Popular Post Old Joe Posted October 23, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) I haven’t posted in a while, though I still try to scroll something every day. The kittens pattern was from Mike Williams and if I remember correctly the clown/hobo was an Alex Fox pattern that I have had around for some time. Both are cut from 1/4” Baltic Birch and mounted on pine 1x12’s cut to size. I painted the backer red on the hobo and stained the cat’s backer in True Black. The kittens were harder than they need to be because I made it considerably smaller than it was recommended. Hope you all like them. BTW, I stack cut both portraits and ended up with two of each one. Edited October 23, 2019 by Old Joe Added to original RabidAlien, New Guy, amazingkevin and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollntole Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Impressive - thanks for sharing. Way too many hours spent on the cats!! whew! Vin Edited October 23, 2019 by scrollntole Old Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeur Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Magnifique Joe ! Incredible details. Normally I do not like cat ..... but those are so .....beautyfull ! Question: I would like to see the pattern , so I can figure how you manege to do it! For a future piece like that. Thanks planeur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joe Posted October 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, planeur said: Magnifique Joe ! Incredible details. Normally I do not like cat ..... but those are so .....beautyfull ! Question: I would like to see the pattern , so I can figure how you manege to do it! For a future piece like that. Thanks planeur You can find this, and many other patterns by Mike Williams here:https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeWilliamsDesigns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Both are TOTALLY EXCELLENT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson142 Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Very nice. I understand the cat piece, I tend to cut most things 30% to 50% smaller than intended because I'm using up a lot of wood I originally bought for intarsia but got sidetracked by fretwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 very well cut on both projects. The Mike Williams patterns are always outstanding when they are cut as his pattern work always produces a wonderful end piece. Thank you for taking the time to post them Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Excellent scroll work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Great job cutting those out Joe. I love the cat one. Looks like a lot of blade changes there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 fantastic job, there both beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joe Posted October 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, rdatelle said: Great job cutting those out Joe. I love the cat one. Looks like a lot of blade changes there. Thanks for the compliment. I did go through more blades on this than I have on any other portrait type project. The blades had to be ultra sharp to avoid blowout, plus I was stack cutting two of them. I used mostly Pegas MG #3’s, a couple of #1’s, and also used a couple each of Pegas Spiral #2’s and 3’s.Spirals are fast, but I am not crazy about working with them for everything. I’m not in a hurry and I have a hard time with them. I think that I now use Pegas #3 MGs for well over 90% of what I do. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 Very well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namunolie Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 awesome cats cat's hair is wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 The things you learn doing a project as detailed as this!!! Nice to know about which blades are very sharp.i can't imagine stack cutting this with so many hold your breath cuts. You aced it all the way!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 You did a very impressive job on both, well done. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 WOW!! Down Right AWESOME job on the Kittens,Love the Clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joe Posted October 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) Thank you, everyone. Many of you are always so encouraging, and I really appreciate it. Though making these projects from other people’s patterns is often challenging, I am trying hard to teach myself to use the Gimp program to start doing more original designs. Honestly, I think that is harder than cutting Alex Fox, or Mike Williams type patterns. My goal is to become more proficient at it this winter. Edited October 26, 2019 by Old Joe OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted October 26, 2019 Report Share Posted October 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, Old Joe said: Thank you, everyone. Many of you are always so encouraging, and I really appreciate it. Though making these projects from other people’s patterns is often challenging, I am trying hard to teach myself to use the Gimp program to start doing more original designs. Honestly, I think that is harder than cutting Alex Fox, or Mike Williams type patterns. My goal is to become more proficient at it this winter. Very nice work! I love both of them. I get where you're coming from, I'm trying to get Inkscape down pat. I looked at GIMP and really like the wide range of stuff that can be done...but haven't tried it yet. I just did my first original pattern on Inkscape, a wedding or anniversary sign. I think it took look longer to do the pattern than it did to cut it.... Old Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodrush Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 10/23/2019 at 7:25 PM, Old Joe said: I haven’t posted in a while, though I still try to scroll something every day. The kittens pattern was from Mike Williams and if I remember correctly the clown/hobo was an Alex Fox pattern that I have had around for some time. Both are cut from 1/4” Baltic Birch and mounted on pine 1x12’s cut to size. I painted the backer red on the hobo and stained the cat’s backer in True Black. The kittens were harder than they need to be because I made it considerably smaller than it was recommended. Hope you all like them. BTW, I stack cut both portraits and ended up with two of each one. Very nice cutting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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