H. Botas hummingbird rider

[RabidAlien]

Had to pause in my "clearing out the backlog" to cut this H.Botas pattern that my wife fell in love with.  The things we do for our spouses....   This was a fun cut, lots of smaller spots but nothing *really* difficult, just a bunch of quick angle changes and sharp corners.  #1MG Pegas blades, and low speed did the trick.  I single-stacked this one, and kept thinking I was going to regret that but a) didn't have much of a need for a second copy and 2) ended up NOT regretting it (gotta love variable-speed saws!).  3/8" bbply, same for backer.  Now to get it framed so she can take it in to work...

 

 

[wombatie]

So beautiful.  Bet she loved it.

Marg

[Tomanydogs]

Wow that is so beautifully cut and the backer you chose it just makes the hummingbird bird stand out beautifully. 

[daveww1]

fantastic job

[RabidAlien]

Thanks all!

[Foxfold]

Brilliant !!

[Danj84]

That looks fantastic well done

[amazingkevin]

So you let your guard down and something caught her eye!!! She will keep you busy!!! Scary cuts but you aced it!!!

[spirithorse]

Nicely done!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[Rockytime]

Beautiful pattern and you did a great job of cutting it!

[smitty0312]

Oh that is very very nice...excellent scroll saw artist

[RabidAlien]

Framed!  Used some scrap wood found at Lowes...I believe they're spacers that were used between layers on a pallet of fence slats, and they're all sorts of nasty green tinted when I pull them out of the scrap bin, but they're free, they have some great grain when sanded (and lose most of the greenishness), take stain really well, and usually have a lot of character in the way of knots and dings and occasional rounded edges with bark still visible.  PERFECT for rustic, rugged frames.  There's not really any consistency with thickness/width, so I try to grab a bunch at once and make frames out of pieces that are as close as possible in all dimensions, but sometimes I have to get aggressive in sanding to make edges match up a bit.  I'll cut the bevel on my table saw, then measure and cut the 45-degree angles to length on my miter, flip all the pieces face-down (bevel-up) and glue/nail them together so that at least the front side is pretty even and any thickness differences can be sanded down.  Wasn't able to get the back-side perfect on this one, but the differences are on the back, not the front.  And I think it still gives it character.