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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: Dan26 on March 02, 2013, 11:01:10 pm

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Post by: Dan26 on March 02, 2013, 11:01:10 pm

This one is cut from a not-so-good piece of cherry. There was some good sized pieces of insect damage on the back but I thought I'd give it a try. I'm not thrilled with it. It's about 15" x 8" and took about 3 hours. I went against my norm and used FD#3 spirals. It saved a little time cutting but I did spend a little more time cleaning the fuzzies. Finished with one coat of BLO followed by four coats of satin poly.

I ordered the pattern with some wood from Sloan's. Problem is...I was in such a hurry to cut the pattern that I didn't make a copy. Oh well, not the first dumb thing I've done.

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Post by: jrpeteo on March 02, 2013, 11:10:58 pm

I like the wood and the edge treatment you gave it, and nicely cut too.
Pete

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Post by: dgman on March 02, 2013, 11:27:06 pm

I like it Dan. The defects in the wood add character to the piece!
One of my rules is to make two copies of the pattern before I cut it. One to have later, and one to have in case I make a mistake.

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Post by: saggioculo on March 03, 2013, 01:26:09 am

This came out very nice!

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Post by: BigPete on March 03, 2013, 04:04:46 am

nicely done Dan ...Pete

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Post by: smitty0312 on March 03, 2013, 06:38:01 am

I like that alot Dan, nice job all around.

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Post by: Keefie on March 03, 2013, 08:04:04 am

that is beautiful, I like your choice of wood too.
Whenever I get a pattern the first thing I do is scan it to my hard drive and also save a copy to a memory stick, then I print out any copies I need but I'll always have the back up.

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Post by: frankorona on March 03, 2013, 08:07:23 am

Very nice job, looks great, thanks for sharing

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Post by: Russ C on March 03, 2013, 08:21:44 am

Looks fantastic, a real nice job. Thanks for sharing.  :)

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Post by: heiko rettberg on March 03, 2013, 08:46:54 am

Looks greate, fantastic work.

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Post by: Al W on March 03, 2013, 12:38:34 pm

A very nice cutting Dan, and I agree with the "defects" in the wood adding character to the work.  I have cut pieces out of Cedar with all the holes - really different and I have had some nice comments.  Keep it up with the "insect" cherry, the look is great, and yeah - thanks for sharing this beauty with us.

Al

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Post by: cdrover(Clyde) on March 03, 2013, 09:32:13 pm

Super job on that one. Nicely done, thanks for sharing.

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Post by: countryscroller on March 03, 2013, 11:15:00 pm

Nice work

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Post by: wombatie on March 04, 2013, 12:28:34 am

I think its fantastic.  I love the wood I love the pattern and I love the defects.  Plus I doubt it will be the last dumb thing you do too.  LOL  Thats what makes us human.

Marg

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Post by: Tomsunnu on March 04, 2013, 02:31:31 am

Dan , looks very nice and I too love the wood and the finish you gave :)

Thanks

Mahendra

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Post by: newfie on March 04, 2013, 09:58:31 am

looks great thanks for sharing

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Post by: bettyswood on March 06, 2013, 06:49:53 pm

I absolutely love it, you did a fantastic job, you can always order another pattern.

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Post by: Marcellarius on March 09, 2013, 11:09:47 am

I know the feeling that things don't go well, but I looked at it and I think it's amazing!
I really love the pattern and think the wood is great!