Popular Post RabidAlien Posted February 24, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Another pattern from the library, posted by Grampa. Started cutting this one this past week, a couple of hours here and there in the evenings after work, and between honeydoo's on the weekend (wife went to bed early last night, so yeah, I was out in the garage after midnight, until I couldn't see which blurry hole I was threading the blade through). 3/8" BB ply, I think these were left over from the multi-layered dragon project I did before Christmas. Regardless, the pieces were big enough that I didn't need to cut them down any. Love it when stuff works out like that!!! All stains are Minwax: backer is "Ebony", eyes are "classic grey" and tiger is "gunstock". Frame (yay.) comes tomorrow. Scrappile, Dave Monk, Wilson142 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted February 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Forgot to add, used nothing but spiral blades on this project. FD 3/0 and 2/0 blades. Lost count of how many snapped or hockey-sticked. When the blade gets that kink in the top of it, does anyone else just turn the blade around and clamp it in the other direction the next time? Or is it just me? ....or am I violating some law of the universe by doing that? My bad, if so. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Wow that is a beauty. Love the eyes. Sorry I have no idea about spiral blades. Marg RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Your spirals and you get along great! They add so much realism to a project like animal fur or hair! Excellent work!!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 WOW!! Now this is a Beauty.Fantastic work. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Very cool! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson142 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 10 hours ago, RabidAlien said: Forgot to add, used nothing but spiral blades on this project. FD 3/0 and 2/0 blades. Lost count of how many snapped or hockey-sticked. When the blade gets that kink in the top of it, does anyone else just turn the blade around and clamp it in the other direction the next time? Or is it just me? ....or am I violating some law of the universe by doing that? My bad, if so. I turn the blade sometimes, other times I straighten it with a needle nose. I find if I pay attention when I clamp the blade I can feel whether it is flat in the holder or sort of sideways and I adjust it. Ones it is hockey sticked I feel like I'm living on borrowed time. Really nice cut though. I am going through a 3/8" BB faze myself. Bought a full sheet because I like the look of the thicker pieces. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 amazing work RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 Wonderful piece! I love the big cats.Well iI love all cats. I use Minwax gun stock as my go to stain. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted February 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, Rockytime said: Wonderful piece! I love the big cats.Well iI love all cats. I use Minwax gun stock as my go to stain. Its a good one for this project, for most others its got too much of an orange tint for my tastes. I prefer darker stains, like Honey, Provincial, or even Ebony. But it just seemed perfect for this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Beautiful job on it..all around perfect and the way the eyes came out sets it ablaze. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 7:58 PM, RabidAlien said: Forgot to add, used nothing but spiral blades on this project. FD 3/0 and 2/0 blades. Lost count of how many snapped or hockey-sticked. When the blade gets that kink in the top of it, does anyone else just turn the blade around and clamp it in the other direction the next time? Or is it just me? ....or am I violating some law of the universe by doing that? My bad, if so. I clip off a bent end and keep going or change the blade. Dick heppnerguy RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Kirk, nice cutting and I really like the way you finished it off. Those eyes really stare at you! You talk spirals, I assume you are using Flying Dutchman in both sizes. I may be wrong of coarse, but I used the 3/0 and 2/0 FDs for a long time. I really didn't care for the difference in size between the two and used the bigger 2/0 only when I had to. Then I purchased some Pegas 2/0 to try and I really like them. They appear to be a size in between the FD 3/0 and 2/0. Now I use them whenever I need a spiral blade and use the FD 3/0 only when cutting vains or just need a really small spiral... That has been my experience, just putting it out there. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted February 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Yep, my spirals are all FD blades. When I first ordered them, I got the multi-pack with a dozen each 3/0, 2/0/, 1, 3, and 5's. I couldn't find any Pegas spiral multipacks in stock to get me started. I've used both brands for straight blades, but find that I personally prefer Pegas blades over FD. Maybe I'll start working down my stock of FD spirals and see about some Pegas when its time to replace them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 Very nice! That sure looks like a lot of entry holes! I admire scrollers that can use spiral blades. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted February 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 12 hours ago, spirithorse said: Very nice! That sure looks like a lot of entry holes! I admire scrollers that can use spiral blades. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse I lost count when the count went beyond 20 and I ran out of toes. But the nose area took me several hours to cut, and most of those holes were less cutting and more "shaving" the wood away from the edge of the hole. I was a bit leery of spirals before this, but they sure do come in handy in a pattern like this, and you get PLENTY of practice using them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the corner Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Nice lots of patience here good for you RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkort Posted February 26, 2020 Report Share Posted February 26, 2020 Love it!! and yes I turn the blade to or if its not to lone i'll snip off the top and just move the blade up some. Theres usuly enough blade left before I reach the teeth to this at least once. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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