Sleigh Ride

[Lester Willerton]

I completed this Sleigh Ride. Pattern by Charles Hand. I stacked three layers 1/8 Baltic birch covered in green painters tape. Pattern attached with 3M77 spray. Cut with Pegas #2/0 and #0 and #1 spiral blades. Slow going. 13 hours seat time. Cut on my King Industrial 21 inch saw.  My first project completed with spiral blades. It was a learning curve but I will use them again on similiar patterns. After getting rid of as many fuzzies as I could and sanding I sprayed with laquer. 

The one in the grey frame will go to a friend who took my wife and I and our kids and grandkids on sleigh rides through the forest on his property a couple times. Grandkids still talk about those rides. When I saw the pattern by Charles Hand in Scrollsaw Woodworking magazine issue 89 I knew right away I wanted to cut it for Al as a thank you.

[Peter N White]

Great pattern and equally great cutting.

[rdatelle]

Wow! That came out beautiful. I can see all the work you put into that. Great detail.

[scrollerpete]

I understand the work involved because I cut this pattern also but with straight blades, you did an excellent job.

[Lester Willerton]

Thanks for the kind comments. It was fun to cut and I enjoyed the spiral blades and not have to be spinning the 11x14 workpiece when using straight blades. I will use them again but will still use straight blades on many projects as well. 

 

[GPscroller]

Great cutting on a super pattern.  I cut same pattern several years ago back in the old days when I only used straight blades.

Jeff

[rjweb]

Beautiful piece, excellent cutting, RJ