Two sides to every story

[Badgerboy]

My son and granddaughter love giraffes so I cut this simple puzzle out for them. The spot “art work” took almost as long as cutting . 

[Clayton717]

great job, they will love it.

[dgman]

Looks great Todd! The first time I cut that pattern my saw table was not perfectly square to the blade. The pieces fit together from only one side. It sat on my shelf of shame for a couple of years. I decided to see if I could fix it. I made sure the table was square, turned the puzzle over and carefully followed the existing lines with the pieces pushed together. This actually worked. I took it to a show and it sold!

[Badgerboy]

3 hours ago, Clayton717 said:

great job, they will love it.

Thanks Clayton

[Badgerboy]

1 hour ago, dgman said:

Looks great Todd! The first time I cut that pattern my saw table was not perfectly square to the blade. The pieces fit together from only one side. It sat on my shelf of shame for a couple of years. I decided to see if I could fix it. I made sure the table was square, turned the puzzle over and carefully followed the existing lines with the pieces pushed together. This actually worked. I took it to a show and it sold!

Thank you dgman, This was a very cut for me and has actually been sitting on my bench for about two months. I had some of the same fitting problems here but was able to fix with a bit of fine file work. I suspect my problem was a dull blade and pushing to hard which created some drag on the bottom of the cut and therefore unsquare joints. 

[rjR]

Very nice work.

This  looks like it will be easier to assemble upside down. 

Are the spots painted or woodburned?

[spirithorse]

Very nice project!
I'd guess those spots would have taken me longer than the cutting.

Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[Gordster]

Everyone loves giraffes..you did a fantastic job.

[Badgerboy]

2 hours ago, rjR said:

Very nice work.

This  looks like it will be easier to assemble upside down. 

Are the spots painted or woodburned?

The spots were drawn with a brown permanent marker over the stain then the whole project dipped in danish oil

[Rockytime]

Great cutting. You did a wonderful job of coloring and finishing!

[Charlie E]

Looks great. The spots made it pop.

[wombatie]

You certainly went the extra mile with this one, the final result is excellent.

Marg

[amazingkevin]

So that's how they do it in South Carolina, pretty sharp cutting an painting Todd!!!

[daveww1]

terrific job

[Dragonkort]

I love that pattern. I haven't cut it out yet though as im not a great painter. loll  you did it so beautifuly!!  Very realistic!