But you forgot the red lipped cowgirl !!
Nice project. The ganged panel makes it standout more. Plus you can up the cost.
Maybe some wine tasting room will purchase it.
Me. Mark Eason
When I tried a butterfly it was the first intarsia project I did. It is hard to get each piece to fit. Especially the short ones near the bottom.
Looking at yours it looks beautiful. So it is natural to say it is easy to do. But because each piece fits smoothly it is just the opposite of easy. I know better.
Thank you for making it look easy:)
Wood choices are superb. Zebra wood is great to get the butterfly texture. And butternut to get a bit of orange. Well done.
ok other stupid mods I did.
Added a small 12v to magnifier arm.
Added sandpaper held on with magnets (2) on a stick. I sand the edges of the blades for better clamping.
Added accessory box with magnet in the bottom. Spare bottom clamp is in the box.
And here is 2 pics of the funnel and container for large dust. Black tube is drip system tubing that extends funnel. last pic is the dust mound in the can.
That is a very nice unit you got there. There are holes in the legs and I put a shelf on using those holes.
I had to check that the blade is straight left to right the same as the bottom clamp. There is Alan screws on the opposite side of the thump knobs clamps.
You might have a newer version that has Alan screw in the of the top arm to adjust front to back. Looking directly at the end ,inside the clamp arm. Mine only has 2 positions of bottom clamp to adjust agressive (front to back) cutting.
I bought this in 2020 for $400. It has a lower serial number. It even has half the power. No problem with anything.
OCtoolguy said to look at the tension lever area to see if was still pointed. It was not used much.
Wow that was 4 years ago.
Hah... You can see my dust collection system in that picture. No noisy vacuum. I put a funnel in the already existing hole in the chassis. The funnel goes into the can.
My methods:
I don't do alot of fretwork.
1) drill press allows precise angles and longer drill bits to go straighter.
2) hand battery drill makita.
3) I have a harbor freight $5 version that I never use. But if I did fret work I would probably use it.
Yep, the family is taking on a great adventure. Extra challenging to head west.
Oh your saying the cutting is extra challenging. Yes but it looks great.
I had to look closely, i think the child is a girl peeking out of the covered wagon.
Us engineers can make things complicated. This one also mesmerizing.
San Jose Airport has a ball contraption that I like to watch.
The one posted above is more complicated.
I like this one, it has a cam shaft. Think about how to time that top dead center. Pretty cool. The birds beak has a timing cam also. The disk that holds marbles has angled holes to hold the steel balls in.
So Ray just let me know what to send you. Since I still work I won't have much time for team project. I won't mind helping when I can.
Me.
the color "neon turquoise" is awesome. The dark background does the haunting effect.
Maybe make a dark jungle green background? But that might take away from the turquoise.
I would not make the panther pink. Might have copyright issues.
To make it more mean looking might show some teeth. Bright white and red blood dripping.
The background does provide an important feel. There is not much area to change background.
The panther as it is might be a good side kick for the green lantern scenes.
I had to calculate each ring for this hollow football. I had to look up math equations..tangent and arc tangent. I Used a calculator that had scientific trig functions.
I don't recommend excel or similar.
Best to use Dave angle tool.
The easiest is what JTCLOCKMAN showed.
when you "trace>bitmap" it puts a copy over the original. You can move one of them aside to make sure there is 2. When hilighted an "object property" will indicate a path , or a bitmap.
I cut 2 more for the other office staff.
This pic shows the tiny size.
Learning note... A brand new blade can be dull. Stupid me forgot this and struggled for 20 mins.