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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: BigPete on December 12, 2011, 10:25:34 am

Title: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: BigPete on December 12, 2011, 10:25:34 am
Hi This is a portrait from a Pattern Kindly done by Paul "Aka" Grampa  ;) for me , unfortunatly i broke off some of the ply facing just as i was finishing it and only had done one copy  >:( >:( so on the lookout for better quality ply !.
i have adapted the pattern to try to hide my mistake  but i feel real bad as that is not the way it shoud have looked  ! ah well the learning experience ! ;)(http://)
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: Russ C on December 12, 2011, 10:44:35 am
Looks great, nick work. We all started as a rookie.  :)
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: Keefie on December 12, 2011, 11:07:39 am
nice work, you could never tell you had a problem with it.
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: daliclimbs on December 12, 2011, 12:21:40 pm
Has a nice streamline look to it.. great pattern and great cutting!
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: dgman on December 12, 2011, 02:58:29 pm
Hey Pete, You did a good job on the cutting! Congratulations. This is another reason to stack cut. That way you have more than one copy if one is damaged.
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: Barry on December 12, 2011, 11:09:12 pm
Live and learn Pete, we have all been there.  The portrait looks great.  Nice pattern and good cutting.

Barry
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: TripleB on December 12, 2011, 11:26:40 pm
Hey Pete,

They really came out great! Don't beat yourself up over a mistake, I looked for it, I don't see it! That's the cool thing about this scroll saw stuff, most of the time nobody knows when you make a mistake, unless you show the pattern right next to it, which would be, well, kinda odd.

You did a great job of covering the mistake, whatever it was, don't worry about making more. 

The pattern is a guide, not an absolute, once you realize that, scroll sawing gets much easier.

Bob
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: wombatie on December 12, 2011, 11:58:36 pm
A great pattern and a great cutting.  If you can't see where the ply broke off don't say anything, because you will be the only person that will know.

Marg











Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: bampasr on December 13, 2011, 07:28:36 am
you did a great job on the cutting.
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: frankorona on December 13, 2011, 09:16:19 am
Looks great, facial expressions very well done.
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: BigPete on December 13, 2011, 10:14:35 am
Thanks for all your kind comments ! as i said i had to adapt the pattern to cut out the piece that had broke off, it was directly above the young lady's eye and i joined two cuts together to cut out the offending piece ;) i also did this one more time so it did not look so out of place . I was happy with the pattern  up until then but as you all say it is a learning curve ! on the bright side i showed the couple in question the cutting and they are delighted with it  :D i did tell them what happened and offered to recut it but they said absolutly not . so everyones a winner ;D will get better quality ply in the future..Pete

ps: i did give them a christmas discount ! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: Marshall on December 14, 2011, 04:06:41 am
Over all Pete I also think one heck of a good job ..........material can be a pain once in a while I know ..............MB
Title: Re: From a Pattern by Grampa
Post by: Marcellarius on December 14, 2011, 01:47:26 pm
looks great.