A few recent cuts

[GPscroller]

Haven't posted for awhile but that doesn't mean I haven't been on the saw.  Here are some recent ones that I have done.  The first two are Jim Blume patterns on birch burl slabs.  The last three are H Botas patterns.  Warrior is on birch and the other two are black poplar.

Jeff

[Gordster]

His Jeff...very very nicely done..got some lucky  finding that wood.

[rjR]

Great work.

[Ken Lotts]

wow

[Scrappile]

Great scrollings.... How thick are the slabs?

[Kris Martinson]

Amazing work. I love the subjects you chose. How thick are these pieces?

[danny]

Way out of my League.  The Beauty of Each and with so many inside cuts.  Wow!  And you

did a Great Job....  So Nice.............Beautiful..................Danny  :+}

[spirithorse]

Great patterns, Excellent work, and Beautiful wood!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

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3 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Great scrollings.... How thick are the slabs?

 

3 hours ago, Kris Martinson said:

Amazing work. I love the subjects you chose. How thick are these pieces?

Thickness of the slabs vary between 3/8 and 3/4 inch.  The ones shown here are all around 5/8 inch.

Jeff

 

[Rockytime]

Fantastic! The patterns are great and very well executed. The slabs are so appropriate. 

[wombatie]

Good to see that you are still keeping busy Jeff.  Excellent work on all of your projects, well done.

Marg

[Tomanydogs]

Outstanding !!!

[Foxfold]

Amazing work !!!  I love them all.  Way above my pay grade, but one day hopefully. 

[daveww1]

fantastic work, great choice of wood

[ike]

those are great I have seen most of those patterns finished but those slabs really make the difference great work

IKE

[rjweb]

They are beautiful, where did you get the slabs, RJ 

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On 1/5/2021 at 11:46 AM, rjweb said:

They are beautiful, where did you get the slabs, RJ 

An older gentleman here in Grande Prairie has been collecting burls and cutting them for 30 years.  He is no longer able to cut like he used to and a mutual friend got us together.  He is selling a few at a time and I am currently his number one customer lol

Jeff

[FrankEV]

Love your work.

The wood slabs are beautiful, but how are you preventing them from splitting. 

I did wood turning in my real woodworking days ahd tried to do turnings with cross cut wood blocks/logs only to have them split over time even after they had been dried slowly for a long time.  Nearly impossible to prevent.  I also know that Burl has a lot of internal stress and tends to crack and split due to those stresses. 

Are you applying a backer and what are you using?        

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14 hours ago, FrankEV said:

Love your work.

The wood slabs are beautiful, but how are you preventing them from splitting. 

I did wood turning in my real woodworking days ahd tried to do turnings with cross cut wood blocks/logs only to have them split over time even after they had been dried slowly for a long time.  Nearly impossible to prevent.  I also know that Burl has a lot of internal stress and tends to crack and split due to those stresses. 

Are you applying a backer and what are you using?        

I have never had any split and only one develop small cracks.  They have been air dried in an outdoor shed for several years.  No backers.  Guess I have just been lucky.

Jeff