Cutting sequence

[Davevand]

I want to cut a few ornaments from Steve Goode pattern and I was wondering what sequence to use to make them.

http://www.stevedgood.com/3dintorns.pdf

 The ornaments are a compound cut with a letter in them.  I want to fill the letter with a glitter epoxy.  My question is should I cut the letter first and fill with epoxy then cut the ornament or should I cut the entire ornament and fill the letter then.

Thanks

 

[Bill WIlson]

I've never tried doing what you propose, but it is an intriguing idea.

I would probably start with cutting the letter and filling that void first.  Then cut the outside.  I think it will yield better results, but there certainly is no harm in testing both methods to see which one works best in actual practice.

I'll be interested to see results.

[Phantom Scroller]

Definitely cut letter first but you will have to cut through the epoxy to get the shape don't know how the blade will deal with that depends how hard the epoxy is I suppose. Roly

 

 

[LarryEA]

I'm for cutting everything first then fill in.

If you make a mistake cutting, you don't waste the epoxy

[OCtoolguy]

49 minutes ago, LarryEA said:

I'm for cutting everything first then fill in.

If you make a mistake cutting, you don't waste the epoxy

My thoughts also. 

[amazingkevin]

Compound cuts intersect same holes so cutting all first will leave voids to fill the hard way if at all. Cut the letter first!!!

[LarryEA]

Sure!!!  Cut the letter first !! 

But if Dave were not filling in the letter he would  still finish cutting the the pattern.

So... cut it all and then do the glitter however you want

[jollyred]

I think I would fill first.  It would be kind of hard to get the epoxy flush with the surface if filled after the cutting.  At least I think so, but I don't like sanding any more than necessary.  By the way, that's a nice pattern, and we will need pictures when it is finished.  That's the price you pay for our valuable free advice.

Tom

[Davevand]

thanks everyone, I think I will try filling the letter and then finishing the cut. Stay tuned

[Davevand]

I cut a couple of the ornaments finally, had to buy some proper blades and my top chuck head decided to quit working properly. Anyway I cut the letter out first and filled with epoxy.  This worked ok, but air bubbles get trapped in the letters, really need to use a pressure pot. The epoxy cut very easily and fairly clean (used a Pegas #6 super skip), after cutting the piece out I them sanded the epoxy to 2000 grit, finishing with tung oil. Wood is mahogany.

[Tomanydogs]

 Very nice looking. Good job.