Popular Post heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 I made the first motorcycle as a gift for a rather new friend of mine that I met in a group of older guys that have coffee in the morning with. The guy I made it for has a beautiful Harley and he liked it very much. One of the other fellows in that group was also a motorcycle rider and a motorcycle police officer. A third member of our little group is really good friends with the second fellow I mentioned and asked me to make and sell him another of these plaques for a birthday or Christmas gift, which ever comes first. This is the results of that request. The sun was shining from the window above and distorted the coloring of the bike. It is all one color and the back part of the bike is lighter because of the suns exposure to it. When I first got it cut I was not happy with it but the buyer said it was just fine with him. I finished it and afterward I found that I too liked it, that always helps as I hate to sell something to someone who is not completely happy with it. Dick heppnerguy Dave Monk, JimErn, Birchbark and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Holy cow, Dick, you are pumping them out.... Great job!! I really envy you and your morning group of friends.... My morning group with my coffee it Ali, Abbey and sometimes Beamer the cat.... They don't drink much coffee...nor do the say much.. heppnerguy, danny and Tbow388 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 That is awesome Dick, anyone would love it even a none bike enthusiast. Marg heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 That looks great Dick. You’ve done a very nice piece. Well done. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Dick, It's stunning! You outdid yourself this time! When we lived in NC, we had a men's breakfast group. It was called the ROMEO group. Retired Old Men Eating Out. LOL danny and heppnerguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 That is a beauty Dick! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 awesome job heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 13 hours ago, Scrappile said: Holy cow, Dick, you are pumping them out.... Great job!! I really envy you and your morning group of friends.... My morning group with my coffee it Ali, Abbey and sometimes Beamer the cat.... They don't drink much coffee...nor do the say much.. I have an idea that I have been tossing around for my trip to Heppner in July and August. I was wondering if you might enjoy going to Portland and meeting up with Travis? I would love to do that and I think he might enjoy meeting you. As you know, I have already met him but would like to touch basis with him once more. Let me know if that is interesting to you and if so, we can start touching basis with Travis and see if he is up to that idea. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 hours ago, wombatie said: That is awesome Dick, anyone would love it even a none bike enthusiast. Marg I am not sure about that but the ones that have them seem to like them really well. I had a problem trying to find a pattern I liked and thought would work and so far, it has Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 6 hours ago, munzieb said: Dick, It's stunning! You outdid yourself this time! When we lived in NC, we had a men's breakfast group. It was called the ROMEO group. Retired Old Men Eating Out. LOL It is really enjoyable sitting around, drinking coffee and having off the wall comments every day with the guys. You never know what will come up on any particular morning. It is good for me because I am walking every morning and getting out of bed at 5:30 every morning. We have never gone our to eat together, as a group, but who knows, maybe some day. I am homing to get on another of your car pattern soon. I am really looking at that 1934 Ford convertible to do next. We'll if I get that far this coming week Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Tomanydogs said: That looks great Dick. You’ve done a very nice piece. Well done. I am so glad you like it. I sure enjoyed the outcome of this pattern and I have learned some gluing technique on this one that have solved my glue up problems that I have suffered through for years. So that is a big "YEH" for me. and they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Now if I can only remember it next time Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Dave Monk said: That is a beauty Dick! Dave, Thank you so much. I have admired your work from the first time I saw your efforts and watched you as you took on more challenges and new ideas. You are absolutely a true craftsman that has inspired me to try to take more effort is what and how I do things. I am not a detail or meticulous person so I usually blunder along and try to finish what ever I am making so I can be finished with it and start something new. I am starting to slow down and true to do betting on my cutting and finishing, which is helping a lot. Thanks for your kind comments on this project and all you have done for me Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 hours ago, daveww1 said: awesome job Nice comments like yours makes scrolling so enjoyable. People are really great in The Village as they encourage one another, that is what makes it so much fun and enjoyable to be a member of this site. Dick| heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preprius Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 If you tell, all of us, the glue up tricks, we can help you remember the tricks. That is if you can remember now. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 23 hours ago, preprius said: If you tell, all of us, the glue up tricks, we can help you remember the tricks. That is if you can remember now. You know, this idea is probably just a common sense thing and I believe that may be something I am a little short of a lot of the time. In the past I always wondered,"where do I start my glue up on intarsia and how do I keep it from shifting a little at one place or another and leaving the last pieces out of wack enough that I need to tweak them to make them fit in". That was my dilemma that I found myself in on almost all my projects. They were all fitting perfect when I started but often not when I got to the final pieces. I just received 5 new patterns from JGR and included with it were a few tips about intarsia. She probably has been sending this same helpful sheet with her patterns for years but I normally do not read any of them. Her suggestion was to lay all your cut pieces on your backer board and make sure they are all tight and in perfect order. Then with all the pieces in place, carefully remove your biggest outside one and glue them on the backer board but not to one another. when you have them back in place against the other pieces on the backer board, let the glued one dry well in place, glued only to the backer board. After you have let the glue dry well and secure, and only then, you can remove the other pieces and start to finish gluing up the remainder ones in the same manner, except you no longer need to wait for the glue to dry during this phase. The advantage is, you have the glued and securely dried pieces in place and you now can glue the additional ones to them and work your way from your initial glued pieces, outward. By only gluing your new pieces to the backer board you will not have glue oozing out between pieces. I use a sticky glue for this and find as I push my new glued pieces against the previously glued and set ones, I am assured of a tight accurate assembly. I only need to hold my new ones in place about 20 seconds and the sticky glue will no longer be slipping out of place. The brand of glue I am using is 'Aleene's Quick dry TACKY GLUE'. I purchased it on Amazon. It only takes a drop or two and so far I have not had any known problems with it. I hope that helps you, it sure has me. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonkort2 Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 beautiful!!! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Great work! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 That will be well received !....Splendid work all around ! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 8 hours ago, Scrolling Steve said: That will be well received !....Splendid work all around ! It was indeed. The person that ordered it from me was happy with it and that is all I am concerned about when I deliver a finished project to the one that ordered it. If that person is not happy with it, I do not want them to pay me for it. If I saw something in a store for sale and it did not appeal to me, I would not buy it. I want a customer to do the same with me. Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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