Rockytime Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 A photo would go a long way to determine what it is you are doing. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 30 minutes ago, Rockytime said: A photo would go a long way to determine what it is you are doing. I completely understand Les. He cuts one side and all is good. But when he gets to the other side, it's gone. rdatelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 hours ago, octoolguy said: It's because you can't have that tab on both sides. It can only be on one side of the block. That way, when you cut it, the tab will run all the way across the block. Then, you will have to "trim" the sides to get a centered tab. It CAN'T be on both sides. Has to be something with the pattern then. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, rdatelle said: Has to be something with the pattern then. That's right Ralph. The pattern is wrong in that area. That tab can only be on one side. rdatelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Hi, @rdatelle, I apologize that I did not understand what type of problem you had. So, Ralph, the only other problem I could foresee is the notches or tabs not aligned perfectly. I know how frustrating something like this can be! I might just print one of those patterns out and try it myself since I don't have any important cuttings waiting to be done. Ray @octoolguy can view the actual pattern on Steve Good's site here https://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/ which shows that you used the correct pattern. (if it does not bring up the correct page, just type in NASCAR) God Bless! Spirithorse rdatelle and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Here's a photo of what happened when I tried to cut this. Please don't judge the cutting based on this experiment. I just wanted to see what happened and why. You are correct that when one tab is cut off, the other tab is no longer there but, I taped it back on to try to make the narrow tab that I surmise SHOULD have been left. I don't know what happened to the bottom, left hand edge. Is that what happened to your cuts @rdatelle ? Or did I cause that by trying to tape the end portion back on and re-cut the other side? God Bless! Spirithorse OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, spirithorse said: Here's a photo of what happened when I tried to cut this. Please don't judge the cutting based on this experiment. I just wanted to see what happened and why. You are correct that when one tab is cut off, the other tab is no longer there but, I taped it back on to try to make the narrow tab that I surmise SHOULD have been left. I don't know what happened to the bottom, left hand edge. Is that what happened to your cuts @rdatelle ? Or did I cause that by trying to tape the end portion back on and re-cut the other side? God Bless! Spirithorse It doesn't work. It can't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 7 hours ago, spirithorse said: Here's a photo of what happened when I tried to cut this. Please don't judge the cutting based on this experiment. I just wanted to see what happened and why. You are correct that when one tab is cut off, the other tab is no longer there but, I taped it back on to try to make the narrow tab that I surmise SHOULD have been left. I don't know what happened to the bottom, left hand edge. Is that what happened to your cuts @rdatelle ? Or did I cause that by trying to tape the end portion back on and re-cut the other side? God Bless! Spirithorse Thank you Bob for giving it a try. I thought I was going crazy there for a minute. I had sent Steve an email about it but I never heard back.So I guess it's got to be the pattern. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 7 hours ago, spirithorse said: Here's a photo of what happened when I tried to cut this. Please don't judge the cutting based on this experiment. I just wanted to see what happened and why. You are correct that when one tab is cut off, the other tab is no longer there but, I taped it back on to try to make the narrow tab that I surmise SHOULD have been left. I don't know what happened to the bottom, left hand edge. Is that what happened to your cuts @rdatelle ? Or did I cause that by trying to tape the end portion back on and re-cut the other side? God Bless! Spirithorse That is what happens to me to. It cuts part of the other side of the pattern which looks just like the one you have. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 If you want the tab to be on the end and centered, cut it first before you apply the pattern. Then, stay away from cutting that part of the pattern or you will cut it off. rdatelle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted March 21, 2020 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 Good work around @octoolguy I thought if I wanted to cut these patterns, I would just cut the open area at the end of the blank much smaller so it wasn't that close to the edge but, that still might not work either. Your work around is a better plan. God Bless! Spirithorse rdatelle and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 16 hours ago, octoolguy said: If you want the tab to be on the end and centered, cut it first before you apply the pattern. Then, stay away from cutting that part of the pattern or you will cut it off. Well Ray, I just squared off the ends like the rest of my 3D cutouts. Much easier. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 15 hours ago, spirithorse said: Good work around @octoolguy I thought if I wanted to cut these patterns, I would just cut the open area at the end of the blank much smaller so it wasn't that close to the edge but, that still might not work either. Your work around is a better plan. God Bless! Spirithorse I got tired of messing with that pattern. I just squared off the ends and then rounded them off a little with the saner. Much easier. OCtoolguy and new2woodwrk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) I don't know what you guys did ? But it worked fine for me. However I would change the design a bit. I drew a center line down the middle of the pattern and that was my fold line. I put it on the wood and followed the lines. Spirit horse I don't see the line that made you cut out the corner? This was down and dirty with a piece of crap soft pine. The ends looked a bit weak so I filled in the areas at the ends You can see the original cut lines. I will try another scrap later to see how it looks with those changes . Edited March 22, 2020 by Rolf OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted March 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 52 minutes ago, Rolf said: I don't know what you guys did ? But it worked fine for me. However I would change the design a bit. I drew a center line down the middle of the pattern and that was my fold line. I put it on the wood and followed the lines. Spirit horse I don't see the line that made you cut out the corner? This was down and dirty with a piece of crap soft pine. The ends looked a bit weak so I filled in the areas at the ends You can see the original cut lines. I will try another scrap later to see how it looks with those changes . Don't know how you did it but congrats. Your a better man than me. My problem was the tab cut end. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 I cut it again with my modified design, posted above, to make the ends a bit beefier. Again since I will never use this, it was a quick fast cut using a piece of scrap Cyprus siding. OCtoolguy and Scrappile 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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