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Thanks Dan for the razor blade suggestion. Will give it a try.

Thanks so much for all of your replies. I had actually done a few of your suggestions already as I was eager to get started : ) I'm using good quality Epson photo paper. I actually used 3M Photo Mount to glue the photo to the wood and it works pretty darned good. I had a piece of 5mm (13/64") and glued a similar photo to this. Just for testing purposes, I used hair spray, yes - hairspray - ten coats as I didn't have any fixative and had read that this could work. Used four heavy books to make sure it was glued fast and left for maybe 5 hours. Cut around all of those sharp corners and it worked a charm. No paper lifteng off anywhere. So now, I'm ready to do the photo above and will do so armed with all of your suggestions and a new confidence for 2021. Happy New Year scrollers !

Hello there, this is my first visit here and I'm looking forward to being a regular. I use a Hegner Multicut 1 saw and enjoy using it to create unique items. I'm about to glue the attached photo to a piece of wood and then cut around the outline leaving just the building and the foreground. I'm mainly concerned about the very narrow parts being lifted off the wood as I saw around them. Might it be a good idea to cover in clear tape and, once finished cutting, remove the tape? Since the photo was printed using an inkjet printer, I was planning on using 3M Photo Mount to glue the photo and then spraying the photo with Ghiant inkjet fixative spray to hopefully make it stronger or do you think a coat of varnish might be better? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.