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Thanks. I wanted to give it just enough color to stand out with the grain of the wood showing through. As I mentioned, I used watercolor on this piece and kept it thin. The other piece, (Posted as Americana 12 2 of 2) I used stain. The reason I decided to add color was really a mishap. I was trying to burn the fuzzies of the back with a torch on a rather windy day. I have a 12 x 12 door on my shop and about the time I was burning the area of the grill on 2 of 2, a gust of wind blew the flame through the grill area and scorched the front of the piece. I used Minwax Espresso stain in an attempt to hide where it was scorched. I liked the way it turned out enough that I thought I'd try the watercolor on the other piece.
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Welcome to the Village and congrats on an outstanding project. Pine can sometimes be hard to cut because the blade has a tendency to follow the grain. Apparently you didn't experience this problem doing this piece.
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The horizontal grain did show through more than I would have liked but the lighting in the picture actually adds to the severity from what it is in real life. I sanded it down to 320 but after painting and clear coating the grain popped back through. I've finished gun stocks in the past and used what was called "Grain Filler" that filled the grain to keep the clear from penetrating and would allow the finish to look like glass. Thought about trying that but the "Grain Filler" actually has a stain additive and I didn't know how it would react to the paint. I have noticed some of my paints will crinkle when I spray with the clear. I had also though about giving the backer a little more color or shading because there was little grain showing from the natural stain.
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Thanks Barb. As Bill said, it is a sometimes called a Hoagie. I cooked a pork loin on the grill and sliced it real thin. Toasted the bun with garlic butter, piled on the pork, topped it with sliced tomato and homemade slaw. First time trying this type sandwich but as my wife said, the recipe was a keeper!
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I was able to complete a couple commission projects as well as hot dogs on the grill Saturday and Grinder sandwiches on the grill for Memorial Day. The two commissions were 1/4 pine plywood cut and painted black to make a silhouette. The backer for the silhouette is natural stained 1/4 Maple ply. These were made into 8 1/5 X 11-inch toppers for welcome signs that had already been purchased. They were both sealed with clear gloss with light sanding between each of five coats. Both pieces were cut from modified Steve Good patterns. The butterfly and flower piece, also a Steve Good pattern, was just for fun after cutting the more complicated old truck from the Americana series. The cut piece is 1/4 Maple and the backer is 1/4 pine. The paint is acrylic artist paint. The piece is also sealed with about five coats of clear gloss with a light sanding between coats. It is approximately 8 X 10 inches. By the way, the hog dogs and Grinder sandwiches were great! Hope everyone in the states had a restful and enjoyable Memorial day.
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Welcome back, Frank. Hope you had a great and relaxing vacation. Your work is superb as usual.
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Beautiful pieces, Barb. Love the grain. Looks like you stack cut but with the way the grain matches it would have been nice to have a different lighthouse on one so you could have sold them as a pair.
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Very nice cutting! They both turned out great.
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Excellent, Marg! Those teeth look really clean... (I mean the cutting on the teeth.)
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Nicely done, Dick!
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This is the second of Americana 12 by Jim Blume. This is pretty much the same as the first cut, Oak ply stained natural, black backer, except the truck was tinted with Minwax Expresso stain rather than watercolor paint. Again, the frame is actual framing material with gray wash and a little natural stain to darken it up just a touch.
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Jim Blume's Americana 12 pattern cut using 1/4 Oak ply stained with Minwax natural with watercolor on the truck. The backer is 1/4 underlayment simply painted gloss black. The cut piece and backer were sprayed with 5-coats of clear giving a light sanding between coats. The frame is a rough-cut gray wash which is actually picture frame material I've had for some time. I stack cut this using Pegas #2/0 spiral blades. The second piece just needs a couple more coats of clear and I should post a picture of it tomorrow. Thanks, Jim, for the fantastic pattern! It was really a fun piece to cut and I'm looking forward to cutting more in the Americana series... but first I have a few commissions and I plan on tackling the six-team stagecoach. I will add that if anyone hasn't tried to cut a complicated piece such as this, I would highly recommend using this pattern. There were only a couple delicate spots and they were not bad at all.
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Wow! Great inlay work. I haven't attempted trying inlays yet. Maybe down the road.
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Very nice work, Andy. I've been scrolling a little over a year and have cut a couple of the pieces you have photographed above. I'm in SE North Carolina. Welcome to the site. Lots of knowledge from the members here.
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I'm sure he'll love it Dick. Great job all around but especially on the letters.
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Fantastic piece, Dick. Make sure it is well packaged for shipping. I've had a couple pieces that arrived broken through USPS.
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Great work, Bobby. I agree, the tiger is really neat!
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Nicely done! I can almost see the red paint with the white strips.
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You're really getting into the intarsia, Dick. That turned out great. I'm sure she will surprised.
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Beautiful piece. The inlay really pops.
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Very nice, Marg.
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Jim, you don't know how close I've come to scrolling this little cutie. Reason being, my little buddy, Hershey, looks almost identical. He was a rescue and when we got him, he was completely hairless from fleas. Always wants to be held and loves his belly scratched. I think I'd get rid of the wife before I got rid of my little buddy!
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I agree with you 100% Frank. It was after I glued the front to the backer that I realized the backer should have been larger. Live and learn I guess!
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Great sell, Barb. Congrats. They turned out nice. Always a plus when the wood is gifted!
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This pattern is one FrankEV posted a month or so ago. I love this song and knew I wanted to cut it when I seen the piece Frank had shared. I used 1/4 inch oak ply for the front and a 1/4 inch underlayment material for the backer. (Less expensive and usable since it is painted and a limited amount shows.) As with most of my projects the piece is stained with Minwax Natural and has 5 coats clear gloss with light sanding between coats. In the enlarged picture it appears to have grit (or specks) in the finish but it is actually a reflection from direct sunlight. The piece is actually very smooth and clean. The backer is painted gloss black. The frame is pine stained with Minwax Red Oak. Franks was much better because of the colors he added but I'm still pleased with how this project turned out. I recently purchased some water color pencils and plan to give them a try after doing a little testing first. I started a Jim Blume "American" piece so it will probably be a while for my next "Brag."
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