To catch a thief

[sawduster]

Well , Mike Davis caught him first :eusa_clap

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Then he gave me permission to work with the photo and here is the result

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1/8 " cherry ply ( stack cut 3 ) #3 spiral ( what else :mrgreen: )

This booger has been quite challenging and took a little longer than usual because I had to keep walking away from it :BangHead: ....like walking 5 steps over to the lathe to take my mind off of it :gar-La;

Thanx Mike for a great opportunity ! :icon_thum

Thanx for lookin :mrgreen:

 

[flatheadfisher]

Great work! I couldn't put that on my wall, my dogs would bark at it...:rotflm:

 

[Travis Porter]

Robert, do you carve pumpkins???

 

[wdkits1]

Nice cutting Robert--can see where it might take some time . Very nice

 

[PChristy]

Well I had to keep walking away from it :BangHead: ....like walking 5 steps over to the lathe to take my mind off of it :gar-La;

I was wondering if you where still using that scroll saw - with all of the turning post you have had - Great job bro:icon_thum Where did you get the Cherry ply

 

[sawduster]

I was wondering if you where still using that scroll saw - with all of the turning post you have had - Great job bro:icon_thum Where did you get the Cherry ply

Back before Jeff Mills and FredP turned me on to working with real wood , I used to get all my hardwood ply from Sloans
I still have quite a stockpile of cherry and mahogany and some maple
I still deal with them from time to time and take advantage of their web specials on 1/8" ply

 

[Mike Davis]

Perfect!

A cherry thief in a cherry tree, captured in cherry wood. It doesn't get any better!

 

[Ken Massingale]

That's beautiful work Robert.

 

[Canuck]

Great work there, Robert!

I am sure it will be proudly displayed in a very prominent spot on someone's wall.:eusa_danc:eusa_danc

Wayne

 

[TedAS]

Robert you are a master scroller! :icon_thum

 

[FredP]

I see ya derustified the ol scrollsaw!:rotflm: nice job Robert.:icon_thum

 

[scsmith42]

Outstanding! Now does Mike get the "new picture" in exchange for the old one???? :gar-La;

This may be a dumb question, but is is possible to stack multiple sheets of play and scroll out several items at once?

 

[LeftyTom]

Scott, I am not a scroller (yet), but I believe you can cut one pattern multiple times by stacking a few pieces of ply (or other wood). The technique is referred to as "stacking".

Note: I deny any responsibility if any information dispensed by myself results in personal injury....or if it is correct! :rolf:

 

[PChristy]

Scott, I am not a scroller (yet), but I believe you can cut one pattern multiple times by stacking a few pieces of ply (or other wood). The technique is referred to as "stacking".

Note: I deny any responsibility if any information dispensed by myself results in personal injury....or if it is correct! :rolf:

You are correct in the term "stacking"

 

[Dragon]

Very nicely done. You guys are just way too talented.

 

[Mark Stewart]

As allways Duster you are truley amazing. Some day Ill get you to teach me how to make a pattern.

Thanks MArk:icon_thum:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:icon_thum

 

[Trent Mason]

Excellent work bro! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap Dude, you're just too talented. :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

 

[sawduster]

Outstanding! Now does Mike get the "new picture" in exchange for the old one???? :gar-La;

This may be a dumb question, but is is possible to stack multiple sheets of play and scroll out several items at once?

Not a dumb question at all . It is indeed called stack cutting and I do it with almost every piece , especially nature-type pieces. There are a few benefits. It is difficult to control the blade in a 1/8" piece of wood . Stacking several makes for better blade control . Additionally you can make various looks for the same piece. on this one, for instance, I used 1 piece of cherry ply, one piece of mahogany ply and a 1/4" piece of BB ply
The cherry one was for Mike right out of the gate, but I now have the advantage, for the same amount of work, of having 2 other versions.
When removing this much wood, the piece becomes fragile and stacking helps with that also

All in all this was a pretty satisfying project. I like working with homegrown pictures :icon_thum

Thanx everyone for the kind words :mrgreen: It was nice to have a marathon scrolling session ...I had almost forgotten how much I truly enjoy it :icon_thum

 

[CarvedTones]

Nice job as usual, Robert.

Another little note on Scott's question...
Most scroll saws (except for a few high end ones) don't pull the blade exactly vertical. Good ones come pretty close and cheap ones rock like crazy. Stack cutting something intricate is one of the few times I have been able to see why that matters.

 

[Mt. Gomer]

Very, VERY, cool my friend. Great work!