My guardian angel

[RabidAlien]

Found this one in the Pattern Library, can't recall who did the pattern.  My daughter looked at it and saw a wolf with raggedy ears....she now calls it the "angel wolf".  I picture this as what my guardian angel looks like at the end of most days.  Maybe with a bottle of something 100-proof nearby. 

 

1" whiteboard, used two Pegas #3MG blades.  Minwax "Early American" stain.  Quick cut, there's not many pilot holes.  There's one spot that's kinda delicate, next to her right knee, cracked when I was sanding.  Glued it back on, sanded down the spot but I can never seem to get rid of any surface glue seepage no matter how deeply I sand.  Thus the little white blotch.

[FrankEV]

2 hours ago, RabidAlien said:

...  There's one spot that's kinda delicate, next to her right knee, cracked when I was sanding.  Glued it back on, sanded down the spot but I can never seem to get rid of any surface glue seepage no matter how deeply I sand.  Thus the little white blotch.

My trick when gluing back a piece that breaks is to after final sanding: 

1. Place a piece of blue tape over the area where the piece broke. 

2. Turn the work upside down on the bench or on a flat surface. 

3. Check to make sure the piece will sit in the correct spot verifying the break joint fits togethers as best as possible.

4. Using tweezers, or the like,  fit the piece into place so the blue tapes holes it securely in place. 

5.  Either using Titebond or a cyanate, apply a drop of glue to the back side, insuring it seeps into the joint crack.

6.  Let set up...give it enough time, especially if using Titebond. 

7. After dry, turn over and remove tape.  There should be little or no glue on the surface.  There may be a little bump of glue on the back that may need to be sanded down so the piece lays flat on the backer.  I like to use my dremel with a sanding drum for a delicate spot like that.

I have done this many times successfully. 

 

Edited November 13, 2021 by FrankEV

[Dak0ta52]

Very nice, Kirk. I kinda see what your daughter was talking about but the angel stands out more and pulls my eyes back to that image. It's like one of those trick photos you see that has two pictures in one and you only see it after you stare at it long enough.

[heppnerguy]

  nice job. It looks like a fun pattern to cut. I have been looking at that pattern also. You have inspired me so that my memory is once more jogged so it has moved closer to actually cutting it in the future.

 Dick

heppnerguy

[lawson56]

Down Right Fantastic. Love the Wings

[daveww1]

very nice job

[Charlie E]

Nice job on an interesting piece. I imagine my guardian angel looks like that most days too. I've had my share of frustration with stubborn spots like that. I usually make them worse the more I try to fix them.