his that I did, I don't think I got around to posting: It hangs outside my cube, next to my nameplate, at work.
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    I order them in gross (144 quantity) from Bear Woods. I believe they're Canadian, not sure whether hunting around in Australia would be cheaper than shipping from Canada. https://www.bearwood.com/scroll-saw-blades-modified-geometry.html
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    I usually use a 1/16 drill bit, and a Pegas MG #1 or #3 blade. Drill all the pilot holes, cut all the scrap out of one side, then flip and cut the scrap out of the other. I have a cheap icepick that I use to spear stubborn pieces that don't want to come out of the oddly-shaped interior holes, or I'll put the blade back in and kinda chop up any stuck interior pieces (carefully so as not to hit final project).
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    some of the ones that I keep coming back to. Steve Good veteran compound cuts, and some F-bombs that were my early attempts at designing.
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    10 (had to look it up) Pattern was found on Etsy (seller has temporarily closed shop) as an "owl mandala" papercutting pattern. There were one or two spots that had islands (including the bottom layer...definitely had to modify that on the fly!), and I think I printed it out at 150% size since at the time I bought it (2021...again, had to look it up! Memory sucks.) the smallest drillbit I had was a standard DeWalt 1/16. I found BearWoods' scrollsaw bits after that, and that helped greatly with the smaller parts of the bottom two layers, so if I did this one again, I'd probably leave it at 100%.
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    It wasn't one that I started in 2025, my old 16" saws couldn't handle the size of the bottom two layers. But I was able to upgrade my saw at the end of 2024, and after a couple of small bookmark-sized pieces (which I'm using as bookmarks, oddly enough) to get a feel for the saw, I did a larger cut, and then finished off the bottom two layers of the owl. Definitely a time-consuming project, but that feeling when it all got stained and I was able to start stacking the layers....
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    I need more coffee. First read that as "Halleluy'all. Being from the South...it made perfect sense. Nicely cut!
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    Finished up another one, despite being knocked out for almost a week by whatever crudbug is going around. At least I'd gotten all the cutting done before it hit, and had the week after Thanksgiving off to help recover. This one was a commissioned piece, a young lady at work found the plans on Etsy (metal wall-art design, had zero islands to worry about, other than....um.....EVERYTHING), bought them and will be gifting this to her boyfriend. There is a frame, but it was elsewhere, drying. All of the letters and logos are individually cut out. Its a pain trying to blow sawdust out of the garage whilst still maintaining control of the little dots above the "i"s. Did some quick stickynote maths (my head still hurts), measured a couple of places on either side, and ran a line of 1/32" whiteboard tape to make sure all of my letters were level. Fun project, but lots of thin lines and sanding at the end was a pain. Minwax "Natural" for the backer, "Honey" for the text/piece, and "Ebony" for the frame.
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    A couple of compound Veteran cuts for various vets I know/work with. Steve Good design.
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    Thanks all! It was a fun cut....I'll definitely be doing more of Charles Dearing's patterns (i have one of his dragon patterns on the saw right now, actually!).
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    Always wanted to do a Charles Dearing pattern. Lots of holes, but a fun one to cut! 1/4 ply, used a bunch of Pegas #1 MG blades. Stained Minwax Natural and Ebony (backer). Frame is not pictured, it is a 1x2, ripped a 9/16x9/16 notch out along its length, sanded, measured and cut 45-degree angles to fit around the piece, also stained Ebony. Just applied a final layer of rattlecan shellac, will assemble later today and find a place to hang it that won't make the wife mad.
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    Never thought of that. I've considered some dust or smaller tearout pieces, but usually get so excited about the end of a project that I forget when gluing.
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    I have an antique solid-iron iron, and a chunk of some mystery metal that's insanely heavy. I put everything on the flat surface of my tablesaw and workbench, and slowly/carefully let the weights settle on top of the project. One....may have shifted a little bit.....not too obvious unless you're standing right next to it. Haven't tried the Steve Good method, a couple of grains of salt mixed in with the glue. The grains are tiny so they don't make any measurable gaps, but tend to poke into both pieces of wood and give *just* enough friction to keep things from sliding around. The last time I went to try the salt thing, I got That Look from the wife when I went to reach for the salt grinder. Been too nervous to try again.
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    It was a papercutting pattern. I did a search on Etsy (papercutting pattern, papercutting mandala, papercutting lightbox, etc etc). Since they're essentially the same patterns with the same physics regarding islands, they work pretty well for scrolling, as long as you pay attention to the delicate/thin lines and watch for missed islands in the patterns.
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    One hole, one cut. That's what I kept telling myself. Also doesn't hurt to have something to listen to while you're cutting....no idea how many of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books I went through while cutting this.
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    Been cutting this one for a while now....the bottom two layers were too big for my 16" saw, and I had to get creative on how I approached a dozen or so of the cuts on the bottom layer, even after upgrading to a 21" Pegas. I picked up the pattern from Etsy a while back, but went to leave a comment and the shop was "taking a break". Had to fix a couple of islands on the fly, found out not all the layers lined up perfectly, and aside from a bunch of insanely thin lines on the second-to-bottom layer (I mean....a BUNCH), it was a pretty fun cut. Been looking forward to finishing and assembling for a couple of years. 3/8 ply, no idea how many Pegas MG #2 blades, and stained Minwax Natural and Honey in alternating layers. Stack cut it, so this guy's got a twin brother.
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    Heh. I saw the title of the post and immediately thought "Vlad Dracul!!!!" These are cool, too.
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    Dang. Yet another of his I'll have to add to my ever-growing pile of to-be-cut patterns. Could've sworn I'd looked on his site...I'll take another gander at his patterns. Thanks!!!
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    A couple of cars I've done, wanting to say these came from Botas or the library here.
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