Sands of Time Slipping By!

[FrankEV]

I receive Steve Good’s daily E-mails with his patterns.  His Email, with this Hourglass pattern, was received on April 7, 2022.  Many of Steve’s patterns are simple and not the kind of work I like to do.  However, this one caught my eye and, although not my usual work, I knew it was something I wanted to build.  A big THANK YOU goes out to Steve.

That same day I ordered two of the Hourglass’s from Amazon and the next day I ordered two pieces of ¼” x 12” x 24” solid Mahogany from Ocooch Hardwoods.  I stack cut as much as I could and with careful layout of the pieces on the board’s I was left with two scrap pieces of decent size that will be put to good use on a future project.  The multiple Top and Bottom pieces were cut from stacks of four, while the fretwork pieces were cut from stacks of three.  All cutting was done using Pegas #1 MGT R blades.  Only broke a total of 3 blades. The last one broke about ½” away from the end of the very last cut.

I just finished the first one and second is all cut and in the process of being sanded and finished prior to assembly. 

Although Steve’s pattern is very accurate, the glass is not as precise. I needed to make some very minor adjustments on this first one, that would allow the Top and bottom to capture the Hourglass snug.  Not sure if it will be the same for number two as I have not done a dry fit up yet.

When I cut the mortises, I was very careful to make sure I did not cut them too large.  As a result, I did have to do a considerable amount of filing to allow the tenons to fit.

All pieces were finished with multiple coats of Deft Clear Gloss Lacquer, prior to assembly.  I’m considering enhancing the wood color with some Mahogany stain on the second one.

I used Locktite Super Glue Gel that allows for more assembly time and much less glue squeeze out.  I did use clamps to make sure the Top and Bottom assemblies captured the Hourglass snugly.  

 

 

I hope you enjoy and as always, comments and critiques are much apprciated.

BTW, my Lady went GAGA over this one and it will probably wind up living on her desk.  If the sceond one comes out as well, it will be displayed at the at the Gallery with a nice hefty price tag.

Edited April 18, 2022 by FrankEV

[Dak0ta52]

Beautiful work, Frank.

[Dave Monk]

Nice job! That's sure good lookin. I agree with you on Steve's patterns. Now and then he comes up with one that catches my eye and I can put my own spin on it. I've used several and inlayed them. 

[Fish]

Great job.   Beautiful wood.  I see why she likes it so much. 

[flarud]

Saw the pattern the other day and thought about it,, 

Nice job, but I think it's upside down! 

[pet-design]

Thank you for showing, Frank, fine work!

[John B]

Nicely executed Frank.
Will look great on the wife's desk

[daveww1]

awesome job

[meflick]

Beautiful piece Frank. I can see why your wife would have laid claim to it. Only improvement for one for her might have been if it had a hummingbird or two perhaps. (I think you have noted before she loves hummingbirds and have made her several pieces with them. Hope my mind is remembering correctly.) I too liked this pattern when Steve shared it.
 

I think with Steve’s patterns, he aims for fairly easy to do projects that don’t take a lot of time for new scrollers and those with little time to work on big projects.  I think that serves a large audience and is needed, especially in bringing new people to the hobby. However, You, Dave and many others on here are  much more advanced and detailed in your work so I can see where you would not regularly find things on his site appealing to your needs. That’s why it’s good we have other good artists who do more intricate and detail patterns as well. Plus, you and Dave both like to come up with your own ideas or spin on things. It’s always great though when we do find one we like like this one. Maybe I’ll get time to try one myself. 

Edited April 20, 2022 by meflick
Typos but I probably missed some. 😉

[FrankEV]

51 minutes ago, meflick said:

Beautiful piece Frank. I can see why your wife would have laid claim to it. Only improvement for one for here mightn’t have been if it had a hummingbird or two perhaps. (I think you have noted before she loves hummingbirds and have made her several pieces with them. Hope my mind is remembering correctly.) I too liked this pattern when Steve shared it. Your memory is spot on.  Maybe Steve could redesign the fretwork  colums to include some tiny Hummingbirds, 
 

The second part of your reply addresses something I have been giving a lot of thought to of late.  Not to take up room on this post I will be opening a discussion about patterns in a seperate post in the General Scroll Sawig forum in a little while.  Watch for it,

[wombatie]

Beautiful work Frank.

Marg

[smitty0312]

I like that a lot! A+