Tree of Life

[Fish]

I did this one from a piece of cherry my brother gave me. I'm gonna give it to him for Christmas. I showed him a little at Thanksgiving on my scroll saw, he's bought a used saw and  gonna give it a try.  If I counted right there is 120 cuts on the outside and 54 on the inside. Total time was probably 4 hours. I finished it with 321.  It's about 3/8" thick and I cut it with a # 1 FD.  Thanks for looking.

[Rockytime]

You did a beautiful job!

[Blaughn]

Beautiful work!

[meflick]

I agree, beautiful work and I am sure your brother is going to love the return of the wood he gave you. Good to hear you are getting him interested in scrolling as well.

[dgman]

It’s beautiful Dan! Can you refresh us on your 321 finish?

[Fish]

Thanks everyone.  My brother is the one who told me about the 321. It is 3 parts mineral spirit, 2 parts polyurethane and one part Boiled linseed oil.   It dries really fast and I found using satin finish wasn't what I wanted in the end so I switched to semi gloss and it comes out pretty nice. I have read articles on sanding the first coat in to the wood but I don't know if it would do anything for it.  I've never tried it. I use a second coat right after the first one soaks in and wiping away the excess. I never make more than 3 oz. of mineral spirit, two oz. of poly and one oz. of BLO I'll never use it fast enough. I always use rubber gloves too, wiping it on with a cloth or using a brush. 

[Scrappile]

Well done.  It is a very pretty piece.

[penquin]

Sweet, looks great, nice work.

jim

[GPscroller]

Great work Dan!

Jeff

[Ron Johnson]

Very beautifully done and nicely finished Dan. Love working with cherry wood. 

[Paladin]

I've seen people post pics of these of few times.  Yours looks great.  Do you remember where the pattern came from?

[Fish]

I was looking on Pintrest for Tree of Life just killing time and found it and several other patterns I found in the past. I had to modify it a little but it was easy to do.

[Charlie E]

Great job!

[daveww1]

terrific job

[Denny Knappen]

Mighty fine cutting.

[Foxfold]

Gorgeous

[Fish]

Thanks everyone. I think my brother is really gonna like that one.

[Woodrush]

On 12/15/2019 at 2:38 PM, Fish said:

I did this one from a piece of cherry my brother gave me. I'm gonna give it to him for Christmas. I showed him a little at Thanksgiving on my scroll saw, he's bought a used saw and  gonna give it a try.  If I counted right there is 120 cuts on the outside and 54 on the inside. Total time was probably 4 hours. I finished it with 321.  It's about 3/8" thick and I cut it with a # 1 FD.  Thanks for looking.

Nice work

[amazingkevin]

321 top an trick.i need something like this thanks.your project is flawless!!!

[namunolie]

fantastic job~

look great~~~

[wombatie]

That is lovely.  He is going to love it.

Marg

[John B]

A very nice piece

[lawson56]

GOO GOOGLY GOO!!!!!! That is Awesome!!!!! Forgive me on my 1st 3 words.They are words I made up when my girls were small,I didn't want them to here me swear.So I made up that Phrase

[heppnerguy]

On 12/15/2019 at 12:38 PM, Fish said:

I did this one from a piece of cherry my brother gave me. I'm gonna give it to him for Christmas. I showed him a little at Thanksgiving on my scroll saw, he's bought a used saw and  gonna give it a try.  If I counted right there is 120 cuts on the outside and 54 on the inside. Total time was probably 4 hours. I finished it with 321.  It's about 3/8" thick and I cut it with a # 1 FD.  Thanks for looking.

Really nice. where can I find this pattern? I really like it a lot and thanks for the finish suggestion. I am going to give it a try and see how I like it 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Tammi201]

On 12/15/2019 at 2:38 PM, Fish said:

I did this one from a piece of cherry my brother gave me. I'm gonna give it to him for Christmas. I showed him a little at Thanksgiving on my scroll saw, he's bought a used saw and  gonna give it a try.  If I counted right there is 120 cuts on the outside and 54 on the inside. Total time was probably 4 hours. I finished it with 321.  It's about 3/8" thick and I cut it with a # 1 FD.  Thanks for looking.

Beautiful, so much detail.  Great job.