1 inch thick oak stair tread offcuts turned into a mounted standup pig puzzle

[Tallbald]

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.

[Scrappile]

very well done.

[Tallbald]

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]

Nice work. I’m sure your daughter will love adding it to her desk.

[Tallbald]

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.

[MarieC]

Wow, I really like that.  I love the thickness of the wood.  Well done!

[don watson]

Nicely done and I like the wood thickness too.

[daveww1]

very nice

[wombatie]

Looks great.  You did an excellent job.

Marg

[heppnerguy]

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

[Dak0ta52]

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.

[Roberta Moreton]

Very good use of found wood. 

[Tallbald]

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.