Bison Roaming

[Denny Knappen]

I finished this on Monday, May 13th, actually took several Mondays.  The pattern is by Jacob Fowler and found in "Woodworker's Pattern Book".  I used 1/2" Mahogany 8" x 12" with 3/4" Red Oak for the base.  The base has a slot to hold the upright.  I used FD UR #1 and #5 blades.  The finish is three coats of spray Polyurethane Clear Satin.  Comments welcome.

[Jim McDonald]

Lots (and lots) of fine work on the body of that creature.

But--we have all come to expect that from you.

[Scrappile]

Really a nice job, Denny.  One of my favorite animals...

[Denny Knappen]

12 minutes ago, Jim McDonald said:

Lots (and lots) of fine work on the body of that creature.

But--we have all come to expect that from you.

Thanks Jim.  With the design I couldn't use spiral blades ( lots of straight lines} so I used FD UR blades.

[Denny Knappen]

8 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Really a nice job, Denny.  One of my favorite animals...

Thanks Paul.  Mine too.  Years ago we saw Bison up close and personal at Custer State Park in South Dakota.  Of course we stayed in the car!

[lew]

Absolutely love this!! Great work!

[Denny Knappen]

3 minutes ago, lew said:

Absolutely love this!! Great work!

Thanks Lew.  I enlarged the pattern by about 35% to make it a little easier.

[Rockytime]

That is a great pattern and you surely did it justice with your cutting! Love the buffalo.

[Denny Knappen]

30 minutes ago, Rockytime said:

That is a great pattern and you surely did it justice with your cutting! Love the buffalo.

Thanks for the comments

[rjweb]

As i said before that is a beauitful piece, how long did it take to cut this out, thx for sharing, RJ

[wombatie]

That is lovely especially because it is not a creature that is scrolled a lot.  Well done Denny.

Marg

[lawson56]

Down Right Beautiful work!!

[daveww1]

great job

[Denny Knappen]

14 hours ago, rjweb said:

As i said before that is a beauitful piece, how long did it take to cut this out, thx for sharing, RJ

Thanks RJ.  I don't keep track of time.  If I would venture a guess, maybe 5 hours.

[Denny Knappen]

8 hours ago, wombatie said:

That is lovely especially because it is not a creature that is scrolled a lot.  Well done Denny.

Marg

Thanks Marg.  You are right.  I made a dream catcher with a Bison.  The pattern is by Sue Mey.

[Denny Knappen]

4 hours ago, lawson56 said:

Down Right Beautiful work!!

Thanks Bobby.  When you say southern TN, where exactly?

[Denny Knappen]

2 hours ago, daveww1 said:

great job

Thanks Dave

[lawson56]

10 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

Thanks Bobby.  When you say southern TN, where exactly?

Lawrence County.almost at the Bama line.a small town called Loretto.

[Denny Knappen]

Thanks Bobby.  Quite a bit west of us.

[amazingkevin]

Great looking work here!

[Denny Knappen]

12 hours ago, amazingkevin said:

Great looking work here!

Thanks Kevin.

[koehler788]

That is cool, 

It would also look good as a stand alone (on a base of course) without the ring boarder. Just my thought.

[Denny Knappen]

6 minutes ago, koehler788 said:

That is cool, 

It would also look good as a stand alone (on a base of course) without the ring boarder. Just my thought.

Very good idea.   The patters in the book can be adapted many ways.

[Tbow388]

Do you still have the pattern of this?

 

[Denny Knappen]

12 hours ago, Tbow388 said:

Do you still have the pattern of this?

 

I sent you a PM.  I do not share patterns.