It took me three attempts to cut this Pickerel pattern

[Frank Pellow]

This is a fairly straightforward pattern by Chris Messier.  I first tried cutting it about a year ago and gave up after making a BIG GOOF part way through the job.

Then, yesterday morning, when nearing completion on the second attempt, I broke off a big piece (that is pointed to with the orange arrow in the first attached photo).  I was using a Flying Dutchman Reverse Tooth #1 blade and cutting 4mm thick Baltic Birch Plywood.

I decided to start all over again right away but switched both blade and wood.  This time I used a Flying Dutchman 2/0 Spiral blade and 6mm thick quarter sawn white oak veneer.  I found it much easier using the spiral blade and cut the pattern in a little less than three hours.  It was then mounted on another piece of the same material stained black.  The whole thing was then sprayed with a couple of coats of gloss polyurethane.   I'm going to be giving the completed work to my grandson (an avid fisherman) on his 15th birthday tomorrow.

Edited May 1, 2017 by Frank Pellow
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[DWSUDEKUM]

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

 

 

DW

[Gordster]

Well Frank,three strikes and you are in.You sure hit it out of the park this time.

Your grandson is going to love it.Fantastic cutting.

[amazingkevin]

1 hour ago, Frank Pellow said:

This is a fairly straightforward pattern by Chris Messier.  I first tried cutting it about a year ago and gave up after making a BIG GOOF part way through the job.

Then, yesterday morning, when nearing completion on the second attempt, I broke off a big piece (that is pointed to with the orange arrow in the first attached photo).  I was using a Flying Dutchman Reverse Tooth #2 blade and cutting 4mm thick Baltic Birch Plywood.

I decided to start all over again right away but switched both blade and wood.  This time I used a Flying Dutchman 2/0 Spiral blade and 4mm thick quarter sawn white oak veneer.  I found it much easier using the spiral blade and cut the pattern in a little less than three hours.  It was then mounted on another piece of the same material stained black.  The whole thing was then sprayed with a couple of coats of gloss polyurethane.   I'm going to be giving the completed work to my grandson (an avid fisherman) on his 15th birthday tomorrow.

Frank , I'm glad you stuck it out It was just a little accident and some C.A, glue would have fixed it and ready to saw away in a minute.Which reminds me i need another bottle with a spray can of activator .i get the gel C.A, that way the glue stays where i want it till i spay  the hardener and it's ready to go.wood fish are a site to see.My wood supplier gave me my first piece of aromatic cedar.I was so blown away at seeing it i gave him a whole box of fish i cut  to show what it meant to me.I loves fish so were both in lala land.Since then I've been able to get 3 giant garbage cans full of ther cedar cut to the size i can use.i love to deal with him.he gets plenty of free stuff form me any way.Frank your cutting skills are tops ,seems like you Canadian guys love to scroll rings around us !

[wombatie]

It like the old saying, If at first you don't succeed.  Looks great Frank.  You grandson will love it.

 

Marg

[lawson56]

Frank,an Awesome job. Man is this Cool.Your Grandson is gonna Cherish it.Glad ya stuck iy out and didn't give up.I have thrown many in the scrap heap and started over,

[JimErn]

Beautiful work, very nicely done.

Curious though, do you think it was mostly the change in wood or the blade that made the difference?

[Frank Pellow]

1 hour ago, JimErn said:

Beautiful work, very nicely done.

Curious though, do you think it was mostly the change in wood or the blade that made the difference?

I think that the change to a spiral blade was the main reason that I had no difficulty cutting this in the third attempt.

[Scrolling Steve]

Well done Frank !....I would never attempt that pattern with flat blades,spiral all the way.

[daveww1]

fantastic job

[Frank Pellow]

9 minutes ago, Scrolling Steve said:

Well done Frank !....I would never attempt that pattern with flat blades,spiral all the way.

Well, I attempted it twice with no-spiral blades and failed both times.  It appears that I need to make mistakes more than once in order to learn.  I have learned and will not attempt something similar without a spiral blade in the future.

[MTCowpoke22]

Wow. Great job!!!

 

[blights69]

Very nice Frank it just goes to show if at first you do not succeed you will knock it out the park eventually Thanks for sharing 

[Phantom Scroller]

Excellent cut Frank,very good work. Roly

[scrollerpete]

This is very nice, excellent work with the spiral blades.

[meflick]

Wow - 3 attempts - a man determined and much more patient then I am.  Thanks for sharing.  I have gotten some spiral blades but haven't even attempted to test them out yet.  Figure it will be a while before this newbie ventures down that road!

[trackman]

I have had several pieces break off.  That is what glue was invented for lol. 

[stevan]

Nice, very intricate and still very nice.

[GPscroller]

Very nicely done Frank.  Thanks for sharing.

Jeff

[Frank Pellow]

On ‎2017‎-‎05‎-‎01 at 7:29 PM, trackman said:

I have had several pieces break off.  That is what glue was invented for lol. 

I have used glue on a few scrolling mistakes but I am very reluctant to do so.  It seems like cheating.  And, in this case, the job went so much better with the spiral blade that I am happy that I decided not to cheat. 

[penquin]

Know that feeling,but you hung in there and got it done.  Very nice, looks super.

jim   penquin

[Denny Knappen]

Very well done.  That is a perfect project for spiral blades.

[poupster2]

The walleye looks great!, In my experience, cutting thin wood like that, I always try to stack cut them, Stacking slows your cut down and it acts as support on the back side.  Added bonus is that you might get two done at the end!

[Dave Monk]

Frank, Sure looks like a tough cut but it sure came out great.

[newfie]

Nice work Frank thanks for sharing