Popular Post HeeresJohnnny Posted September 21, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Hey guys my lady bought me a scroll saw for my birthday so I got straight to work. Haven't cut since high school (15 years ago) and am absolutely loving it. Here are my first 2 projects. Both took about an hour to cut. Key is maple, and rose is African mahogany. Neither has a finish yet (waiting on payday lol). Any suggestions for a good finish technique? I'm a total noob when it comes to finishwork frankorona, RabidAlien, meflick and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 very nice HeeresJohnnny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Nice!!! Personally, I'd do the key in something dark, walnut or provincial, something like that. The rose, I'd just finish with BLO (boiled linseed oil) and put a red backing behind it. HeeresJohnnny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 You chose 2 difficult project to start out on after 15 years! You ace'd them both! We'll be watching for your next projects coming up. I can see your love for scrolling. Once the scroll bug infects you the only cure is keep scrolling HeeresJohnnny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeeresJohnnny Posted September 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 hours ago, RabidAlien said: Nice!!! Personally, I'd do the key in something dark, walnut or provincial, something like that. The rose, I'd just finish with BLO (boiled linseed oil) and put a red backing behind it. Good idea. I was considering doing something thin and translucent in the back to give a sort of stained glass look. Not sure exactly on the material I'd use though RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeeresJohnnny Posted September 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 hour ago, amazingkevin said: You chose 2 difficult project to start out on after 15 years! You ace'd them both! We'll be watching for your next projects coming up. I can see your love for scrolling. Once the scroll bug infects you the only cure is keep scrolling Thank you for the kind words. I got some big plans for this thing. Definitely true about the scroll bug. It's nearly all u think about lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, HeeresJohnnny said: Good idea. I was considering doing something thin and translucent in the back to give a sort of stained glass look. Not sure exactly on the material I'd use though Check your local artsy-craftsy store (Hobby Lobby or Michaels are big ones here in the US, not sure where you hail from). Get the colored transparencies, not sure what they call 'em. That would make a good stained-glass effect! HeeresJohnnny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 You did a great jump start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Love them both, lovely work, must find the pattern for those they are beautiful xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeeresJohnnny Posted September 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Foxfold said: Love them both, lovely work, must find the pattern for those they are beautiful xx I'll need to keep track of the patterns I use so I can give credit to the people that put in the hard work of design. For these I Google image searched and actually taped a piece of paper to the monitor and traced them out after resizing the image on word pad lol. Weird way of doing it. But it worked like a charm wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 They look terrific. Love the African Mahogany. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Great job on both. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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