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Those who have served and received them must be very proud to display them. Your enhanced piece is absolutely great. Hoorah!

Both very well done. Love Willie! Framing very nice.

very nice job. Could not realy see the "boo boos" in the photos so they could not be that noticable. I too, would like to make some of the clocks but my walls are full and unless they would be sold they would just collect dust in a corner somewhere.

This is a recent Steve Good pattern that I increased in size and cut from 12” x 12” panels. Slightly modified to eliminate the hanging holes and added a forth backer layer to allow the words to be painted. The piece is three layers of 1/8” BB Ply and a 1/4” BB Ply backer for a total 5/8” thick plaque. Painting was done with a combination of Rattle can spray paints and Artist Acrylic paints. The plaque perimeter was cut after painting and the panels were assembled. The plaque was protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Spray Polyurethane, as this will hang outside on my house for the month of December. I was sloppy in cleaning and sanding as some fuzzies can be seen in the photo that are not so apparent in person viewing unless you get up very close. It is hard to clean off fuzzies after the panels were painted. Yes, I tried to make the full moon look real in a stary sky. Hope you enjoy. As always comments and critiques are welcomed.

Nice work, both on the cutting and on the repair. I know, I know, it was the wood's fault, but we also know some of us like to fess-up when we make a Boo Boo, but if you never tell anyone, nobody ever knows. It is also what makes these peices "one-of-a-kind".

Probably works lots of hours a week and has no time to ride. Jobs and family take priority. Today you really need to be retired and have a good pension to enjoy the luxury of riding a motorcycle.

That was one of my first pieces I did when I started to Sroll seriously. I hangs on the wall just above my desk. Why, you may ask?. Because I realy do ride a Harley. A 2019 Barracuda Silver Street Glide Special To be exact. Wanna see: Here in The Daytona Beach area of Central Florida, it happens to be Biketoberfest. Thousands of bikes are in for the four day festivities. Just got back a few hours ago from a ride down the East Coast of the Atlantic Ocean along Highway A1A. BTW, I failed to mention you did a very nice job on the cutting.

Vaery well done. Captured the likeness perfectly. If I had that cutting hanging in my house, I know I would be asked if it was a self portrait.

Very nice job. Love the pattern and the red backer is spot on. Yep, Maple is always a great choice.

Same here, totally my go to blade for most of what I do and also wish they made a smaller size. I break more blades because they get kinked when threading them through the drill holes.

Great job on a great pattern. Those 2/0 sprirals do wonders, but realy tough cutting when the drill hole is almost as big or bigger that the cutout...I know I've done many.

Bumped to top...added Santa 4.

Search for Vaneer suppliers. Very thin and used for Marketry. Most very exspensive, but some of the basic wood should not be too costly.

Just wonderful...absolutely beautifu!! You have definately done JIm's pattern justice. The Maple ply is beautiful and the grain works very well. Your use of spirals is well done. I use oversized backers often and they add a lot to the presentation as it does in this work. Nicely done. Your Frame is well done. I only have one minor comment just for your consideration. Be careful of your frame proportions. Wide frame rails can overpower the actual art panel. Looking at most over the counter standard style commertial "picture" frames, the rails are ususaly around 1 3/4" wide. And, JFYI, If you need to purchase wood to make frames, you can rip nominal 1x8 boards into four 1 3/4" pieces with just a sliver of waste. A 6' long board will make four 11x14 frames.

Very nice!. The details in the Christmas ornaments is very, very well done. Your english may not be perfect, bet we understand everything you had to say.

That is an absolutely beautiful clock. The fretwork is wonderful. I would find making a clock like that pure enjoyment and would do it in a heartbeat if was something I would hang in my own home. Unfortunately, there is really very little wall space left in my house and the motif just would not blend in. So, i'll just continue to do my Art that I can hang in the galery and hopefully sell some now and then.

When I asked frankorona about patterns for his Modernist Figures, he was kind enough to send me the original photos he had made them from. Again a big thank you goes out to Francisco. I had created a pattern for the “Two Heads” sculpture I made and previously posted last Tuesday, 10/5. The second photo was of a piece that was a little strange to say the least. The apparent male and female figures kind of look like two “aliens” lying naked and embraced in some sort of “rock” structure. I think I know what the sculpture is supposed to represent, but my imagination tends to run rampart very easily, so I saw “aliens”. I was able to create a pattern for this sculpture I’m calling “Entwined Bodies”. Frank chose to cut his sculpture all out of one piece of wood, but the photo shows the “aliens” in a light color and the “rock” in a dark color. Therefore, attempting to be true to the original photo, I decided I would use contrasting wood - Maple and Walnut that I happen to have. My planks are ¾” thick, which I stack cut, so I wound up with parts of contrasting colors that made two complete sculptures. It may seem that way, but I was not trying to politically correct, it just turned out that way. These sculptures are about 16" tall and the base is 5" wide x 9" long (width in photoi). I used a Pegas #5 MGT skip blade and found my saw is not quite adjusted correctly as the cut outs would only push out in one direction and when reassembled, one set of “aliens” fit loose in the contrasting wood and the other fit so tight additional sanding was required to allow them to fit properly. Like the Two Heads sculpture after cutting all edges had to be eased and then sanded smooth. This time I was able to use a round over bit in my router table to ease all the edges followed by a lot of sandpaper and elbow greased. And once again I coated the parts with Lacquer sanding sealer before final sanding and assembly. The contrasting “aliens” and “rocks” were assembled using superglue and to attach the upper sculpture to the corresponding base. And like I always do, the sculptures were finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer. I'm very happy that I was ble to do both the "Two Heads" and these "Entwined Bodies" sculptures and that they came out fairly well. I don't plan to become Scroll Saw Sculpter, but it is nice to know I can do some 'out-of-the box' projects once in a while. Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques always welcome. I'll post my PDF's in Pattern Announcements shortly.

Welcome. Don't forget there is a library of free patterns here on SVV.

Did these for my neighbors last year. This year they will get Christmas subjects. Added this one to my collection that I hang on my house this time of year.

For the patterns I convereted I have them posted in New Pattern Announcements. See Santa PDFs. The Botas and Fox patterns can be purchased on line. Google them to find their selling sites.

Like it very much. Well cut. It may be the angle the photo was taken but the wording is very hard to read/see. The Black Walnut is a beautiful piece of wood but the extreamly dark grain seems to overpower the cutting. Again it may be just how shows in the photo.

Realy nice!!!

Great work. Nice frames. I also, enjoy making frames for all of my Portrait type panels. Defenitely makes the work a much more finished project. I have been using only stained or painted Poplar for most of my frames due to the cost and the lack of availability of other wood. Would love to find a source of othere kinds of affordable wood for frames to add some more veratility to my projects.

A while ago on September 21st, Francisco aka frankorona (a kindred spirit as I am actually a Francis but I use Frank) posted his “Modernist Figures” in Bragging Rights. I thought they were just outstandingly beautiful and asked him if he had made a pattern that he was willing to share. He replied that he had not made a pattern, but instead, sent me a copy the images he used. I was able to use the images to make a pattern for the “Two Heads” sculpture. I’ll probably do the other piece in the future. Therefore, from this Francis to my friend Francisco in Mexico, I say Muchas Gracias. This work was not the type of work I usually do, but a change of pace is sometimes a good thing. So, here is my attempt at making this beautiful sculpture. I used solid 3/4” Maple for the busts and a piece of 3/4” thick solid Walnut in an oval shape for the base. The busts are about 16 inches tall, and the oval base is 9” long x 6” wide. Cutting was relatively easy and done with just one Pegas #5 Skip blade. I then used a combination of my rotary carving tools and a lot of sandpaper to ease and smooth all the edges. The wood was left natural color. There is lots of grain coloration in this piece of Maple After initial carving and sanding I applied a coat of lacquer sanding sealer prior to some final sanding before finishing. Finishing was multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Spray Lacquer with some very light sanding between coats for nice ‘smooth-to-the-touch’ finish. Side 1 Site 2 Hope you enjoy. Comments and critique always welcome.

Beautiful saying. Cutting is as equaly beautiful. Please name that Font and where is it available from.