Two unrelated projects

[FrankEV]

My lady uses a local Chiropractor who is a real nice friendly guy.  She has been showing off my projects to him and he wants me to use his watting room walls to display some of my work, which I plan to do.  In between other projects I put together a pattern for this 5 1/2" X 21" Plaque to hang in his office.   I used two layers of 1/4" thick Poplar.  Backer layer painted Black.  The small script font is Birds of Paridice Font from dafont.com.  Scrollable by just adding a few bridges with Pegas 2/0 MGT blades.  Did have a couple of repairable problems that you can see if you look close....on the wall from a few feet away it wont be noticeable.  My bigest problem with this plaque was trying to cut toward the ends with the panel rotated directly at my stomach...my arms are really not long enought to see and control the cut.   When rotated the other way the panel just cleared the saw but my light arm kept getting in the way.  Gotta be more careful about the project size in the future .  

 

The second project is a slightly modified Russ Beard Eagle (#1) pattern downloaded from the laibrary. The modification was to eliminate the small frame as part of the pattern and added a little detail to the bottom to make the patten 11" X  14" friendly.  Top panel is 1/8" BB Ply and the bottom layer is 1/4 Walnut solid Core plywood staind dark Walnut.  Lacquer Finish. 

Pegas #2/0 and #0 Spiral balades  The panel is set loose into a store bought frame from Hobby Lobby.

I know, lots of Eagles!  Kinda my thing...still have a bunch more eagle patterns waiting.  

Edited September 25, 2020 by FrankEV

[flarud]

I like both!  

I have similar problems with the light arm, the throat of the saw and the belly of the scroller!  This is where spirals would be ideal to use, but I have not mastered them yet.  I will be trying them again today or tomorrow on a project.  

Eagles, I love them too.  I have one on my arm and many in the house, including a 4' tall chainsaw piece.  I have yet to cut one on the scrollsaw yet.   

[FrankEV]

38 minutes ago, flarud said:

I like both!  

I have similar problems with the light arm, the throat of the saw and the belly of the scroller!  This is where spirals would be ideal to use....

I find spiral blades work great for portraits like the eagles and others, but I just cannot make them work for straight or curved smooth lines,  especially when cutting fonts or the like.

Thanks

[Tomanydogs]

Frank you’ve done an excellent job on both these pieces.  Well done. 

[heppnerguy]

my hands are clapping for you, with these two fabulously done projects. A great idea for the doctor too. My wife's doctor is a John Wayne fan so I cut him a plaque for his wall at home. Fun to give people some of your work, isn't it?

Dick

heppnerguy

[wombatie]

Great work on both Frank.  It's good to have somewhere to show your work.

Marg

[daveww1]

beautiful work

[butch1008]

awesome cuttings

 

[spirithorse]

Fantastic work, Frank!
Thanks for sharing an God Bless! Spirithorse

[Rockytime]

Dynamic cutting and framing of both projects. Beautiful.