Ron Johnson Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Very fine cutting and finishing of first time scrolling David. Yes the time goes by fast. The bug gets bigger as your interest grows. Enjoy and look forward to seeing more of your work. dvickers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvickers Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Looking great. I really like your plaques with the pictures on them. Are you gluing them on, then varnishing them. The wood was a light color pine so after cutting, I used a stain then I printed pictures in reverse or flipped. Then used a glue called ModPodge after they dried to the wood i took a damp sponge and gently rubbed the paper from the wood leaving the picture. It was my first time doing this so I had to redo a couple of the photo's caused I rubbed to hard and it removed part of the picture. What I discovered that I could use my hand held belt sander and remove my mistake and start all over until I got the picture just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Good job and welcome. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 David, I do a lot of fretwork sawing, to sand it I use a detail sander, the type that take a triangular shaped sanding pad. It works great, and I have never had anything get broken from sanding it this way. Len dvickers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britetomro Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Congrats on a great job with your first projects. I am sure that many will follow. Thought I would add my thoughts on the sanding. If the project is small I will hand sand the backs to smooth everything out. Depending on how intricate the cutting is I may not sand at all. I will usually use a small propane torch and lightly pass the flame over the back and the flame will singe the fuzzies right off. Of course caution must be exercised at this stage. Hold the flame in one place too long and you will burn the wood. My highest cut project was a 1200 cut Cheetah and there was no way to sand the back of that and many other projects due to how delicate the remaining pieces were. I have been using a propane torch for about 8 years now and it works great. The cost investment is low as well and a propane canister lasts a very long time. Consider giving it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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