Nature's Lumberjack

[Frank Pellow]

Mike Williams designed the pattern for this beaver.  He calls it 'Working Man' but I call it 'Nature's Lumberjack'.

I completed cutting it last week.  It took me about 11 hours and the work has about 610 holes.  The material is 6mm thick panel with a thin quarter sawn White Oak veneer on top. 

 I’m planning to take 'Nature's Lumberjack'  it to Pellow's Island  and to frame it with poplar “logs” much like the mock-up that utilizes Spruce below:

            

I may or may not decide to frame it with a green backer-board.

By the way, I’m going to use Poplar because, over the last 15 years, beavers have “chopped” down all the large poplar trees on Pellow’s Island.

                        

                        

   

Edited May 7, 2021 by Frank Pellow

[daveww1]

terrific job

[rjR]

Gorgeous!
 

I could never do this ---Way past my patience levels! 

 

 

[Tomanydogs]

Wow that’s  a lot of holes. Great portrait Frank. Well done. 

Edited May 7, 2021 by Tomanydogs
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[JAC1961]

Amazing!  I'm itching to try my first complex fret project like that.

[lawson56]

Well GOO GOOGLY GOO!! That is an Awesome job!!!

[Rockytime]

Very nice cutting. I love the pattern!

[young ned]

Great cutting Frank, I'm not a lover of the green backer board myself though

[Norm Fengstad]

Well Done

[Frank Pellow]

On 5/9/2021 at 3:46 AM, young ned said:

Great cutting Frank, I'm not a lover of the green backer board myself though

Thanks.  I'm not sure either, I need to see it with the poplar frame before I decide.

[Fish]

Very nice!  

[Tbow388]

You definitely have more patients than I do. Great job. 

[heppnerguy]

On 5/4/2021 at 10:19 AM, Frank Pellow said:

Mike Williams designed the pattern for this beaver.  He calls it 'Working Man' but I call it 'Nature's Lumberjack'.

I completed cutting it last week.  It took me about 11 hours and the work has about 610 holes.  The material is 6mm thick panel with a thin quarter sawn White Oak veneer on top. 

 I’m planning to take 'Nature's Lumberjack'  it to Pellow's Island  and to frame it with poplar “logs” much like the mock-up that utilizes Spruce below:

            

I may or may not decide to frame it with a green backer-board.

By the way, I’m going to use Poplar because, over the last 15 years, beavers have “chopped” down all the large poplar trees on Pellow’s Island.

                        

                        

   

 If it were me, and you are not me, I  would either use a darker green or a black backer because in the photo it looks like it could use a little more contrast to bring our your fret work better.  Just me.

Dick

heppnerguy

[Frank Pellow]

46 minutes ago, heppnerguy said:

 If it were me, and you are not me, I  would either use a darker green or a black backer because in the photo it looks like it could use a little more contrast to bring our your fret work better.  Just me.

Dick

heppnerguy

Thanks.

I agree with you that, if I use green, it should be a darker green.

[WolfmoonCT]

On 5/5/2021 at 1:01 PM, rjR said:

Gorgeous!
 

I could never do this ---Way past my patience levels! 

 

 

I'm with you..  I also don't feel like my Dewalt cuts that great.. I got it used and it's not correct.  If I have the blade perpendicular to table, with the blade arms up, and I move them down, the blade will move away from a straight edge laid against it. Also,  when doing straight cuts, the  wood actually has to be pushed in on an angle. so instead of pushing straight, the wood is about 5 degrees to the left..  The blade moving sideways, no matter how I try to adjust the screws in the clamps causes some wobble in the wood.  Someday I want to replace it..