I found a LION!! in my shop

I think you should keep him for the shop mascot. It gives you something to start a conversation with.

-- Thos. Angle

I like the mascot idea. Perhaps a little finish to preserve him.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Ya got any more of that coffee?

Yeah, definately put a finish on that. It’s one of a kind.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Heh, that’s pretty cool!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Looks like they only need a mounting and finish…Those are great you should cut several thin sets and see how many more you might find.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

Just regular coffee, but my wife said start wearing your respirator!
Just my luck I find a lion and not the Virgin Mary, I’d could be on Ebay and planning my retierment.
I am going to cut some thin pieces and se what I can do, Any thoughts on how and what?

Thanks
Mark

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

That’s pretty cool. Nice of you to share that pic…. though I might see a “Shaggy Dog” in there instead (if I look to long at it)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I am with everyone else put a finish on it and keep it. Very cool.

-- James Elrod Jr.

I’d cut 1/8” slices and see if his expression changed….maybe there is a picture of Elvis in there…..:) I’d also finish the slices….pretty cool.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

magnificent.
“The spirit of the wood” takes many forms.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Some of my best designs are by accident. (I certainly don’t have talent)

What it looks like must depend on our upbringing. Like ScottB I thought it was a dog.

Cut a couple of slices off and you can have a pride of lions you will be proud of.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

I was going to say the samething, but a couldn’t decide wether to use Pride, or Herd. ;)

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

A HERD of lions????? Of course I’ve herd of lions.

-- Thos. Angle

LOL

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Well, if you decide it was a dog you’ll have to pack it in.

Or we can tell shaggy dog stories all night long.

If you make a jewelry box you have the guard dog right there.

The mane thing if it is a lion is that you would have to dye it.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

OK Friends;
I have decided to chop up my vise jaws to make jewlery box or something. (Shaggy dog I see that
Here’s the question (maybe some of you trinket box makers)
I have no band saw, I have a 80 tooth crosscut Freud 1/8 kerf and a 3/32 kerf Forrest WWII.40 tooth combo. I just got the forrest and it cuts almost as smooth on crosscuts, just worried about what thickness and blade!

What blade should I use?

How thin can I cut the wood (It is crossgrain) without causing it to fall apart ?

I got the maple from Home el Dumpo, it was labeled hard maple but I think this piece was soft maple.
Thanks gals and guys

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

I like Bob’s idea..and if you cut the pieces thin enough you could make one of those flip book movies and make the lion move….ha…

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

a group of 3 or four would make a great art collection on the wall

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

to answer your question I think you are going to be able to cut it about one blade thinness. If that works you can then try thinner, Grain looks to be basically vertical so you should be OK.
Either blade should work. Take the one that has the least blade offset.
My $.03

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Yes I’d cut 1/8” pieces, but be careful the cutoff piece doesn’t fly around and end up being chopped by an errant sawblade.

I think it would look great all put together in a frame from nothing to lions to nothing.

And you can always make a new piece for your vise, Maybe it’ll be the Virgin Mary, and a casino will want it.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thanks All for your input, I’m going to try to do somthing with it and I’ll post it then
Thanks Again
Mark

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

I wouldn’t use my table saw. Too much kerf and likely to chip out. I’d hand cut them.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Ellen Degeneres likes these kind of things.. you should email a pix of it to her :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Did you ever cut any slices to see if you could get a Pride of Lions?

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

MsDebbieP I don’t have her Email,
Dick ,I havent got around to it yet, I leave town for 2-3 days at a time and am trying to finish my router station, when I do I’ll post I’m going to try cuts on the oppisite end to test my ability, if it doesn’t work I might wait till I go up north, my Father in Law has a good bandsaw.

Mark

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/dearellen/

she did a whole series of “guest appearances” with a potato chip that had a happy face in it.

And she’s an animal lover—so, hey.. you just never know what might happen!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)