Popular Post RabidAlien Posted September 13, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Decided that I had too many projects sitting around, taped up and pilot holes drilled, waiting for a blade, and I'd keep putting another cool project on top of the stack to work on next. They were doing nothing but catching dust, so I put all the other projects on hold and started cutting these. Two are Sam Custodio patterns (the round 2nd Amendment and the round trivet/optical illusion), the word-within-word is one of mine. Found some fragile spots (center of the "P" and "R", and the "o" in storms) while sanding. The "o" glued back okay, but the "R" didn't want to glue straight no matter what I did. 3/4" whiteboard on all three patterns, really soft wood so it wasn't really a surprise to have a couple of breaks. Just be careful while sanding, or use harder wood. Or both. #3 and #5 Pegas MG blades. Not a bad way to spend a weekend. frankorona, amazingkevin, heppnerguy and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 Very nice cutting. I really like the first one. Is that plan available? RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted September 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 32 minutes ago, Rockytime said: Very nice cutting. I really like the first one. Is that plan available? I got that from Sam Custodio's profile on Facebook. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Thank you. I visit Sam's Facebook frequently. Must have missed it. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Very well done,Kirk!!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 You did have a productive weekend. They are all great, well done. Marg RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodrush Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 7 hours ago, RabidAlien said: Decided that I had too many projects sitting around, taped up and pilot holes drilled, waiting for a blade, and I'd keep putting another cool project on top of the stack to work on next. They were doing nothing but catching dust, so I put all the other projects on hold and started cutting these. Two are Sam Custodio patterns (the round 2nd Amendment and the round trivet/optical illusion), the word-within-word is one of mine. Found some fragile spots (center of the "P" and "R", and the "o" in storms) while sanding. The "o" glued back okay, but the "R" didn't want to glue straight no matter what I did. 3/4" whiteboard on all three patterns, really soft wood so it wasn't really a surprise to have a couple of breaks. Just be careful while sanding, or use harder wood. Or both. #3 and #5 Pegas MG blades. Not a bad way to spend a weekend. Those are nice RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Nice weekends work. ! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 very nice work RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusGustin Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Those are REALLY cool .. Question - When making a trivit out of wood - that's for putting HOT stuff on, right ? What do you do to keep the wood from discoloring or burning when you put .. say .. a hot pan of spaghetti sauce on it, or something. (I chose the sauce just to see if I could spell it right hahhahaha) .... Being in wine country (Sonoma County, California - which is COUNTY ON FIRE country now) I make shapes and put wine corks in them .. afraid to have hot stuff sit on the wood. RabidAlien and danny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted September 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 My trivets are pretty much called "trivets" for convenience sake, cuz "eye-jarring wall-hanging optical tactical nuke" is too hard to type out. I know there are finishes for putting hot items on wood, can't remember if you're supposed to use beeswax or BLO or shellac or poly or what. The couple I've made and labeled as "trivet", my wife has hung on the wall and never put even a coffee cup on top of, much less scorching hot pans. Foxfold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Love the 1st one,Fantastic work. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Very nice stuff. RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonkort Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 i love those!! and now i have another use for wine corks!!! those are great!!! RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 I enjoyed viewing all your projects. If I had one suggestion it would be on the work art... I think you would be wiser to choose a more bold lettering for the main word as it would give you more support for the smaller ones and it just might help with the breakage problem you are having Dick heppnerguy RabidAlien 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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