DWSUDEKUM Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 This puzzle was cut from 1/4 Baltic Birch and has over 150 pieces ( did not stop to count them ) This bowl was cut from Sapele and poplar. It is 6 inches long x 6 wide. Finished with Tung Oil and Shellac. This is a Steve Good pattern. I cut at least one every year for my November shows. The wood is Sapele and Pine. Sealed with Tung Oil and topcoated with Shellac. This ornament was thought of by Harmony on the Scroll Saw Woodworking and crafts forum. There is no pattern I saw it asked Harmony for permission to use the idea and made this one. Cut from 3/4 pine the bird is from Diane Thompsons birdhouse patterns but enlarged to fit the trailer. The perch and tongue leveler are bamboo skewers. Finish is Shellac. DW Wilson's Woodworking, Fish, Scrolling Steve and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragax Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Beautiful work DW. Will tung oil or BLO give a shine like that w/o the shellac? I ask because those bowls are fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Beautiful work DW. Will tung oil or BLO give a shine like that w/o the shellac? I ask because those bowls are fantastic! Tung Oil and BLO work by slowly building up and filling the pores of the wood grain. If you have ever spit shined a pair of boots you have the same situation. As the pores get filled up you can get a shine on it. Personally I just use the Tung Oil to do a couple of things for me. One - Seal the wood so that the real finish does not soak into it as much. Two Tung Oil darkens and brings out the grain pattern a bit. By sealing the wood you can top coat it with shellac or lacquer or Poly with little difficulty. The problem with either Tung or BLO is that it can take a long time to finish getting hard, sometimes years that is why I use it to seal and then top coat. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Really love the bowl! Tutorial for us slow learners would be very nice! You might nave to email me a link to it; so, I do NOT miss it! Great Work! The trailer is neat, too. Did you transfer, or paste the picture for the puzzle? Fab4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Highest quality everytime!,Nice work DW ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Really love the bowl! Tutorial for us slow learners would be very nice! You might nave to email me a link to it; so, I do NOT miss it! Great Work! The trailer is neat, too. Did you transfer, or paste the picture for the puzzle? The picture was printed up with a color laser ( Kinko's / Fedex ) on heavy brochure photo stock then glued. I put a heavy sticky spray glue on both the picture ( back side of course ) and the board then carefully adhere the picture to the board making sure there are no air bubbles. I then give it a couple of days to sit - this helps ensure that all the solvents have evaporated out. Six very light coats of lacquer seals the picture. I wait another couple of days then cut . I will work on a tutorial for the bowl making. They really are not that hard to make. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubec Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Beautiful work, love your bowl. Thank you for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 First class work there DW, I love the bowl. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankorona Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Excellent puzzle, very original. All your works are wonderful, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Very nice work DW, I like the bowl as well, Thank you for showing, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 DW all fantastic work as normal, I love the picture used for the puzzle.thanks for showing. Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Very good work, thanks for sharing. I really like the bowel. The puzzle is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 It's a beautifully cut puzzle. The bowl, well it's outstanding in color and finish. I'd like to try one. Your combining sapele and pine/poplar is a great match. The trailer for the bird is cute. DWSUDEKUM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 It's a beautifully cut puzzle. The bowl, well it's outstanding in color and finish. I'd like to try one. Your combining sapele and pine/poplar is a great match. The trailer for the bird is cute. Larry making bowls is not real difficult. Cutting the rings takes a little practice as you are cutting on an angle however it is one of those things that comes fairly quickly. I use http://www.scrollmania.com/polydraw.html a lot of times to work up the shape of the bowl. As for the wood choices... well... that is really just me exploring a what would happen if....... I started off making bowls from Carole Rothman's book and branched off from there. Getting the angle to drill is not too difficult now that we have a scientific calculator built into our computers. You just have to know the ring thickness and the thickness of the wood you are going to use. Also there is this calculator - http://www.scrollmania.com/AngleCalc.html that will do the necessary calculations to get the drill angle. DW LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Thank you DW for an education on how to make a bowl w/scrollsaw. Greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 I have made the mother and child one myself but the Saple set it off fine. Good cutting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Ike your work is Awesome! Love your Bowl.The Trailer now that is just down right cute. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted November 5, 2014 Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Sorry it's not my bowl. IKE Edited November 5, 2014 by ike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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