Wilderness Cabin

[heppnerguy]

Here is the first  Kenny Hopkins pattern I believe I have cut. I have had the pattern for  sometime and have wanted to cut it but never got around to it until this week. My wife is in  Montana visiting one of our great grand daughters so I was trying to find something to cut in my shop while she was gone and came across this pattern and decided to give it a shot. Here are the results. I cut it from 1/4 inch Baltic Birch. it is 17 X 11 inches. I made an extended backer board to work as a frame as I did not have long enough pieces of wood in my shop to cut one.

Dick

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[Ron Johnson]

Beautiful pattern Dick and nicely cut. 

[Dak0ta52]

I love pieces like this. Outstanding job Dick. It reminds me of some of Jim Blume's American series in the Village library. I'm still working on that series but a couple other projects jumped ahead at the request from the wife.

[wombatie]

Very impressive Dick, well done.

Marg

[flarud]

Really nice!  There are a few like this that I would like to cut.  I may have to try this one.  

[daveww1]

terrific job, it's beautiful

[heppnerguy]

13 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said:

I love pieces like this. Outstanding job Dick. It reminds me of some of Jim Blume's American series in the Village library. I'm still working on that series but a couple other projects jumped ahead at the request from the wife.

My wife's request always comes first too. I am planning on cutting some of Jim Blumes patterns in the near future also. He most often places a lot of challenge within his patterns and I now enjoy the challenges awaiting in fret patterns.

Dick

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[heppnerguy]

12 hours ago, wombatie said:

Very impressive Dick, well done.

Marg

Thank you Marg. I have been eyeing this pattern for some time and really happy to finally have taken the time to cut it

Dick

heppnerguy

[Fish]

Beautiful work!

[heppnerguy]

On 2/26/2023 at 4:02 AM, flarud said:

Really nice!  There are a few like this that I would like to cut.  I may have to try this one.  

Go for it. It is an interesting  project to cut. It took more time and effort then i thought it would but I am OK with the outcome.

 

Dick

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Edited February 27, 2023 by heppnerguy
corrected comment

[rjweb]

Dick, that is beautiful, your are a true craftsman, RJ 

[flarud]

4 hours ago, heppnerguy said:

Go for it. It is an interesting  project to cut. You need a really small drill for the windows as the  lines are quite small. Thanks for the nice comment on mine

Dick

heppnerguy

Did you use a spiral anywhere on it?  

[Kris Martinson]

Very well done, Dick. I love scenery patterns like this one, and you sure did it justice. May I be so presumptuous as to make a minor recommendation? I have had the same problem of the black background reflecting light when photographed. So now I back my pieces with black felt which I buy at Walmart and at Hobby Lobby for about 35 cents a piece. 

[heppnerguy]

Disregard this post.. made it error

 

Edited February 27, 2023 by heppnerguy
wrote about wrong item

[heppnerguy]

23 hours ago, daveww1 said:

terrific job, it's beautiful

Thank you I have been thinking about cutting this one for a long time and finally got to it

Dick

heppnerguy

Edited February 27, 2023 by heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

22 hours ago, Fish said:

Beautiful work!

Thanks.. It enjoyed doing it as I had put if off for awhile. Glad I finally got to it.

Dick

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Edited February 27, 2023 by heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

19 hours ago, rjweb said:

Dick, that is beautiful, your are a true craftsman, RJ 

Thank you for the nice comment. I try my best but as I get older and look back on my early projects I see I am not as good as I once was.

Dick

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Edited February 27, 2023 by heppnerguy

[heppnerguy]

17 hours ago, flarud said:

Did you use a spiral anywhere on it?  

No I used a #3 Pegas MG rev blade one. That is my 'go to' for almost all my projects. I rarely use anything else anymore. I did use a spiral one the window as the other cuts would have been too small to see

Dick

heppnerguy

Edited February 27, 2023 by heppnerguy