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That looks great. The Blue Stain took your wonderful cutting and assembly up a notch. What kind of stain was used and how was it applied. Me thinks it is actually a dye or water-color paint(?).

There are a lot of Canadian's who winter in Florida. Come on Down!

This project was cut, but the shaping, finishing and assembly process was put on hold while I made the African Elephant and then the Cute Pink Jacketed Bear. I made this project for myself to join other SS Christmas pieces I use to decorate the outside of my home between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. This will be mounted on a common Mailbox structure located in front of my neighbor and my Duplex. The pattern is a coloring book page that is free to download from various sites on Pinterest. A similar, but slightly different, color image titled Noel can also be found but no specific credit is given. The pattern was cut from one piece if 3/4” thick premium pine, shaped and sanded like doing Intarsia, asssembled and mounted on 3/8" thk Plywood backer, then painted with my Air Brush using Artist Acrylic Air Bush paints and protected with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. I made and mounted a simple wood stand on the back side, that will be screwed to the mailbox structure, that was painted Black. With this project finished in time to decorate for Christmas, I can now slow down and concentrate on what my next project will be…of which there are too many in the hopper. Comments and critiques always welcome.

Beautiful work and a beautiful verse.

I placed an order with them . They are sold out of 3/4 but had 1 5/8". I can resaw with my new bandsaw. Thanks

Wonderful, just wonderful. Nit too much more to add!

Tthat is a realy nice bird! Well done and great choice of woods. Looks very small. What are its dimensions? And, BTW, where did you find Orange Osage? Been looking for an Orange but have not found it?

The Elephant and this project were time sensitive and I pushed to get them completed. I have a holiday segmental piece that is cut and waiting to be finished, that I'm making to display on my mailbox, That will come next, but I'm not in a rush to complete. Normaly my pace is about 3 hours a day if nothing more important occurs. Intarsia is a slower process than SS Fret type work and I can only work on one project at a time. Flatwork I can have three or four in the works at one time. Thanks foe the nice comments.

A Cute Pink Jacket Bear by Наталья Москвитина is a FB Intarsia Group November Project of the Month, otherwise referred to as PAM. This will be my first time entering this “competition”. Therefore, my intent was to reproduce the project as close as possible to the Color image of a Stuffed Bear wearing a Crocheted Jacket, Hat and Trousers, that was included in the pattern PDF the group made available, using what kinds of wood I had available. Wood used: Cherry(the most pinkish wood I had), Aspen, Mango, Monkeypod, Yellowheart,and Poplar. The Eyes, Nose, Mouth and the two deep shade areas are “Sharpie” Black. The Backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply and the assembled panel is protected with a multiple coats Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray. Approximately 7" x 10". Comments and critiques are always welcome.

I did my first "real" Intarsia piece this past July. Shortly thereafter, I made a bunch of painted Christmas segmented pieces for my family. I used Intarsia techniques to make the segmental pieces more sculptured. Since then I have done a few more Intarsia pieces...this Elephant is number 6. Each was a learning experience. Unlike my SS flat Art Panel projects that I would have multiple project working at the same time (i.e.; cutting, painting, framing, etc.), complicated Intarsia pieces, like this African Elephant, takes a lot more time to produce a finished piece, and so far I can only manage one at a time.

The grain in the left side ears are oreinted diagonally top to bottom right to left. Due to the wood size I had, I could not oreient the grain in the right side ear in the opposite diagonal. Thw wood coloration is stronger than the grain so, as I said, not noticable to an untrained eye.

Quick story. My Lady went to NC to be with her daughter to help during recovery from hip replacement surgery. Her Granddaughter also came to help. Her daughter also has a son and their house has only two beds and a sofa for sleeping purposes. Fortunately, the next-door neighbor had a spare room and offered it to my Lady to use at no cost for the nineteen days she was there. This neighbor has visited Africa, and they have a collection of African Art pieces on display. Upon returning home, my Lady asked if I could make a Scroll Saw African Elephant, that she could send them as a thank you for their hospitality. I searched, found, and procured a ‘Woodenmann’ Intarsia Pattern of an African Elephant bust that I felt was appropriate, and I interrupted a Christmas project that was in progress to make the Elephant. A finished ‘Woodenmann’ piece was shown online, that was done in two contrasting, dark and light, colored wood’s. I decided I would prefer to do it in a single, “more” Elephant colored, wood choice. I had just gotten a few pieces of Teak in the box of cutoffs I purchased, and it seemed like it would be a good choice. Of course, the Tusks are Aspen, and the Eyes are ‘Sharpie’ Black - sorry, no Eboney in my wood collection. Due to the limited amount of Teak that was available, I was not able to arrange all the grain-direction as I would have preferred. However, the wood has enough character that it is not too distracting or noticeable to an untrained eye. As I’m sure you are all aware, Teak is quite hard, so the cutting was slow. I did a decent job of cutting as the fit-up was quite good, with just some minor sanding adjustments needed. However, even though I attempted to cut to the outside edge of the lines to maintain the pieces full size, due to the fit-up shrinkage of this “top to bottom” pattern, the length of the Tusks had to be adjusted significantly. Shaping and fitting of the two Tusks took more time than almost all the other pieces, put together. I did add a 1/8” thick shim to elevate the head and trunk. I tapered the shim towards the bottom of the trunk. The backer is 1/8” thick BB Ply with edges painted Black. The assembly was protected with five coats of Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray with light sanding and buffing between coats. This will be shipped out early next week with a thankyou note from my Lady. Comments and critiques always welcome.

Nice work. Light Wood my choice!

Velly velly nice!

I don't think my Pegas Scroll saw can cut rock!!!! But I have seen someone hereon make stream rocks out of wood.

We need an "Ah Shucks " thank you reply button at the bottom for some of these toooooo nice comments!!!!

JFYI, If you use Inkscape to develope your SS Intarsia Pattern, I find the trace bitmap command does not work well to translate a SG pattern into a SS Intarsia Pattern. I find it just as east ro do a manual trace using the Pen Tool or the Pencil Tool with my Wacom pen/pad. The SG Lead lines are just too wide to use directly.

I obtained a ‘Limitless Lines Design’ Stained-Glass Pattern from Etsy that I thought would be easy to convert to a suitable Intarsia project pattern. The Heron is an almost a direct copy, but I modified the background significantly to work better in wood. In doing so, I messed up the perspective somewhat by lowering the land on the far side of the water. This was not obvious to me until the project was nearly complete. I’ll live with it as is, but I have already corrected the pattern, to be more in keeping with the original pattern, that I will share in Pattern Exchange. Woods used include Premium Pine, Blue Pine, Yellowheart, Cherry, Walnut, Aspen, Black Limba, and some 4/4” thick Sapele for the fixed Frame. The Cherry I used for the Water was too close in color to the Pink toned Pine I used for the Sky, so I enhanced the color with some Blue/Green dye. The Grey and Light-colored areas of the Blue Pine worked well for most of the Heron itself, but I had to darken a few areas using some very diluted Black dye. The Eye was painted with White and Black acrylic paint. Currently, my wood selection is limited, therefore so are my choices since I would have really preferred to use a different wood for the Sky. The approximate 80 pieces of this project was quite a challenge to cut and assemble. After all the pieces were cut, shaped, textured and sanded - knowing I was going to frame the panel - I first assembled the background, within a rectangular jig sized to the finish panel size, onto a 1/8” thick BB Ply Backer. The Blue Pine is only a scant 5/8” thick and I wanted the Heron to sit proud of the background, so I cut a 1/4“thick shim to fit the remaining area and then I fit the Heron into the area. The many small pieces of the Heron’s body proved impossible to assemble, one by one, into the open area. I was forced to use CA to edge-glue the pieces together and fit into the open area as one piece. Being very careful to fit the pieces together accurately, this worked out well. The 1” wide Sapele was rabbeted 1/4" to produce a 3/4" wide border Frame. The rails were mitered and cut accurately for a tight-neat fit around the glued-in panel. The completed Assembly was finished with multiple coats of rattle-can Clear Gloss Acrylic Finish spray with light sanding/buffing in between coats. Comments and critiques allways welcome.

Here is my light. I guess it is about 4 years old now as I got it when I got my Pegas saw. I can't even find a brand name on it. Has Chinese writing on it. The lamp does get in the way of the cut panel ocassionally. One reason I use spiral blades a lot - no spining th panel so it does not hit the light. It was around $40, if I remember correctly. Very much worth it, IMO.

Really good setup??? I'm sure there going to be a lot different "good setup" suggestion's. My setup is good, but not necessarily really good, for me. I use a typical 5X Mag light w/an LED ring light. However, I do supplement that light with a high intensity goose neck light that mounts to the side of the saw with a magnetic base. This light shines directly on the blade and creates a very visible shadow from where the blade intersects the pattern. This shadow helps me see the blade and follow the line more accurately. My 2 cents.

Love it!!!!!!! I was only 40 when my first grandson was born. When asked what should he call me, I said, I'm too young to be called Grandpa (I only sleep with a Grandma) so have him call me Grumps. It stuck and, ever since, I have been Grumps to my Kids, Grandkids, and even my Great Grandkid as soon as he can talk. I did a version of him a while back:

Well done!

It is available from Hobby Lobby.

Both very nice. Clear Kryon glitter blast works good to hold glitter in place and adds brilliants.

That image can be found on Pinterest. It is a simple B&W image that could be used directly as a pattern. Using Inkscape, it can be made into a line and fill pattern. There are a bunch of similar type images available.