Yet another Sheila Landry Pattern

[Mainewoods]

Goldfinch from Sheila's Seasonal Songbird Series.  3/8" Baltic birch ply, lemon oil, satin lacquer, 1/8 birch ply backer with Pecan Polyshades stain.  Cut with FD UR #3 blade.  Had some problems drilling the holes in the frame.  I think my bit might be dull.  Even with an attached backer, the bit still did some tearing on the back side.  Wasn't pretty when I got done drilling it, but after some sanding, I got it to be acceptable.  Bday present for my sister.

[julief]

Beautiful job.

[frankorona]

amazing and wonderful
you have a great talent

[cameronj]

Looks great.  I love Sheila's patterns.....have been cutting the leaf patterns for many years.
Jim

[marmoh]

Absolutely beautiful ... your sister is going to love it.

[Intarsia92]

Looks beautiful, Nice job cutting. It makes a perfect gift. Great Pattern.

[Bill P]

Beautiful job! 

Bill

[mrsn]

Nice job! I love when people posts projects that I have seen and forgot about. I think I have this one buried in the to-do pile. Yours is fantastic.
as for the tear out, did you use a backing piece when you drilled the holes? Having the work piece held tightly to another piece can prevent some of the tearout.
Great Job!
MrsN

[dgman]

Hey Mainewoods, That is a beautiful piece!

[newfie]

beautiful work and great pattern thank for posting

[DWSudekum]

Excellent cutting. Beautiful workmanship.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

[sbudinger]

Looks great thanks for posting

[bluesuede]

Great job, real nice present, congrats...
Bruce

[Merlin]

Nice cutting mate, as for the tear out on the back I have found that speed is the key to tear out, even for a small bit the faster the better (sharp bits do help lol)

***Merlin***

[lwilli]

You did an absolutely wonderful job on this project. You took a great pattern and brought it to life. You are very talented and it shows.

Louis