Brody - finally done with a lot of help on the HEART from the Community!

[GusGustin]

I drew the dog. I draw stuff, well, I draw a big mess then go to work with an eraser. BUT . I could NOT get the heart right. So - with the help of the community - we got the heart just right.

The heart on this is cut from a 2" thick piece of clear redwood. Old stuff. Big stuff. The dog is cut out of 3/4" cedar - when I got done planing and stuff, it ended up at 3/4". Then .. it has a backer of 1/8" BB Ply painted black, and, attached (glued) to the back of the heart is another 1/8" BB Ply piece.

This measures almost 16" long and 11 inches wide.

All cut with mostly a #5 FD, the itty bitty places were cut with my trusty 2/0 FD.  It's MINWAX Spar Urethane brushed on for the finish. 

The little letters spelling out BRODY were done in that BURL WALNUT I get locally. I love that stuff. With the left overs from the piece I cut the letters from .. I made that Rose for my wife's birthday. So - that worked great.  

I think that's it. Except .. a big thanks to the community for helping me with that DANGED heart !!!

Edited February 3, 2021 by GusGustin
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[GusGustin]

Oh .. the rose was cut from the 1/2" walnut . .. . all with a 2/0 Pegas. I was actually trying to break it .. as I was using the same one I used on BRODY's small cuts. It finally broke near the end of this. hahahahahaa .. it was SOOOOOO dull by that point. hahahhaa

[Tomanydogs]

Very nicely done. 

[dragonkort2]

 Beautiful peaces!!  I love them!!!  If i were better at fret work id do the pattern of my first service dog charlie and then ask you good people to draw me a pattern for my dear sheba.  The both have med long curly hair.  I think it was atrop who made the pattern of charlie...but iv been to scared to try it. lol  anyway just lovely peices!!!

[wombatie]

You did a terrific job of cutting the dog and the heart, put them together and you have a very impressive piece of work.  Well done.

Marg

[lawson56]

Down Right Awesome job on both. Love the Rose.

[Joe W.]

Your level of detail is amazing.

[daveww1]

terrific job

[Ken Lotts]

Great looking! 

I can hardly believe you tackled the rose with a single used 2/0. 
I get too worried about unexpected flaws and having to start over again to try to economize on blades. 

[Scrappile]

Well done on both..

[FrankEV]

Great work and a great piece to remember Brody.  

Nice cutting on the Rose...quick mount it on a backer so it dosen't get broken.

[rdatelle]

Beautiful job on both pieces. I love how you did the heart.