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Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« on: February 20, 2012, 05:33:33 pm »
Grampa posted this really cool F16 pattern in the patterns section, I just made a stand for it. It's made out of 3/4" Mahogany and oiled 50/50. Not sure yet if I'll give it a coat of lacquer or not, cus it's just so darn pretty as is!

Thanks Paul for the pattern.

Bob
« Last Edit: February 20, 2012, 05:55:01 pm by TripleB »

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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2012, 05:57:05 pm »
Awsome cut, well done, I dont think it needs any more doing to it, but it looks like dark red Meranty to me though.
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 06:10:47 pm »
Hey Iggy, You might very well be correct, this piece was given to me by a friend that told me it was Mahogany so I really don't know. By no means am I a wood identification expert, in fact I never heard of Meranty before. So thanks for the heads up.

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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2012, 06:28:28 pm »
That turned out great. Whatever the wood it's beautiful.
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2012, 06:34:36 pm »
gorgeous piece, nicely cut, and I love the colour.
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2012, 06:46:53 pm »
Very nicely done.  I know a couple of F16 drivers that would love to have that.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2012, 07:57:23 pm »
Beautiful!   Definitely on my list to cut.

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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2012, 08:07:58 pm »
Hey Bob, That came out great! Could it be Sapele?
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2012, 08:24:44 pm »
Goods great! I will have to visit the pattern section later.
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2012, 08:42:31 pm »
Looks awesome Bob, great job!
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2012, 10:17:07 pm »
That is one nice plane.  I looked at it up close and the lumber really looks like Brazilian Mahogany.  I had a man that was at one of my shows and he took my card and showed up at the house an brought me 14 pieces of Brazilian Mahogany.  He just gave them to me, and that plane really looks like it.

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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2012, 10:36:01 pm »
Thanks all for the great comments, as far as what wood it is, I don't know, all I know is I have a bunch of it and it looks good.

As far as the pattern goes, it was a tough one to cut, the letters are extremely small and delicate. I just made a new pattern that should be easier to cut with stronger letters, I'm going to cut another one tomorrow out of what I know is Walnut. So I thought I would share the updated pattern with everyone here.

Bob

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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2012, 02:06:37 am »
some great cutting on that one Bob ! The letters look really fine ...Pete
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2012, 07:29:21 am »
Great work Bob! Grabbed a copy and now i have to find good wood,which is a very uphill task in my part of the world :D
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Re: Grandpa's F16 Fighting Falcon
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2012, 08:11:29 am »
Great piece!
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