Sun and Owl

[Joe W.]

Couple more Steve Good patterns that appealed to me.

3/4" select pine and #5 Pegas MGR blades.

It was interesting cutting 3/4" pine; cutting with the grain and thru knots cut slower and then across the grain went faster.  

Oh, and something else I did with the sun pattern was to drill holes just past points of the sun's rays - it eliminated to make a loop with the saw blade and come back around.

I enlarged the patterns a bit - the sun is 8 1/2" and the owl is just under 9".
For the owl, I used a leftover piece of flat white PVC.
One of these days I need to move on to the next step and finish what I've cut. Or talk my wife into doing it. 

[Dak0ta52]

Great job Joe. I know what you mean with the pine. Have experienced it myself on some of my pine projects. As far as finishing, I rather enjoy doing that as long as it's stain, sanding and sealer. If I have a piece that is going to be painted, I usually leave that to my wife.

[wombatie]

They are fabulous.  I especially like the owl/moon.

Marg

[daveww1]

very nice work

[RabidAlien]

Okay, both of those are cool!  And nicely cut!