Scrappile Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 (edited) I just finished cutting this last evening. It is cleaned up but no finish or frame yet. Turned out to be a 2 month project for me and two attempts before I finished. The pattern is from Woodworkers Workshop ( woodworkersworkshop.com/store ) and it is by Tom Mullane. I made this for my son-in-law to hang is his man den someday. He is of Norwegian ancestry and very proud of it so I thought he might like it. Edited September 24, 2015 by Scrappile New Guy, neptun, Fish and 1 other 4 Quote
dgman Posted September 19, 2015 Report Posted September 19, 2015 Oh my, that is stunning Paul! How many cuts? Quote
DWSUDEKUM Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Excellently done Paul. That looks like a lot of breath holding Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote
edward Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Very nicely done Paul, took a lot of patience, I'am sure your son in law weill cherrish it. great job. edward Quote
Gordster Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Holy Toledo Paul..that is fantastic cutting...well done Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Awesome work Paul !.......Well done and so intricate !! Quote
amazingkevin Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Cool, My program says you cut 26' of lines,that's almost a telephone pole long! Looks great ! ;) ;) ;) Quote
woodduck Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Double WOW! just fantastic. Quote
halfpint33 Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Just plain awesome. I'm sure he will enjoy it. Quote
Phantom Scroller Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Excellent job Paul loads of holes Roly Quote
wombatie Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Wow that is amazing. He will be thrilled to bits with this awesome gift. Two months well spent. Marg Quote
merlin Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Two month .sheez I think I wood have given before then ...Seriously that is bloody awesome........ ***Merlin*** Quote
Kepy Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Beautiful work and I'm sure it will be appreciated. Quote
ike Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 That is great he will cherish it. Quote
mikewix Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Beautiful job Paul. Glad to see that you got it mastered. Quote
GrampaJim Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Awesome work! Very impressive! Quote
Scrappile Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Posted September 20, 2015 Thank you all for the nice comments. I have no idea how many cut it was, Dan. Wish I did but I am not going to count them! It was a real feeling of accomplishment to make the last cut. What made it more difficult is it came as a PDF file, as 8" x 10". Too small for this type of picture, in my opinion. I enlarged it which made the lines much less distinct/sharp. I didn't know how to fix that on the computer, so I spent quite a bit of time redrawing the lines and figuring where bridges should go. It was a challenge. I need to learn how to enlarge something like this and still keep sharp. I kept a printout of the original size of the PDF file by the saw to look at as a guide. Thanks again for you comments. Very much appreciated. Quote
penquin Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 Scrappile, when enlarging patterns I use Rapid Resizer and even with a PDF there is a way to do it. You open rapid resizer and then go back to the PDF and make sure you have the entire pattern on the page even if you need to reduce it to 50% you want the entire pattern on one page. Then center your pointer of whatever it is called on the pattern and hit your print screen key. Then reopen RR and you hit the paste key and the pattern is now in RR and you can size it as large as you want. This works for me and if needed you can make it darker and the lines show up well most of the time. If you already know about this sorry to take up your time on it. Just what I use to do larger patterns from small ones. jim penquin Quote
Scrappile Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Posted September 20, 2015 Scrappile, when enlarging patterns I use Rapid Resizer and even with a PDF there is a way to do it. You open rapid resizer and then go back to the PDF and make sure you have the entire pattern on the page even if you need to reduce it to 50% you want the entire pattern on one page. Then center your pointer of whatever it is called on the pattern and hit your print screen key. Then reopen RR and you hit the paste key and the pattern is now in RR and you can size it as large as you want. This works for me and if needed you can make it darker and the lines show up well most of the time. If you already know about this sorry to take up your time on it. Just what I use to do larger patterns from small ones. jim penquin I did it with R R by following the instructions that popped up when I tried to open the pdf in RR. It was instructions on copying it to clipboard first and then pasted it into RR. I will try your method. I also thought there was a way to "smooth out" the lines of a pattern in Inkscape. Thought I read that somewhere, but maybe not. Thanks for the info, I will give it a try when I get some ink for my printer. Quote
Fish Posted September 20, 2015 Report Posted September 20, 2015 I was speechless, my wife said 'Oh my God!" Beautiful work. Quote
newfie Posted September 21, 2015 Report Posted September 21, 2015 WOWyhats amazing youvdid a great job with it.Thanks for sharing Quote
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