My two foot Eiffel Tower

[DavidC]

After six months of learning and practicing with my scroll saw, I decided to tackle a big project and a Chritmas gift for my wife. My concern was cutting straight lines. For my previous projects I milled my own wood to size. For this project I wanted to use 1/2" Cherry with a Maple base. Right off the bat I started dealing with cupping which made it a lot more difficult to cut. Lessons learned from that. My best decision was to try the Pegasus modified reverse tooth blade. I cut the entire project with the 0/2. They did a great job of tracking a straight line. Anyway I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. 

[innar20]

Nice! 

[Foxfold]

Stunning, I'm sure she'll be over the moon with it. x

[ike]

nice I have always wanted to make one of those. nice

IKE

[daveww1]

fantastic job

[Scrappile]

Great job!  Your wife will be very pleased..

[Rockytime]

Very impressive! I understand why you are pleased. What glue did you use to assemble it?

[lawson56]

WOW!! Down Right AWESOME!!!.She will Love it.

[JAC1961]

Great job!  What's the overall height?

[edward]

Turned out really nice,your wife will love it.

[wombatie]

I agree, very impressive.  Well done.

Marg

[amazingkevin]

that is a dream come true! So rich in color too!!!

[DavidC]

On ‎12‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 12:39 PM, Rockytime said:

Very impressive! I understand why you are pleased. What glue did you use to assemble it?

I had only one glue section in the tower itself which I used Titebond wood glue then held it together with rubber bands. The pattern was created by Steve Good and was supposed to be three sections. I made the base to fit very tight, but did not glue it, just in case she wants to hang this on a wall. 

[DavidC]

On ‎12‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 5:17 PM, JAC1961 said:

Great job!  What's the overall height?

It's right at 24 inch top to bottom.

[JAC1961]

5 hours ago, DavidC said:

It's right at 24 inch top to bottom.

Jeez, was 2 foot in your title all along? lol  I feel like an idiot for not seeing that until now. 

[heppnerguy]

I cut the same pattern a couple of years ago, but I used BB Ply. Yours looks way nicer then mine as the wood choice certainly made it stand out better. I also like your finish work. Very nice piece. CONGRATULATIONS on a perfect gift

Dick

heppnerguy

[Tomanydogs]

That looks great David. You did a wonderful job on the Eiffel Tower. That was quite an ambitious cut. Well done.