Doug Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) The hand is a pattern by Paul (Grampa) - thanks Paul, I am not sure whether it was patterned after his own right hand. Paul captioned it with "RESPECT YOUR TOOLS". The letter "S" and the letter "O" are not my favorite letters to cut and since Paul had two of one and three of the other and a total of sixteen letters, I decided to title it with the five letter word "THINK." The wood is Afromosia which is a extraordinarily hard African Hardwood. 2524 on the Janka scale compared to 1010 for black walnut and1333 for white oak. After cutting it was given a bath in natural Danish oil and wiped dry, left to dry for at least 8 hours and then the same bath and wipe down, and then after at least 8 hours 0000 steel wool and blow off with air compressor. The truck is a Steve Good pattern. He had a rather attractive lady in a reclining position on top of the truck which I left off and I changed the lettering to suit what I wanted. The wood is Macacauba which is a central and South American hardwood which is 2580 on the Janka scale. Finished in the same manner as the hand. I love trying different hardwoods but nearly always use 2/0 or # 1 FD spirals and these used a lot of blades since I nearly always work with 3/4 to 5/4 wood. I also think they are harder on my saws so I probably need to stick more with woods like Walnut, Maple, Sapelle, and others lower on the Janka scale and which cut much easier. Edited December 13, 2013 by Doug lawson56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 nice cutting job. The wood looks like mahagany to me.. i have never been able to get nice clean looking cuts with spiral blades. I tend to ignore them for that reason Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Hi Doug Very nice work and a beautiful species of wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Doug you did a great job on both. Well done. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdub4ever Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Nice projects Doug. I've tried the spirals on thick wood and do not like it, way too much work. I only use them when doing portraits in 1/8" since the lines don't have to be straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Fantastic work! Spiral blades and me don't get along,I guess I need more time spent with them. But you are Great with yours. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 nice cutting job. The wood looks like mahagany to me.. i have never been able to get nice clean looking cuts with spiral blades. I tend to ignore them for that reason Dick heppnerguy Thanks to all for the kind comments. Dick - the Afromosia is frequently referred to as African mahogany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankorona Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Wonderful jobs,looks great, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Looking good them cuts Doug, keep um comin' Roly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Great cutting and subject matter Thanks God Bless Homer & Carol amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Great cutting job.I think gator would like to hang this up in his shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luperez548 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Excellent cut, nice wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Both cuttings are impressive. Interesting wood to use. Thanks for sharing the information about the wood and its hardness and thanks for sharing the great photos jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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