Popular Post RabidAlien Posted July 22, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 Fresh off the saw. Literally. Pattern and tape are still in place, outer edges need to be cut. Double-stacked this one, and good thing, there's so many delicate cuts that the bottom edge started to catch on the edge of my saw's table and delaminated in several spots (had to be careful, cuz this tended to send the sawblade shooting off in odd directions, and NEVER into waste wood). The top piece will be fine, the bottom may be really fancy firewood. Pattern by Grampa, available in the pattern library. Woodrush, frankorona, courtym74 and 11 others 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namunolie Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 Great work RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted July 22, 2020 Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 WOW!!! Awesome work!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Beautiful! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Beautiful. Really great work. Marg RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Great looking eagle. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Nice !!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodrush Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 9:18 AM, RabidAlien said: Fresh off the saw. Literally. Pattern and tape are still in place, outer edges need to be cut. Double-stacked this one, and good thing, there's so many delicate cuts that the bottom edge started to catch on the edge of my saw's table and delaminated in several spots (had to be careful, cuz this tended to send the sawblade shooting off in odd directions, and NEVER into waste wood). The top piece will be fine, the bottom may be really fancy firewood. Pattern by Grampa, available in the pattern library. Nice cut RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Team work !!! Grampa has inspired me to do some of his best work, missy his dog being one with over 500 holes to drill!!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Fine cutting of a beautiful pattern Kirk. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexfox Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 Great work! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted July 24, 2020 Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 @grampa makes some excellent patterns and @RabidAlien has done it proud! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted July 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 I'm happy with this backer. Hand-sketched, hand-stained (small paintbrushes). I think the grey actually stands out better on the stars than WeatheredOak does on the strips, so I may go over the stripes again tomorrow, do them in the grey as well. Its REALLY light grey, unless I layer it on thick, so it gives a "weathered white" (if that's a thing? No idea...I only had the 8-box of Crayons as a kid, supplimented by whatever I could swipe from a restaurant) effect and lets the eagle stand out better. Now for a frame....yay....frames.... Foxfold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oges Posted July 24, 2020 Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 Looks great RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted July 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Aaaaaaaand framed. Stopped by Lowes hardware (a weekly pilgrimage for us, it turns out) and I took a walkabout through the lumber department. When they get shipments in, some of the lumber is separated by these 1/2" x 2" strips. They're usually battered and beaten up and full of knots and tinged greenish, but once sanded, they take stain really well and make great frames. They had a trashcan full of them, so I nabbed a few. Plus a few extras. Two of the strips would've framed this, but if they're just throwing them away, I felt honor-bound to adopt more than what I needed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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