flarud Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) I asked for a pattern a few weeks ago. A "brother" from a motorcycle forum that I have been a part of for close to 15 years passed away a few weeks ago. We have several get together's throughout the year. People come from all over the U.S. Our big one is next week. I wanted to make something and present it to his wife at the reunion. Mahendra made me a very nice pattern that I attempted to cut twice. Neither came out very good. I tried again tonight and I think this one is ok. I will place it onto a darker backer board and make the backer big enough for everyone at the reunion to sign it before giving it to his wife. I ended up using a flat blade after failing using a spiral. So I cut the pattern out on a smaller piece of plywood and glued it onto a bigger piece so that I didn't have such a huge piece to keep turning. I didn't like that you could see the edge of the smaller piece on the bigger piece so I trimmed it out. I'm not loving it but it looks better than seeing the edge of the smaller piece. We will all sign within the trimmed out area. Spiral blades on bigger pieces would definitely be easier,,,, once I can get the hang of using them! Thanks again Mahendra! Edited June 16, 2019 by flarud JimErn, frankorona, Lucky2 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) good to see a Mahendra pattern again!!! He brought out the best features,Great cutting too!!! Edited June 15, 2019 by amazingkevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 awesome job, I'm sure his wife will treasure it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted June 17, 2019 Report Share Posted June 17, 2019 A great tribute to a 'brother'. His wife will treasure it I am sure. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 We had our motorcycle reunion and I gave the piece to his wife. She really liked it! Everyone that attended signed the cutout. Lucky2, meflick and Harry Barton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted June 29, 2019 Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Well Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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