Popular Post Tallbald Posted April 24, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 Goodness it's hard for me to express to non-scrollers just how satisfying this craft is to me. Finished this mounted standup puzzle today. 1 inch thick oak stair tread offcuts from someone's curb, mounted with epoxied doweling to a scrap walnut base. Used the angle cutting feature of our jet saw to cut the walnut at a 10 degree angle for visual interest. The Pegas 7R blade handled the cutting nicely with virtually no need for sanding. One of our daughters raises heritage breed hogs on her and her husband's small farm and she just loves the critters. Expect this will join the stuff on her desk at the local Agricultural Extension Office. I plan to draw up more hogs, some goats, sheep, chickens and other farm critters to turn into mounted standup puzzles for gifts as I go. Thanks for looking folks. Don. FrankEV, stoney, Greatgrandpawrichard and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted April 24, 2023 Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 very well done. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallbald Posted April 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) Only accomplished through the encouragement and inspiration of folks here and on a couple other scrolling enthusiast sites. Thank you for your kind words. Don. Edited April 24, 2023 by Tallbald meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Nice work. I’m sure your daughter will love adding it to her desk. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallbald Posted April 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Thought I'd give it to her unassembled and let her wonder what the heck I made her. Grin. make her work for it. Thank you for the kind words. Don. heppnerguy and danny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Wow, I really like that. I love the thickness of the wood. Well done! danny and heppnerguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don watson Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Nicely done and I like the wood thickness too. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 very nice heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 Looks great. You did an excellent job. Marg heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 I looked at the top pieces and tried to figure out what they were supposed to be, thinking each was a different critter. I then traversed to the next photo and it all came together for me. Great job and good use of someone else's throw away scrap. Perfect Dick heppnerguy danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 Nicely done, Don. I'm not really into puzzles but I really like this one. Guess it is the thickness of the wood and the expertise of the artist. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted April 26, 2023 Report Share Posted April 26, 2023 Very good use of found wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallbald Posted April 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 Thank you all for the kind words. Doodling with a pencil making the interlocking piece lines is relaxing. I am still quite new to this art form and was hesitant to start cutting 1 inch oak. But the 7R MGT Pegas blade really met the challenge for me. It's very satisfying, seeing each piece separate from the others with clean, smooth surfaces revealing themselves. If anyone is interested, I checked Lowe's home store online and learned that a solid red oak bull nose, edge jointed stair tread , 48 inches long X 11.5 inches wide X 1.03 inches thick right now runs $24.98 here in Southern Kentucky (USA). Really, I think that's pretty good for the quantity of projects an artist could craft from it. I do appreciate everyone's enthusiasm for sharing their body of wisdom with new folks like me. It sure does make the road toward success easier! Don. danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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