Popular Post heppnerguy Posted August 17, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 This pattern was purchased for me as a gift from a Scrappile. He knows how much I love his work and I had told him I was interested in trying one of these patterns. So low and behold, Paul bought it for me to try. I was excited to give it a go but then I realized I would not be doing it as planned. First of all, I wanted to stack cut it on 1/8 in BB ply, which I discovered I was out of so I decided to use 1/4 inch. I made another change in plans, thinking with 1/2 inch total thickness, I was going to cut it with a #1 spiral instead of a 0/3. This being a little larger blade I thought would make the job a little easier. I have never cut a piece this size with so many fret cuts while stack cutting, but what the heck, no problem. It started out pretty good but was taking way more time then I thought it would. As I entered the middle of the project, I realized the drill press could not reach the middle of the board to drill my holes, so I decided to use my Dremel for the job. After drilling and cutting many holes I discovered that some of my holes were not a straight up and down as they needed to be and the back piece was getting some holes coming out into a previous cut or extremely close to it. I also discovered that the bit was too aggressive for the close cuts and some of the close by holes were getting torn out on the bottom of the cut. Because of all the hours I had already spent, I decided that I was not longer going to spend a lot of time on an already lengthy piece that I knew was not going to come out as planned. I thought I would go ahead and try to finish this already self destructed project, do to my many bad decisions. I decided that I would just cut out the background and trees in a simple manner and not waste my time putting in the details that made the pattern so interesting and challenging. So I did and parted my two layers. Once I had that done, I found that it turned out better then I thought it was going to, even though I had made all those bad decisions at the beginning. So Now I had only one layer and the trees needed more cuts to make the plaque look a little more like it should. So I got out a #03 spiral, drilled a bunch more holes and cut in me detail to the trees. I looked a lot better. ONE MORE ERROR......this morning I entered the shop to put on my second coat of finish. I thought to myself, "It is not what I was hoping to get with this piece but it was turning out better then I thought if would after all my bad decisions at the start of the project. Well after applying my second coat of spray finished and putting about the spray can, I suddenly realized I had picked up the spray glue instead of the finish. I was able to get the glue of the piece with mineral spirits, followed by sanding and go it finished. Now you know why it turned out the way it did. This was a big learning experience in not trying to make things work by altering the method needed for a successful project. Dick hepppnerguy lawson56, Dave Monk, MTCowpoke22 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 It's called experience. Be glad your young enough to still be learning through this time tested method:-) heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Great looking project, Dick, Sorry to hear you had so many problems with it. God Bless! Spirithorse heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodduck Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Still a very nice job Dick even after all the tribulations. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hi Dick: I think your Blue Jay turned out really good......LOL Seriously...for all the trouble you went through it looks great That is an owl, right? Are you framing it? Fab4 heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Guy Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Good Job -- What size drill do you use for the 03 spiral?? heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Funky stack cuts, fragile cuts, spray glue on the wrong side. Bob Ross's "Happy Accidents" don't apply here. Been there and hated it. It actually doesn't look too bad. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 I've accidentally sprayed glue on a finished piece too. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 7 hours ago, spirithorse said: Great looking project, Dick, Sorry to hear you had so many problems with it. God Bless! Spirithorse It was all my own fault. I need to use this as a learning thing and to think twice before I decide to shy from what I know is the right thing for me Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Fab4 said: Hi Dick: I think your Blue Jay turned out really good......LOL Seriously...for all the trouble you went through it looks great That is an owl, right? Are you framing it? Fab4 Yes it an owl. I believe this is a Charles Hand pattern. No, I do not think it is worth framing. I will hang it in my shop as a reminder to stay focused when I am making a project Dick heppnerguy Fab4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 3 hours ago, New Guy said: Good Job -- What size drill do you use for the 03 spiral?? I do not know what size the drill bit was but it is very small. I found an assortment of small drills in a package at Harbor Freight and they seem to work pretty well even though they were quite inexpensive to purchase. I can barely see the holes after they are drilled. It surprised me that it was easy to insert the blade into the holes. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, munzieb said: Funky stack cuts, fragile cuts, spray glue on the wrong side. Bob Ross's "Happy Accidents" don't apply here. Been there and hated it. It actually doesn't look too bad. It did come out better then I had expected that it would. I put spray glue on another project a while back too. You would think I would have learned from that one, but no. I still am my own worst enemy. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 25 minutes ago, Charlie E said: I've accidentally sprayed glue on a finished piece too. Glad I'm not the only one. But I did it once before also. How dumb is that? Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 I have been there.Oh the scrap piles I have had over the years.Hey you turned it around and save it,It came out Fantastic. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 it's still a terrific job even with the problems it gave you heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 That turned out very nice to my eyes. If you didn't tell, no one would notice any mistakes... And yes, I have picked up a can of adhesive and sprayed a picture before....... I went and checked Mike William's site and that was one of his patterns. @New Guy, I have threaded a 3/0 spiral through a hole drilled with a #70 bit. Normally I use a #68 or if enough room a #65. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 That turned out great Dick. Everything is a learning experience. Jeff heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 this is the first owl I,ve seen that was in a fight!!! munzieb and heppnerguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 it was indeed and I lost the battle to a bird, you might say Dick heppnerguy munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 My motto is "If in doubt, don't", maybe it should be your motto too Dick. Looks good though. Now go back and do it again. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 Sorry to hear that Dick. Still doesn't look that bad.Don't feel bad Dick. I also did that once with the glue can instead of the poly can. It happens. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 18 hours ago, wombatie said: My motto is "If in doubt, don't", maybe it should be your motto too Dick. Looks good though. Now go back and do it again. Marg Marg, Are you kidding me? No, right not I am not interested in doing it again anytime soon. I do like your attitude on it though. Too many other pattern I need to get to first. However I hope to remember from this one that I need to adopt your motto suggestion. Dick heppnerguy wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted August 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 11 hours ago, rdatelle said: Sorry to hear that Dick. Still doesn't look that bad.Don't feel bad Dick. I also did that once with the glue can instead of the poly can. It happens. I will stock it up to getting old.... really is I'm not too bright sometimes....but getting old sounds better and my image would not be so tarnished if I stick to that. Appreciate your comment Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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