FrankEV
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Many have mentioned in this forum, their use of a cardboard backer. It is certainly easy and an inexpensive way to go. For me personally, I feel the cardboard is not a stable product and over time will degrade and the backer fuction will be compromised. A two layer panel is also more stable and less likely to twist or distord do to environmental conditions. Just my opinion.
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Very well done. I think you meant 2/0 spiral, yes? Kinda like I would imagine Santa would look like on Christmas morning after his 24 hour endurance run around the world on Cristmas eave delivering the gifts to all the boys and girls. Not quite the Jolly Ol' Elf he is normally portraid as.
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Very nice. Well cut. After careful review I noticed that it is going to get a flat as there is a dent in the left front rim!!!
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Would just need to add a few bumps/curves in the appropriate places and, WALA, a female version! Although in todays olympic type sports you can not often distinguish a male from a female just from their physique.
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Very nicely done. Should do well to help rasie funds. A little bit mor info would be nice, What wood, finish, etc? Are the lights attached to the back or there just for the pic?
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A few months back I purchased the Craftsman planer from Lowes. $349 if I remember correctly. My 10% military discount wiped out the tax +. It was actually cheaper at Lowes then what I could find on-line and one of the least expensive for a brand name. Dewalts similar unit is over $100 more. It is a 12" planer and about the physically smallest and relativly lighest unit I could find. My shop is small, so I needed the smallest I could find. It works fine foir me as I don't plan to use a lot. It is called a bench top model, however I mounted it permanenly on a little roll around table I made for it, so I can store it out of the way when not using it. HTH
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Absolutely fantastic job.
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No, it appears to be a dense wood filler of some sort. Almost looks like foam board in color, but much harder, but definately not MDF. The resulting saw dust from cutting is all wood.
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The patterns for the following are converted stencils that were found on-line. Lillis is a 5/32x9x17 Maple solid core cut panel affixed to a 1/4x11x19 BB ply backer. The Backer is hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints with the perimeter stained with Minwax Mahogany. Tree Flowers and Birds is a 5/32x7x19 Maple solid core cut panel affixed to a 1/4x9x19 Oak backer. The Backer is hand painted with Artist Acrylic paints with the perimeter stained with Minwax Weathered Oak. Cutting was completed with Pegas 2/0 Spiral blades. Assembled panels finished with multiple coats of Delf Clear Gloss Lacquer Frames are 1 ¾” wide Poplar, Stained with Minwax Classic Black water based penetrating stain and protected with Minwax Polycrylic Protective Satin Finish. Lilllies Tree Flowers and Birds Comments and critiques always appreciated.
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Very nice cutting. There are a lot of this style patterns around, but not my taste as a subject matter.
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This was another stencil pattern I found on-line and converted to a scroll saw pattern. It was actually completed about the same time I finished King and Queen that I posted a few weeks ago but it took me awhile to get around to making the frame. The cut panel is maple affixed to a Mahogany Backer. The cutting was not very difficult although the whiskers are not very well done. A little bit the pattern’s fault and a lot my cutting fault. Cutting was done using Pegas 2/0 spiral blades. The cut panel and backer was hand paint using Artist Acrylic paints. Frame is typical 1 ¾” wide Poplar, stained with Minwax Early American and finishe with multiple coats of Minwax Satin Wipe-on Poly. Comments and critique is always welcome.
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Tha shadow looked like it was a backer. Very nice.
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Beautiful!!!!!!!
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Absolutely great job. The Maple flower is quite unique. All done on the Scroll saw or was there some carving involved?
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NIce work on the Cat. The oversized oval backer is just great. The Birds, as always, just magnificent. The piece of wood you chose really captures the moon effect. My lady made me hang the version of the Birds, I made quite awhile ago, in our living room. I think she likes that one the best of all I have made for her.
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Athough they are available through HD, they are not the typical big box store type product as they are very high quality panels, as the price indicates, intended for laser cutting. I much prefer to cut them then BB pyly. The vaneer is of a much better quality for finishing and I found that there are no voids. Also, the grain in the vaneer is much more uniform than the BB ply.
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Great work! I like color, as you probably already know, and it works great on this piece.
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All look well cut and the painting is great. At $0.05 a piece they should sell out fast!
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Very nicely done.
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Sure wish the OP would let us know if this is what he was refering to.
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That's them. The vaneer on these panels is a better grade than the common BB Ply. They are intended for Laser an Crcuit cutting and are refered to as Project Panels..
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As does Lowes, HD and others. Usually much thinner and harder that the Wallmart Shelf liner, but is non-slip. I believe even HF is more costly per SQ IN/FT than the shelf liner.
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I like to use the solid core 3/32" thick project panels I get from HD. I like their Maple but they have been out of stock on the 5/32" thick Maple for some time now. I'm low on these panels but HD does have Birch panels in this thickness. It is almost as pretty and nice as the Maple, just a slightly different color. It is called Birch, but I have know idea if it is "Baltic" birch. I just placed an order forthree boxes (30 sheets). Currently I do have a fairly large number of 1/8" BB ply, but I dont't use it that often. I also have good stockpile of 1/4" material that I mostly use as backers including: BB ply and the solid core Walnut, Red Oak, Mahogany, Cherry and Maple panels as well.
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I don't know what you mean by a sanding mat. Google does not either. If you are refering to a non-slip mat that you lay on your work bench so pieces don't move while sanding, any wood working supply will have them at very exorberant (?) prices. Wallmart and others sell non-slip rubber like waffle type shelf liners for a fraction of the price and they work just as well if not better. Comes in rolls that you can cut to suit. HTH
