Elephant Puzzle

[Sycamore67]

The Elephant Puzzle was made from 7/8" thick poplar and was from a Judy Peterson book.  I made it a bit thicker than normal as I wanted to try shaping the elephant a little like with Intarsia.  This gives it a bit of a more natural look and depth. 

 

 

Normally, I just make a wooden tray with a cut out of the puzzle to hold the puzzle.  This time, I decided to do a little bit to create a background for the elephant.  The tray is made from 1/2" plywood on the front and a 1/4" backing piece.  

 

 

The finish was Watco Danish oil.  The elephant had the natural, the lower tray piece was medium Watco, the middle piece medium Watco and the blue was from acrylic paint thinned to make a stain.  A coat of poly was used over everything and then a finishing wax.  

 

 

[DWSUDEKUM]

Nice project.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[Dave Monk]

Super nice job. I like how you rounded things off. dave

[Fish]

Great job, thanks for sharing.

[Gordster]

Very nice Larry.the 7/8 really gives it depth.

The finish and background paint is super.

Perfection all around.

[Scrolling Steve]

That turned out nice, Larry !  

[wombatie]

Every time I see an elephant it reminds me of my mum, she loved elephants and used to collect them, thank you for the memories.  Great work.

 

Marg

[dgman]

Nice work Larry!

[Lucky2]

Nicely done Larry, the definition sanding must have been a lot of work?

Len

[lawson56]

Larry that turned out Fantastic!! Rounding the edges was the perfect thing,The background,Love it.  

[DukeNukem]

Interesting way to cut and shape a puzzle nice work. Jerry

[meflick]

Nice work.  I like the additions you made to enhance it.  thanks for sharing.

[heppnerguy]

Great job on this puzzle. Your extra touch to give it an intarsia look, really made this one special and I bet it put a lot of new ideas in the heads of the other stand alone puzzle makers

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[amazingkevin]

The Elephant Puzzle was made from 7/8" thick poplar and was from a Judy Peterson book.  I made it a bit thicker than normal as I wanted to try shaping the elephant a little like with Intarsia.  This gives it a bit of a more natural look and depth. 

 

20170111_Elephant Puzzle M.jpg

 

Normally, I just make a wooden tray with a cut out of the puzzle to hold the puzzle.  This time, I decided to do a little bit to create a background for the elephant.  The tray is made from 1/2" plywood on the front and a 1/4" backing piece.  

 

20170111_Elephant Tray 2 M.jpg

 

The finish was Watco Danish oil.  The elephant had the natural, the lower tray piece was medium Watco, the middle piece medium Watco and the blue was from acrylic paint thinned to make a stain.  A coat of poly was used over everything and then a finishing wax.  

For the longest time now ,maybe since 2007,I've toyed around with the idea of using a router table to eat up the edges of intarsia items to give a quick shape and cut down on all the sanding dust concuring

[newfie]

Nice work thanks for sharing

[Sycamore67]

I have done quite a bit of Intarsia and briefly and quickly dismissed it due to safety concerns. The pieces are much to small.

 

I use a downdraft sanding box to control dust when shaping pieces. Using a vacuum or dust collector with it, gets most of the dust.

[Sycamore67]

The elephant puzzle went to my Grandson yesterday. While I appreciate all of your compliments, his smile when playing with it was the best.

[meflick]

The elephant puzzle went to my Grandson yesterday. While I appreciate all of your compliments, his smile when playing with it was the best.

No doubt.  Glad he loved it and gave you the best compliment of all!