From a Pattern by Grampa

[BigPete]

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 !

[Russ C]

Looks great, nick work. We all started as a rookie. 

[Keefie]

nice work, you could never tell you had a problem with it.

[daliclimbs]

Has a nice streamline look to it.. great pattern and great cutting!

[dgman]

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.

[Barry]

Live and learn Pete, we have all been there.  The portrait looks great.  Nice pattern and good cutting.

Barry

[TripleB]

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

[wombatie]

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

[bampasr]

you did a great job on the cutting.

[frankorona]

Looks great, facial expressions very well done.

[BigPete]

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  i did tell them what happened and offered to recut it but they said absolutly not . so everyones a winner will get better quality ply in the future..Pete

ps: i did give them a christmas discount !

[Marshall]

Over all Pete I also think one heck of a good job ..........material can be a pain once in a while I know ..............MB

[Marcellarius]

looks great.