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In my opinion the frame and Leppard piece just don't work together. It's similar to using a chrome frame on a Remington western. The contrast between the very nice and straight frame vs the live edge is just too jarring for me. If it were mine I would lightly trace the live edge and reduce the size all around the backer about 1/4". Then use a screw in sawtooth hanger. You can determine the weight center of the piece by gently holding it between your thumb and forefinger, slide the piece back and forth, you should feel when it's about centered.

Welcome from Ohio!

That is excellent, I and all other veterans will appricate it, where did you get the pattern, Thx RJ

Purple Heart - Combat Wounded Veteran Sign. I did not serve in the military. I have a great appreciation to all those who did serve, so I cut this to show thankfulness to them.

Your inlays look so good it is NOT worth worrying about using the scraps.

Something that has always puzzled me is an employer (or Social Security) will give employees or retirees a Cost of Living allowance of 2 or 3% but the statistics show the actual cost of living went up 18 to 20%. We are actually going in the hole.

I have cut 1/4 inch BB in double and triple layers without issues. My blade choice is typically the smallest blade I can use to manage a good cut (#3 or smaller). The only blades I have larger than an #5 were from a variety pack and I think I've use the #9 one time to try it out and changed it back to a smaller blade. I only use Pegas blades from Artcraftersonline.com. It may be that one of your layers in your ply is extremely hard, especially if you've cut BB in the past with success.

Now you know why the cost of homes has gotten rediculous. Everything that goes into building a home let alone furnishing it has gone up. No end in sight. Supply and demand. This goes for shipping things as well. If you get free shipping with an order you think you won the lottery.

Welcome from North Carolina.

So majority opinion is without frame so I have several questions. Is it frame color you don’t like or just frame ? Would you just hang it on wall without black background and if so how do you hang it without ruining it. If you hang it with the black background you would need it to follow live type edge which I’m not so sure about.

I don't have many pics of all the pvc animals I've made but here's a couple I found party flamingos were well liked and the see saw flamingos were funny the giraffe was one 6 inch pipe 10 feet and it cost 60 bucks during pandemic I'm sure it's over a 100 now used to get a lot of horns beeping when I was Driving around with the birds in backseat as I delivered them the momma and baby ducks were very popular and I made many sets for friends and family and even sent patterns to several other woodworkers to make for their gardens i taught 3 people how to make pvc birds not that it was a difficult thing but they were clueless and now make beautiful birds and one guy sells them

Thank. I use a #5 Pegas MGT blades for all the cutting and inlay.

Some color but it was old paint waiting on Amazon

They're not perfect if you look close. I have the best luck if I use 3/8" material.

Looks great!

I never have a plan for the scraps. Sometimes I can use them for other inlays but a lot of the time they end up in the trash. It's a lot of waste for sure but I like them and they sell well.

It's about 6" in diameter and 3 1/2" tall.

I agree with Barb and that is coming from a framer.

Very nice

A very beautiful piece. The inlay is amazing!

I also use a lot of 1/4"Baltic Birch plywood. If I don't stack cut, I use Pegas #1 MGT blades. Not a bit of problem.

Even in the framing business, costs rose again. Twice since January 2024.

Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee

I was not planning on a frame but I just thought the frame helped pull it all together, I appreciate your input

Thanks, I appreciate it