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[breadstick]

Finished two of these last night (thank God for stack cutting).  Took about 5.5 hours.  1/4 birch plywood.  Spitballing frame ideas.  Second project using spiral blades.  Getting the hang of this saw.  Please forgive the cell phone picture.

 

Any suggestions on stain?  Golden Oak is my go-to stain and I think it would work well for this, but open to suggestions.

 

Forgot to mention this is from a pattern posted here.  I'll update with the username when I find it.

 

Edited March 10, 2016 by breadstick

[newfie]

Beautiful piece of work thanks for sharing

[Scrolling Steve]

Nice cutting !.....I have cut a couple of old mills and used minwax natural stain on a black backer for a nice contrast.

[penquin]

Very nice, looks like you got those blades down concerning how to use them.  Thanks for showing this to us.

jim

penquin

[FranMike Harley]

Very nice ! 5 1/2 hours well spent 

[amazingkevin]

 

Finished two of these last night (thank God for stack cutting).  Took about 5.5 hours.  1/4 birch plywood.  Spitballing frame ideas.  Second project using spiral blades.  Getting the hang of this saw.  Please forgive the cell phone picture.

 

Any suggestions on stain?  Golden Oak is my go-to stain and I think it would work well for this, but open to suggestions.

 

Forgot to mention this is from a pattern posted here.  I'll update with the username when I find it.

 

 

Mr.Nathan,I sorry to here it took you 5.5 hors to do this master piece.It would have taking me double that to do.good idea you killed two birds with one stone! you learn quick how to get the most bang for your buck!Birch plywood is pretty strong  stuff especially well for project with many pieces that could fall out being thinly cut.I too am fond of golden oak.I seen a frame my friend made out of walnut and pine.first he did a pine frame and surrounded it with a walnut frame.I. ,beautify was the outcome.I'm sorry you caught the scrolling bug .It's down right impossible to get rid of .did hear of a cure once ,and that's to keep scrolling .Keep up the great work friend :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

[Denny Knappen]

Nicely done.  Looks like you got the hang of the spiral blades.

[Bill WIlson]

Nice cutting.  I tend to leave portraits natural, especially if I'm framing them.  I like to use a darker wood for the frame and something dark for the backer to provide contrast.  It helps highlight the detail in the cutting.  I'm experimenting with fabric dye for backers now.  I can get a good dark tone, that leaves a little of the grain showing and doesn't seem to interfere with glue.

 

This particular portrait would look great with a frame made of old, weathered barn wood.

[LarryEA]

Very nice cutting. 

It is so nice to get more than one from your cutting efforts.

[Lucky2]

Nicely done Nathan, personally, I like clear coatings.

Len

[Birchbark]

Very well done, it looks fairly small.  What size is it?  If it was a dearing pattern it would be over 20 inches, you did good.  Needed those spiral blades on this one.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

Russell

[lawson56]

A job Awesomely done!!  

[Scrappile]

You really nailed that one. 

[breadstick]

Thanks, everyone.  I shrunk the picture to fit to page before I printed, so the whole piece is about 10" x 11".

 

Funny you would mention a weathered look. I'm getting some white vinegar to soak my steel wool in to weather the other one. I did that with a frame for another project and it wound up really nice.  Of course, I'll test it on the back first before I commit to the whole piece.

[wombatie]

Excellent work.  I was going to suggest a weathered look.     Great minds think alike.  :)

 

Marg