Fretsaw project: Gina

[yamatetsu]

Since I made a few patterns of dog photos in the 'pattern request' thread, I hereby present to you how this style of pattern looks like in real life.

This is my dog Gina.

35 x 47 cm, backer board 4mm, Gina 4mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #1 blade.

This was a lot of work, but I think it looks way better than a pattern made of simple lines.

 

[Dan]

Outstanding! Being done with a fretsaw is amazing enough, but it also looks like there is only one bridge holding the dog to the board. So cool.

[yamatetsu]

37 minutes ago, Dan said:

Outstanding! Being done with a fretsaw is amazing enough, but it also looks like there is only one bridge holding the dog to the board. So cool.

Thanks for the praise, but there is no bridge. The board is 35 x 47cm, the fretsaw is 30 cm, so having a bridge would have made cutting the pattern impossible. Even after extracting the dog from the board it was still too large for the saw, so that made for some tricky cutting.

[rjweb]

Beautiful piece, all done by hand with a fret saw is a big job in it self, I could not have done that, RJ

[Farmerdon]

WOW! Beautifull work

[Dan]

On 1/19/2025 at 6:12 AM, yamatetsu said:

Thanks for the praise, but there is no bridge. The board is 35 x 47cm, the fretsaw is 30 cm, so having a bridge would have made cutting the pattern impossible. Even after extracting the dog from the board it was still too large for the saw, so that made for some tricky cutting.

My old eyes are playing tricks on my again. Thought I saw one in on the paw farthest to the right. 

[daveww1]

awesome job

[Scrappile]

Well done.

[yamatetsu]

3 hours ago, Dan said:

My old eyes are playing tricks on my again. Thought I saw one in on the paw farthest to the right. 

Nah, your eyes are fine. That one really looks like a bridge, must be because of the camera angle. In real life there is a 1mm gap between paw and background. I checked

Edited 5 hours ago by yamatetsu

[Dak0ta52]

Outstanding work with a fretsaw. I'm seeing a few areas without bridges also. It looks like the nose would have a drop-out. I know I've cut pieces before where I've kept the piece and secured it to the backer after the cut was finished. Regardless, and again, outstanding work!

[yamatetsu]

20 minutes ago, Dak0ta52 said:

I'm seeing a few areas without bridges also. It looks like the nose would have a drop-out. I know I've cut pieces before where I've kept the piece and secured it to the backer after the cut was finished.

I don't care about drop-outs. The nose and the left eye would look weird if I had made bridges. To do that just to get an image that is one piece seems silly to me.

[Dak0ta52]

5 minutes ago, yamatetsu said:

I don't care about drop-outs. The nose and the left eye would look weird if I had made bridges. To do that just to get an image that is one piece seems silly to me.

I agree that in some cases a bridge would look bad distracting from the piece. I wasn't knocking your piece. That's why I added that I've also done that in the past.