Popular Post Frank Pellow Posted September 7, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 The pattern was designed by Charles Hand. I cut this out of a 1/4 inch Elm panel purchased from Heritage Wood. It was cut using Flying Dutchman #3/0 spiral blades, Pégas #2/0 spiral blades, and #1 Fling Dutchman reverse tooth blades. The piece has 443 holes according to Charles and it to me approximately 25 hours to cut. Here is a photo of the back of ‘Curious’ shown on a brown tile floor intended to simulated the dark brown backer board that I intend to place under this piece when framing it: frankorona, new2woodwrk, New Guy and 9 others 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Wow, you have been busy. That is a very fragile piece. Well done. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Thanks. Yes, it is very fragile, so fragile that it took me about half an hour to very carefully remove the glued on pattern (even though I glued it on top of shelf paper which, usually, comes off vey easily). amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankEV Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Frank Pellow said: ...The piece has 443 holes according to Charles and it to me approximately 25 hours to cut.... Amazing work. Curious, how may horrs per session did you work? I know I can not concentrate on small details like that for more than one or two hours at one time. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, FrankEV said: Amazing work. Curious, how may horrs per session did you work? I know I can not concentrate on small details like that for more than one or two hours at one time. Thanks Frank. I find that I can only work on a single piece for about an hour. But, if I have two or three that I am currently working upon, I can switch and stay at my saw for up to four hours. amazingkevin and meflick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 This has got to be one challenge!!!! Extremely detail!!! Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Frank Pellow said: Thanks. Yes, it is very fragile, so fragile that it took me about half an hour to very carefully remove the glued on pattern (even though I glued it on top of shelf paper which, usually, comes off vey easily). Yep, that's why I glue directly to the wood. A wipe of white spirit and it floats off in one go. Stunning piece done with great skill, I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Wow I thought my leopard took a long time at about 16hrs well done I feel your pain. The results are always worth it though. Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkort Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 totaly awsome and fantastic!!! you must have termenusdence paticence!!! that is just fantastic!!! Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Fantastic piece of work. I can't/don't use spiral blades so I'm wondering how long it would take with regular blades. I expect you can make faster time with the spirals. Also, how big is the piece and have you any idea how many blades you went through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted September 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, Rockytime said: Fantastic piece of work. I can't/don't use spiral blades so I'm wondering how long it would take with regular blades. I expect you can make faster time with the spirals. Also, how big is the piece and have you any idea how many blades you went through? Thankyou. It would be quite difficult to cut this with what you call "regular" blades. I expect that I could accomplish the job using #1 and #2/0 reverse tooth blades and my guess is that it would take me twice as long since I would constantly be turning the piece. The panel that I used is about 12 inches by 15 inches. Small spiral blades are extremely fragile and I break a lot of them. My guess is that I used between 20 and 25 blades on this. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Wow that is a very impressive piece. I love it. You did an amazing job Frank. Marg Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Fantastic Frank. Incredibly fantastic. Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 amazing job Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Wow! Very impressive, Frank! That is a lot of dedication and you did an excellent job! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Did you have any breakages of the pattern its self. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Might have to get some sprial blades to try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I really Wish I had the Patience To. Attempt freezes intricate patterns butt alas at my age, I know myself and knows I don’t. As a result, I just look on amazed at these beautiful pieces like this that you folks craft. I have an aunt who loves raccoons and no doubt would find this piece stunning as do I. Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted September 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 5:18 PM, goldfish said: Did you have any breakages of the pattern its self. ?? I'm happy to be able to say NO I DID NOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted September 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 5:18 PM, goldfish said: Might have to get some sprial blades to try The cutting technique with spiral blades is very different and I was somewhat worried when I first tried it. But, I am happy that I did give it a go. I hope that you do try spiral blades and the you like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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