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  1. cashew
    No I didn't -- probably won't use one -- working towards a dream catcher but haven't finished the design -- still have to carve some feathers too
  2. cashew
    Finally!! Only 30 hours into it - still working out what else I'm going to do with it3/8 Baltic birch cut with #1 modified geometry bladeThe lines average between a 32nd and a sixteenth
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    Finally my Mega sized beast has hit the road to its new home. It's just over 30 x 42 inches before the framing. The letters are 3 inches tall and the centerpiece is 25 x 15 inches. All but the frame is Baltic Birch plywood in 3/4 for the orange borders along with the centerpiece and 3/8 and 1/4 most everywhere else. The centerpiece was segmented and shaped with a Dremel. Big Thank you to Col Pilgrim for being my second eyes and wonderfully brutal critic on the centerpiece.
  4. cashew
    To all of you
  5. cashew
    This is my first completed bowl (I'm working another but it still needs work - experimental idea). The wood is 3/4 Black Limba. It screamed "Take Me" when I saw it at the store so I did. I also did a serving tray from that same piece of wood. The bowl is 15 inches long by 12 wide -- The tray is another post earlier. Need much more practice definitely but I'm happy with it as a first -- Finished with Danish oil and spray oil Poly
  6. cashew
    Nice Job!! I did a few of those last year but I blew them up larger and made easter baskets for all my grands -- Yours came out much better though (paint hides some things)
  7. cashew
    I got it at a local hardwood store called Timberland -- just Danish oil -- Adding satin poly today
  8. cashew
    Exactly -- just like bowls -- but this is my first -- building up to it Even the end grain on this is cool
  9. cashew
    I am in love with this wood. It's called Black Limba and when I saw it I had a thought (usually a dangerous thing). But it worked!! This is also my second attempt at angle cutting on my scroll saw (the first is the plywood trial in the pics -- a disaster). My first I cut in the wrong direction. The design is also my own, I think, but after all the pics I looked through prepping for this - who knows
  10. cashew
    Here it comes
  11. cashew
    Sort of realized something along that line -- it's the ones I'm afraid of that I need to try -- keeps me on my toes and is so sweet when it works -- will be posting another later that scared me to death
  12. cashew
    Thank you guys and gals -- I felt like I jumped a level or 2 when I finished those
  13. cashew
    I usually used a sanding drum for the most part -- but I did use a Kutzall on the bow -- the glue line transitions can be a bit rough if you don't clamp it tight enough while gluing the layers together -- the planks are very dry but they can have some amazing color -- The bow and feathers were 4 layers and the flower was 6 layers -- all alternating the grain direction -- the big feather was just a single plank
  14. cashew
    I once made plywood from 1/4 cedar planks and then carved with a dremel -- If you watch close while doing it you can make it work for you
  15. cashew
    Finally complete but for lacquer -- This is all Baltic Birch cut with a #1 modified geometry Pegas blade on a Pegas scroll sawFrom the ground up --There is a 1/4 backer with 3/4 added for a border (the blue)- then white letters are cut in 3/8 -- the black letters in 1/4 -- the gray and white border on the triangle is one layer 1/4 (gray 1/4 across) and one of 1/4 on top (white 1/8 across centered on the gray.The eagle is 1/2 mounted on a 1/8 backer mounted on the large backer of 1/8 and shaped with a Dremel edit : for some reason it reversed the order of pictures and I can't seem to fix it
  16. cashew
    For a project I'm about to post here
  17. cashew
    I think I had a pretty good day today -- starting to get the hang of it _ still need to work on my techniques
  18. cashew
    Thanks Guys -- It's just over a foot across
  19. cashew
    Just in case you maybe thought I broke it -- This is 24 hours into it
  20. cashew
    The board it's going to be attached to you can see grain even though it is Dark Navy blue (btw I use spray paint so no thinning) -- but the rest is a recreation of a patch for an police officer and he likes it a more faithful re-creation plus the 3d effect
  21. cashew
    Update -- finally painted -- only 3 more to go
  22. cashew
    I think I did well today -- segmentation cut with scroll saw and shaped with a dremel. 1/2 Baltic Birch cut with #3 modified geometry and shaped mostly with a sanding drum. Next is paint then mounting all the elements together (also still have more to cut). The letters came out pretty sweet also.
  23. cashew
    When the blade gets dull I'm afraid to change atm -- need super control till the edge dulls a bit -- then its easier
  24. cashew
    OK now it's beginning to scare me a bit to change blades when dull -- 16 hours in
  25. cashew
    @Badgerboy The pattern came from an on line search for circle mandala's
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