Popular Post Frank Pellow Posted May 4, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) 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 stoney, lawson56, new2woodwrk and 19 others 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 terrific job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Gorgeous! I could never do this ---Way past my patience levels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Wow that’s a lot of holes. Great portrait Frank. Well done. Edited May 7, 2021 by Tomanydogs Spell check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC1961 Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Amazing! I'm itching to try my first complex fret project like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Well GOO GOOGLY GOO!! That is an Awesome job!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Very nice cutting. I love the pattern! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young ned Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Great cutting Frank, I'm not a lover of the green backer board myself though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Fengstad Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Well Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 Very nice! Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbow388 Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 You definitely have more patients than I do. Great job. Frank Pellow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pellow Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 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. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmoonCT Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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