Popular Post Kris Martinson Posted February 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Since I'm now living in KC, and I was already a big Chiefs fan, I felt compelled to cut this one to honor the new Superbowl Champions. About 12 hours of cutting time, and 2 hours of pattern design time. 11 x 14" Baltic birch ply, Pegas 2/0 Spiral blades. OzarkSawdust, Fab4, New Guy and 14 others 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) That is a GREAT picture. Saw this on another forum where they were talking about the game. Someone mentioned that they bet Reid really was going to have a headache the next morning do to celebrating....Another said it he thought it would more likely be a belly ache: Edited February 5, 2020 by Scrappile Badgerboy, Kris Martinson, RabidAlien and 6 others 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Nice work and congratulations to the Chiefs. I didn't really care who won, but was glad to see Andy Reid finally get a Super Bowl win. Kris Martinson and OzarkSawdust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon 121 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Nice job on the cutting and especially on the pattern I still don't get calling it football and allowed to use ur hands but you did a magic job Gordon "Scotland where football is football" lol Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdneal Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 I really must get better at creating patterns like this. I get jealous every time I see something this good. It's worse since my wife is a Chief's fan. Kris Martinson and OzarkSawdust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Great pattern. you are amazing at making and cutting anything that crosses your mind. I gave pattern making a try and then got away from it because I found I was struggling to try achieve what I was after. I think I will go back and try to master that craft as it sure opens up a lot of possibilities for those, like you. can do Dick heppnerguy OzarkSawdust and Kris Martinson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Guy Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Could not be done better. 100 ATTABOYS!! Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Awesome job Kris. I hope you stack cut it. I would send one to the Reid and Mahomes. OzarkSawdust, Badgerboy and Kris Martinson 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Great pattern making and the cutting is fantastic! I'm always reminded of Andy Griffith's time at a football game. Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Not a fan but I am of you and your work, that is an excellent pattern and cutting, well done. Marg Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 You made my day reveling the professional patterner designers time!!!.It beyond my comprehension to pattern. Amazing talent you have!!! Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Hi Kris: Super!!! - well done The icing on this cake would be if you would be able to get it autographed Thanks for showing us Fab4 Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Wow. Well done on the pattern and the cutting. Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninuninu Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 WOW! Awesome pattern and cutting. Beautiful work. Tony Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 GOO GOOGLY GOO!!!! That is 1 Awesome pattern and cutting!! WOW!! Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 very nice job Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted February 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 16 hours ago, heppnerguy said: Great pattern. you are amazing at making and cutting anything that crosses your mind. I gave pattern making a try and then got away from it because I found I was struggling to try achieve what I was after. I think I will go back and try to master that craft as it sure opens up a lot of possibilities for those, like you. can do Dick heppnerguy Do try it again. I know some good shortcuts that I could teach you. OzarkSawdust and heppnerguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Kris Martinson said: Do try it again. I know some good shortcuts that I could teach you. I am open to any advice you may have that will help me as I give pattern making another try. Thank you for offering.. How shall I find those 'short cuts you have in mind? Dick hepppnerguy OzarkSawdust and Kris Martinson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Kris Martinson said: Do try it again. I know some good shortcuts that I could teach you. Hi Kris I would be interested in learning your short cuts also Fab4 OzarkSawdust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Absolutely awesome!!! Even if you gave me the pattern I know I could not match your skills cutting it. But I really would like to learn to turn photos into a pattern that could be cut! I'm getting to where I can get what I want out of Inkscape...but the couple of times I looked at GIMP I just couldn't get my head wrapped around it! Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdneal Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 I've been messing with the video tutorials I found online, but I think it's just more practice. Although I'd love to hear some tips. Kris Martinson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 1:12 PM, heppnerguy said: I am open to any advice you may have that will help me as I give pattern making another try. Thank you for offering.. How shall I find those 'short cuts you have in mind? Dick hepppnerguy USING GIMP 2 TO MAKE SCROLL SAW PATTERNS Here is the method that I have been using with GIMP 2 to create most of my scroll saw patterns. It takes time and patience and practice. But it is well worth it, and it becomes easier as you do it repeatedly. 1. It helps to choose a photo with fairly high contrast. I often use the photo editing software built into my Windows operating system to improve the contrast of a photo, before I begin with GIMP. Then save it to a file you can access easily. 2. Open GIMP 2 and click “File” in upper left corner. Click “Open” from the drop-down menu. 3. Navigate to the file containing your photo and select it. Click “Open” at the bottom right corner. [If a pop-up window with “Convert to RGB working space?” opens up, click on “convert”.] 4. Click “Image” from the GIMP toolbar. Click “Scale Image”. In the pop-up window, put in the number 300 in “X resolution”, then click the little chain next to it on the right so the chain is connected. Next to the upper “Pixels” box, click the down arrow and choose “Inches”. Put in the width you want your pattern to be, then click the little chain next to it so the chain is connected. Then click “Scale” at the bottom of this window. If the image is now too large for your screen, click on “View” on the toolbar and choose “Zoom”, then choose “fit image to window". 5. Now that your photo is sized correctly, click “Colors” on the GIMP toolbar, then click “Desaturate”. Then click OK on the pop-up window that opens. This will make your photo black and white. 5a. Click on "Filters" on the upper toolbar. Then click on "Artistic" then "Cartoon" from the successive dropdown menus. Set Mask Radius at 50 and set Percent Black at 0.280. I use these settings to start with, but you can play around with them in the preview window. Then click "Apply". 6. Again click “Colors” on the toolbar, then click “Brightness-Contrast”. In the pop-up window, slide the contrast button to the far right. Then slide the brightness button left or right until you get the pattern as close as you can to the way you want it. I usually end up using a brightness in the 90s. 7. Click “OK” at the bottom of the pop-up window. 8. If you want to clean up your pattern, choose the Eraser icon from the toolbox on the left. If you double-click it, it will open a pop-up window where you can adjust the size of the eraser (the size controller is called Scale). Remember that when cutting, you must leave all the parts of wood connected to the “mother board”. The eraser tool lets you adjust your pattern for this requirement by removing “black” areas from the pattern, so that you have NO isolated islands of white that are not connected to the main white pattern background. This is extremely important. This is the step that will take the longest time. Be patient and make it count, and it will produce a good, usable pattern. 9. To print your pattern, click "File" at the top left corner of the main screen and then select “Print”. You can adjust the size of your image print-out by selecting “Image Settings” at the top of the pop-up window. 10. To save your pattern, click "File" at the top left corner of the main screen and then click “Save As”. In the pop-up window, rename your pattern so you won’t replace your original photo, then click the “Save” button twice. Then in the new pop-up window, slide the “Quality” tab to 100, then click “Save”. The pattern will be saved to the file where you kept your original photo, unless you tell it to save it elsewhere. Fish and Fab4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 1:35 PM, Fab4 said: Hi Kris I would be interested in learning your short cuts also Fab4 Please see my reply to heppnerguy. Fab4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 3:02 PM, OzarkSawdust said: Absolutely awesome!!! Even if you gave me the pattern I know I could not match your skills cutting it. But I really would like to learn to turn photos into a pattern that could be cut! I'm getting to where I can get what I want out of Inkscape...but the couple of times I looked at GIMP I just couldn't get my head wrapped around it! Please see my reply to heppnerguy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 4:23 PM, dvdneal said: I've been messing with the video tutorials I found online, but I think it's just more practice. Although I'd love to hear some tips. Please see my reply to heppnerguy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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