Turtle

[Rob]

Turtle cut from reclaimed Rimu and finished with BLO.  I will give it a coat of wax or Rustoleum semi matt once it has dried a bit more.

 

 

Pattern by Birchbark.

 

Rob

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done Rob.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[Scrolling Steve]

That is very nice cutting, Rob !...Well done !

[Ron Johnson]

Well done Rob.

[dgman]

Cool!

[amazingkevin]

Turtle cut from reclaimed Rimu and finished with BLO.  I will give it a coat of wax or Rustoleum semi matt once it has dried a bit more.

 

Turtle.jpg

 

Pattern by Birchbark.

 

Rob

Here's looking at you he's saying,lol Very nice project indeed! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

[Lucky2]

Nicely done Rob, will you be adding a backer to it? What is Rimu like to cut and finish, is it a heavy wood?

Len

[lawson56]

Rob it looks Fantastic   Love the wood.I don't know if I can get that kind wood in my area.Until I came to the Village I have never heard of it.

[Ninuninu]

Great cut! Well done

 

Tony

[Birchbark]

Ha!!  Glad someone cut this one.  Very nice, thank you for taking the time to post a picture for us.  Many hours went into making this pattern, glad it was cut. 

Looks great, very well cut, thanks for sharing this.

 

Russell

[penquin]

Well done, looks great.

jim

penquin

[Denny Knappen]

Well done cutting of a nice pattern.

[Rob]

Thanks all, especially Russell for the awesome pattern.  It was probably the most challenging piece I have attempted so far.  I'm sure others would improve on my efforts but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I need to work on hiding my access holes a bit.  Maybe spiral blades would help with a pattern like this but I have yet to try them. 

 

@Len, Rimu is native to New Zealand.   Here is a link to a wikipeda page about it  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacrydium_cupressinum.  It is very common here although now protected and was also known as red pine.  Sapwood is easy to cut but the older heart Rimu can be tough as nails.  I have had pieces catch fire from concentrated seams of pitch in the wood when cutting before now.  Heartwood can come off the saw with a silky smooth and polished appearance however with no further work needed.  It is one of my favourite timbers and I get a lot of it from broken pieces of furniture or old floorboards at the local tip/recycling centre.

 

Rob 

[keefie]

very nice cutting , looks great

[Scrappile]

You certainly did a great job on that picture. 

[newfie]

Nice work Rob thanks for sharing