I am sure I am not the first to do this. I planned to make a few segmentation pieces for the kids for Christmas (I am sure that is what they want instead of Wii games :rotflm: but they will get those also 
). I found some incredibly good pine at HD (somebody was sleeping - an 8' 1x12 with one dime size knot that doesn't go all the way though with some nice grain made it into the shelf wood pile) laid out patterns and rough cut the pieces. After I attached the patterns, I tried cutting a little (not on a real one fortunately; tested first) to see if a 1/8" BS blade on the little BS would work. The turns were too tight and I broke a blade confirming that. So I moved on to my lousy little pinned scroll saw. It was working but oh so slow and not quite the detail I was after.
I was bummed. I was shaking my head not knowing what to do next when I heard something in one of my tool drawers. It was the small veiner in my palm set calling my name. I actually tried the V some, but the crisp edges don't look right to me for what I ended up doing. I followed the pattern with the veiner, trying to vary the depth slightly for emphasis in spots but never going very deep - this is not relief - it is faux woodburning (using faux skills):
The thin outermost line will disappear; it is the guide line for rounding. I used walnut gel stain and wiped it on and let it sit a bit, then wiped it off and then used #0000 steel wool with a buffing motion. It isn't done, but I think this is going to work. It has the look of an ancient wood cut.
). I found some incredibly good pine at HD (somebody was sleeping - an 8' 1x12 with one dime size knot that doesn't go all the way though with some nice grain made it into the shelf wood pile) laid out patterns and rough cut the pieces. After I attached the patterns, I tried cutting a little (not on a real one fortunately; tested first) to see if a 1/8" BS blade on the little BS would work. The turns were too tight and I broke a blade confirming that. So I moved on to my lousy little pinned scroll saw. It was working but oh so slow and not quite the detail I was after.I was bummed. I was shaking my head not knowing what to do next when I heard something in one of my tool drawers. It was the small veiner in my palm set calling my name. I actually tried the V some, but the crisp edges don't look right to me for what I ended up doing. I followed the pattern with the veiner, trying to vary the depth slightly for emphasis in spots but never going very deep - this is not relief - it is faux woodburning (using faux skills):
The thin outermost line will disappear; it is the guide line for rounding. I used walnut gel stain and wiped it on and let it sit a bit, then wiped it off and then used #0000 steel wool with a buffing motion. It isn't done, but I think this is going to work. It has the look of an ancient wood cut.
