Dolphin Puzzle

[Denny Knappen]

Dolphin Puzzle finished this weekend. The pattern is by Harvy Blyer. I used 3/4" Hard Maple approximately 4 1/2" x 8". Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #3 MGT blades. After sanding with a Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac and then a light sanding again. Comments welcome.

[Dak0ta52]

Very nice, Denny!

[rjweb]

Excellent craftsmanship Denny, RJ 

[Peter N White]

Great looking puzzle.

[daveww1]

excellent job

[rdatelle]

Looks great Denny, I did a few of these too and added a little color to the bottom. I used food coloring thinned out to the shade I wanted.

[Denny Knappen]

22 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said:

Very nice, Denny!

Thanks Rodney.

[Denny Knappen]

14 hours ago, rjweb said:

Excellent craftsmanship Denny, RJ 

Thanks RJ.  I was not sure about reducing the pattern to fit the wood, but it came out nice.

[Denny Knappen]

3 hours ago, daveww1 said:

excellent job

Thanks Dave

[Denny Knappen]

2 minutes ago, rdatelle said:

Looks great Denny, I did a few of these too and added a little color to the bottom. I used food coloring thinned out to the shade I wanted.

Wow, Ralph.  The color really adds to the presentation.

[rdatelle]

7 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

Wow, Ralph.  The color really adds to the presentation.

It sure does. I have quite a few with different shades of blue and brown. Iggy (Scott) told me how to do that and what to use. I bought quart bottles of different colors of food coloring from Amazon and bought some aluminum pans with the covers and mixed a few different colors and stored them until I needed them. 

[Ron Johnson]

Very well done Denny 

[Denny Knappen]

On 8/8/2023 at 2:33 PM, Ron Johnson said:

Very well done Denny 

Thanks Ron