It is well

[RabidAlien]

Cut the musical note version today.  1/2" oak ply.  Letters were no problem, the notes/bars on the right pushed the limits of my saw.  But....it performed like a champ and we got it done.  Tomorrow...well...tomorrow will see some Advil, some sanding, and a frame. 

[rjR]

Very nicely done.

 

I do like the fact it is actually cut; not computer made!

[JLawson56]

Down Right Fantastic job!!

[Tomanydogs]

Very well cut. I ready like the font. Well done. 

[Foxfold]

Oooh, nice. Great job with the cutting. xx

[Scrolling Steve]

Very nice scrolling !

[rdatelle]

Nice cutting on that one.

[daveww1]

terrific job

[Rockytime]

Wow! My wife would love that. Where did you find the pattern?

[RabidAlien]

6 hours ago, Rockytime said:

Wow! My wife would love that. Where did you find the pattern?

Made it.    Its up in the pattern library if you want.

[wombatie]

That looks terrific.  Great work on the pattern and the cutting, well done.

Marg

[RabidAlien]

Aaaaaaaaaaand then I totally hoarked up the end-game.  Got the backer and frame all cut, and decided to try a "rustic/faded whitewash" look.  Yeah...should've used a scrap piece first.  The paint I used brushed on waaaaaaaaay too thick and got into and clogged up all the thin-cut lines.  Live and learn, I guess.  We'll chalk this up as "practice cutting a good frame".  So I'll be cutting a second one.

 

My wife emailed some pictures of other stuff I've done to her friend, and her friend decided she loved the unicorn cuts I did for my daughter.  Those were cut out and glued to the backer, they do not touch the frame themselves.  Which means I've had to modify this pattern a tad to reconnect most of the bars to notes, connect the trebel-clef back, and remove the bridge in the "o" and the "e".  Not a difficult pattern to modify, and it may make it easier to cut with my saw (more pilot holes to drill, but fewer tight turns for my blade). 

 

Live and learn, live and learn....curse myself heartily for pulling a stupid rookie mistake like that, but....live and learn.

[Rockytime]

16 hours ago, RabidAlien said:

Made it.    Its up in the pattern library if you want.

Many thanks Kirk. My wife really likes it.

[GPscroller]

Nice cutting and a great pattern.

Jeff

[RabidAlien]

Okay, so since I hoarked up the finish on the original, I started a second one.  And after some clarification emails between my wife and her friend, I started cutting it exactly opposite of how I cut it before.  Instead of removing the black....I'm removing the white.  Which will mean a bunch of gluing of unattached pieces to the backer, liberal use of a ruler to make sure its all straight, and lots of prayer that nothing slips.  LOL  Thankfully, I've had practice recently on cutting close to a thin line, with the 3D spider-web-ish piece I did.  So I'm fairly confident that, provided my sanity stays where its at (what's still there, at any rate), I shouldn't have any problems with this one.  I've got a fresh blade, good lumber, workable pattern, audiobook, its dark outside and I'm not wearing sunglasses....hit it.

 

 

[amazingkevin]

12 hours ago, RabidAlien said:

Aaaaaaaaaaand then I totally hoarked up the end-game.  Got the backer and frame all cut, and decided to try a "rustic/faded whitewash" look.  Yeah...should've used a scrap piece first.  The paint I used brushed on waaaaaaaaay too thick and got into and clogged up all the thin-cut lines.  Live and learn, I guess.  We'll chalk this up as "practice cutting a good frame".  So I'll be cutting a second one.

 

My wife emailed some pictures of other stuff I've done to her friend, and her friend decided she loved the unicorn cuts I did for my daughter.  Those were cut out and glued to the backer, they do not touch the frame themselves.  Which means I've had to modify this pattern a tad to reconnect most of the bars to notes, connect the trebel-clef back, and remove the bridge in the "o" and the "e".  Not a difficult pattern to modify, and it may make it easier to cut with my saw (more pilot holes to drill, but fewer tight turns for my blade). 

 

Live and learn, live and learn....curse myself heartily for pulling a stupid rookie mistake like that, but....live and learn.

Lets see your firewood messed up project, It happens

 

[Tomanydogs]

I really like the first one you cut, but I think the second  one will look fabulous. Can’t wait to see the finished product. 

[rjR]

As nice as #1 as--I bet the second run is even better!  I am like A. K. waiting  to see it!

[RabidAlien]

On 11/20/2018 at 12:58 AM, amazingkevin said:

Lets see your firewood messed up project, It happens

 

Managed to remember to take pics.  Mostly it was due to the paint I used.  Waaaaaaaaaay too thick, and oil-based so I couldn't have gone back and thinned it with water.  It didn't cover the cut areas evenly, and completely filled in the thin lines.  What I was trying to do was to paint the whole thing, then sand it lightly to give it the weathered look, then cover with BLO.

I'm MUCH happier with the re-cut, taking the empty spaces out instead of removing the pattern.  Guess that's just the style I prefer.  The pattern will not all connect without completely re-doing the whole thing, but it will be re-assembled and glued to the backer so that's not a problem.  I lopped it in half for ease of cutting, my current magnifier lamp is a small desk model that required I keep moving it as the pattern turned and bumped into the neck.  Rumor has it that Santa has a long-armed model that clamps to the desk with my name on it.    Guess I'd better start behaving.

Edited November 21, 2018 by RabidAlien

[RabidAlien]

Finished up the harder half.  The other side is all lettering, so with the exception of the dots over the "i"'s, which may or may not get left off, depending on how cranky I'm feeling at the time, I'm hopeful that the next cuts will be easier.  Still have to pull the pattern off, but right now its holding on one small breakage point (between the "o" and "u").  Also had one of the bars crack off at the very end, that's been glued back on as well.  All in all....two small glue spots?  With all of these VERY narrow lines?  I'll take it!!!!

[Tomanydogs]

Love it. That looks superb!!!

[RabidAlien]

With the pattern still on, my wife thought I'd already painted it a sparkly silver (red pattern, printed on a B&W laserjet printer, comes out grey-ish).  She liked that better than the glossy white I was planning, so this may end up silver on a dark Minwax Provincial background.  Not sure.  I'll have to toy with the color scheme a bit.

[Tomanydogs]

Can you stain it? I would use a rag if you are going to paint it not a brush. 

[RabidAlien]

This part of the project will probably get stained.  Usually what I do for staining is put the piece in a Ziploc bag, pour some stain in, and slosh it around until all the interior parts are covered.  Then pull it out, wipe it down to remove excess on the top/bottom, set it on some drying stands, and boom, done.  Getting inside tiny nooks/crannies is a nightmare, even with a small paintbrush.

[RabidAlien]

Frame/backer done.  Silver done by Krylon rattlecan.  Dry-run put the text down to see how it looks, and I gotta admit my wife was right.  It looks good this way!