Merry "Little" Christmas

[Charlie E]

I reduced this pattern, mostly so I could use a 1" square stick of oak and make the cutting a bit easier. I'm really enjoying playing with compound cutting lately. We have such a wonderful, diverse hobby.  

[preprius]

ohhh  nice concept. 

 

What did you do with his insides???

 

[Charlie E]

6 minutes ago, preprius said:

ohhh  nice concept. 

 

What did you do with his insides???

 

Not sure if you're joking, but I didn't want to ignore your question if you're serious. It's a compound cut, which means it's cut from one side of the wood, then turned 90 degrees and cut from another side. The insides and outsides fall away leaving this. Not the best explanation but it's a start.  

[preprius]

Can you glue the cut cores together and get smaller snowmen? 

Offsprings?

 

Both having fun with words and seeing if waste cutouts can be used.

Thanks for the reply

[wombatie]

Very cute.  Fabulous work Charlie.

Marg

[dgman]

Nice!

[daveww1]

very nice

[spirithorse]

Nice work, Charlie!
God Bless!

 

[Jaguarguy]

Great looking snowman!  I tried my first compound cut this afternoon - it was a crash and burn.  Almost worked but not quite!

[Charlie E]

2 minutes ago, Jaguarguy said:

Great looking snowman!  I tried my first compound cut this afternoon - it was a crash and burn.  Almost worked but not quite!

My first attempt at the snowman turned out to be tiny little kindling.  Takes some practice plus the right wood helps too. I cut one today from some wood a man gave me and said it was Mahogany. I'm not sure if it was but it was a bit softer than oak and was much easier to work with. The first one I cut was from pine and it was way too fragile.