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I picked up a few “Bois D’Arc” slabs on a recent trip to Texas. It’s also known as Hedge and Osage Orange. I came home and spent a few weeks trying to design just the right pattern for one of them. I’m pretty happy with this one.
Ooops, based on the comments, I guess it’s not clear. This is scrollwork. I designed the pattern, apply it to the wood and drill “starter” holes. The project was cut out using #1 FD-SR (Flying Dutchman flat skip-reverse tooth) blades and contained 251 cuts total.
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Bradford
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posted 103 days ago
Is that pyrography? or a stencil design. Either way, it’s very nice.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
CharlieM1958
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posted 103 days ago
Looks like scrollsaw work to me. Amazing if that is the case.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Scott Bryan
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posted 103 days ago
Kevin,
This is beautiful. You did a nice job on this.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Allison
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posted 65 days ago
I am seeing this for the first time and looked at all your projects. Is this wood fairly hard or are you really confident on your scrolling, I am always afraid of breaks when scrolling. This looks as if there are a lot of close cuts. I love it I am glad I just found this. PEACE!!!
-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!
KevinD
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posted 4 days ago
Gee, sorry for the delay folks, I thought I had answered your questions. Yes, this is fretwork. I design these types of patterns and several have been featured in Scrollsaw Woodworking and crafts. Regarding the hardness of the wood, Osage Orange (which this is) is about 2000 on the janka hardness scale (red oak is around 1200 for reference) so yes it is a very hard wood. I had no breakage with this piece as the grain is very tight.
Thanks for the kind words btw!
Kevin