123 days ago
by stefang |
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PROBLEM TO SOLVEI’ve been trying to figure out how I was going to do the belly of the dragon. I wanted it to look pretty much like the pattern, but didn’t know how to do the outlining of each belly segment.
Shipwright suggested I could use a black mastic. That sounded pretty good, but then remembering that I plan to resaw the completed marquetry into two pieces, I realized that the mastic would probably get hot and make a mess while it was being bandsawed. So it seemed to me th...
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166 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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I’ve been working for about two weeks off and on now on this project and I was so engrossed with that I didn’t even remember to post my regular blog updates. Oops. So this is a big catch-up post….
It all started with my desire to practice skills. I had a pile of scrap laying around and one afternoon it hit me (the design, not the scrap). Here’s the design:
As you can see, it’s just a simple box. But I wanted to work on my joining skills, I wanted to u...
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189 days ago
by DigBaddy |
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Finished this project. You can see more pictures in my projects gallery. Here are some I didn’t upload over there.
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218 days ago
by rance |
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Task at hand: Make a top for this cover using thin Luan. I thought finger joints would work to keep it sturdy, and to not require cleats on the inside. BTW, this is a cover for my CNC controller so looks is not a priority to me on this one.
The top is cut to fit, but just barely oversized:
Place the top under the carcase, keeping track of mating edges:
Slide the carcase back:
Then tilt it up so the mating edges are aligned. I used double sided tape to secure it:
Take it to the...
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230 days ago
by TripleB |
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BONUS POINTS at the end!
Well I finally had success with making the stem, and now things are moving along a little quicker. I guess the third time is the charm! If you’ve been following this blog you’ll know that making the wrap around stem has been my nemesis on this project, and it took me 3 tries to get it the way I wanted it to be. The below pictures are the completed stem (minus some more sanding).
This next one shows the result that I needed for the wrap around st...
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236 days ago
by TripleB |
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When things turn bad, it seems to snowball! In my last post I was saying how happy I was that everything was going so well (Yes I know that post was a while ago at this point, sorry bout that), and it was, until I tried to lay the Lilly out to match the flower to the stem. It simply would not work because the stem was not thick enough. The problem is, I was so concerned about wrapping the stem around the back, I never considered how high it would need to be on the front. Whoops! I intend to l...
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270 days ago
by TripleB |
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I spent most of yesterday working on the Lilly, but didn’t quite finish it up. I did not want to update the blog until the Lilly was as finished as it could be. I spent a little time this morning finishing up the Lilly and than moved right into making the bird itself. I am going to make another blog post this evening on the birds progress as soon as I am done with this one.
I used some different woods to finish up the Lilly. The leaves in back are Maple, the stem is Bubinga and the s...
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272 days ago
by TripleB |
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I was able to get some of the Lilly done today. Wood’s I finally decided on are White Poplar, Red Cedar and Bubinga for the stem. I’m not sure how much time I will have to work on it today, but I should be able to get a little more done. I have another order I need to work on and get that out today, so the Hummer might take a bit of a back seat today.
This is a short update, there just isn’t much more to say that the picture already does.
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273 days ago
by TripleB |
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Unfortunately, the last week or so, it’s been very difficult for me to get into the shop to work on the hummingbird. But now I should be able to get back at it, the only set back now is when the Wenge wood I ordered gets here. I will not be able to finish the hummer with out it, but I can work around it until it arrives. The Wenge is only on the bird, so I will work on the Lilly flowers in the mean time.
I was able to get the bottom leaves done and partial frame together yesterday. I...
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538 days ago
by ScrollSawVideo |
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The following link is a video that I posted on YouiTube. The project is an easy quick gift for far away friends. Hope you try this and enjoy the project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufuxQyU6oKs
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