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RaymondMillbrae

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ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« on: January 05, 2011, 03:56:42 am »
Since I am new here,

let me show yall one of the first projects I made with my scroll saw.

I was a plaque for a co-worker of mine. (I collect tarantulas, and so does my friend. Can you tell)?

This was the finished cut on 3/4" pine. Later the edges were beveled, the wood was stained and laquered, and a black backing was added to it.

If you look closely, you will see a few of my beginner errors. I guess there is always room for improvement.

If you squint your eyes, you will see the image better. :)

In Christ: Raymond

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Dawie

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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2011, 04:22:13 am »
I saw the spidy straight away. Nice piece of work, bet it looked great with the black backing. Did not spot your errors, but as you may find out we don't mistakes we just alter the pattern as one of our friends here keeps on reminding us.
David
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tux_linux

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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2011, 04:32:03 am »
nice!

There is always room for improvement - I hope so too  ;)
But I also know, I'm more critical to myself than other people are.

regards,
Torsten
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Offline julief

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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 07:53:48 am »
Once you pull the pattern off - who knows???  Looks great.
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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2011, 10:31:21 am »
I think it looks great for your first try.  The mistakes, well we all make them, but that is what makes them a one of a kind piece.  Guess that is why I do not stack cut.  LOL.  The mistake you talking about, is it in the O's?  Just an observation. 
I too saw the spider right away.  Not hard to miss since I see them all the time around here.
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2011, 10:48:03 am »
Nice work for your first try.  :)
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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2011, 10:59:22 am »
very nice (scary) job done.
thanks for sharing
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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2011, 11:13:16 am »
A very impressive project!  (albeit scary!)  You did a great job!  :)

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Mainewoods

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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011, 02:26:35 pm »
Outside of the O's Cherie mentioned, I don't see any mistakes!  ...and you may have intended the O's to not have centers.  Artistic interpretation rules in the scroll saw world!!!!!  Looks great!  Keep 'em coming!
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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #9 on: January 05, 2011, 06:35:43 pm »
No such thing as a mistake, call it an artistic design change!
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RaymondMillbrae

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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2011, 08:55:38 pm »
Thanks for the feedback, scrollers.

Actually, yall were correct. I did make a "boo-boo" on the letter "O".

I had them connected very finely, but one of the connections broke. So for them to match, I dropped the center of the donut on both of them.

It looked all right, so I was OK with it.

I am still not too good with the scroll saw, so I was using Flying Dutchman, #2, Spiral Reverse, blades.

The #2 blade was kind of small for the 3/4" pine wood, but I went slowly, and it afforded me the opportunity to make all those fine points and details I wanted.  Yea...I cheated and used the spiral reverse blades, but it made-up for my inexperiense with a regular 2-way cut blade.

I will get better with a few more projects.

Thanks again.

In Christ: Raymond
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Marshall

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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2011, 10:49:06 am »
Raymond this good for the first time and you are right you made a good decision  , keep up the practice - this make anyone get better I know .........
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RaymondMillbrae

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« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2011, 11:31:43 am »
Quote from: Marshall on January 06, 2011, 10:49:06 am
Raymond this good for the first time and you are right you made a good decision  , keep up the practice - this make anyone get better I know .........

Thank you.

In Christ: Raymond
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Re: ONE OF MY FIRST PROJECTS
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2011, 07:34:46 pm »
Good job Raymond, and thanks for posting. It is a learning process, and thanks to this forum the learning curve is shortened.

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