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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: GrayBeard on October 08, 2011, 01:33:33 pm

Title: Watching...Waiting!
Post by: GrayBeard on October 08, 2011, 01:33:33 pm
Finally got the OK to cut so I finished this one...

Pattern by Ron 'joleet' Taylor..Thanks!

5/8" Basswood 'plank' I picked up at a woodworkers show for $5.00
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Post by: dgman on October 08, 2011, 02:46:21 pm
That's a beauty GB. wonderful pattern too!
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Post by: newfie on October 08, 2011, 03:05:49 pm
great job GB thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Judy Hunter on October 08, 2011, 03:07:30 pm
You do great work! That is a nice one
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Post by: SheGold on October 08, 2011, 04:33:40 pm
GB congrats on getting to make sawdust... Beautiful work on the wolf... Sheila
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Post by: DWSudekum on October 08, 2011, 04:42:17 pm
Very nicely cut.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW
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Post by: Joleet on October 08, 2011, 05:26:17 pm
Wow GB that is a great cut. You are very welcome for the pattern,  it was my privilege to work with you...Ron
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Post by: Russ C on October 08, 2011, 07:24:19 pm
Awesome job GB, it is beautiful.  :)
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Post by: wombatie on October 10, 2011, 12:55:10 am
Wow GB thats awesome.  Well done.

Marg
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Post by: Marcellarius on October 10, 2011, 07:01:32 am
WOW, great job GB,
looks awesome.
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Post by: Tim2beupinAz on October 10, 2011, 06:17:53 pm
Very nice work there.
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Post by: Reaper on October 10, 2011, 08:26:18 pm
I like it alot, nice work......
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Post by: Bill P on October 10, 2011, 10:02:34 pm
That's one of my favorite wolf patterns.  Great job, GB.  Was the basswood easy to work with?

Bill
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Post by: GrayBeard on October 11, 2011, 01:42:07 pm
The basswood is very soft and cuts easily. You have to be especially careful of the very small detail areas so that they do not 'break off'! This plank was 5/8" thinck.

For this particular piece I used FD New Spiral 2/0 blades and they performed well.

GrayBeard's Spiral advice...Strong tension, Fast Saw speed and SLOOOOOOW feed rate!

I have since acquired some Galaxy Spirals from Cherry Tree and I find two things so far...

1. Tension is critical, they are so fine and the twisted nature of the blade makes then vulnerable to breaking even before you start cutting if you over 'tension' them.

2. They are EXTREMELY aggressive! You really have to slow your feed rate even more so than with other small spirals. I also had to slow the saw speed to allow for the aggressiveness. Long straight or curved cuts are a virtual impossibility! They grab the grain and go!

~~~GB~~~
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Post by: yyyyyguy on October 11, 2011, 10:24:18 pm
Nice work!

Pete
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Post by: Dawie on October 12, 2011, 08:04:27 am
Looks great GB
David