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camerio wrote:Very nice work.
Where do you get your design or model ?

http://www.stevedgood.com/catalog/index.php

He has a lot of nice designs for a variety of occasions. I usually end up making 2-3 of each design in various sizes, depending on what size piece of scrap I have laying around.

Beave, the amount of fine detail in your work is amazing. My favorite one is Madonna and child in the heart frame, with the lovely organic highlight curves.

How large are the ornaments? I'm guessing that the material is a plywood -- otherwise some of the finer structures would be impossibly fragile.

BuckeyeDennis wrote:Beave, the amount of fine detail in your work is amazing. My favorite one is Madonna and child in the heart frame, with the lovely organic highlight curves.

How large are the ornaments? I'm guessing that the material is a plywood -- otherwise some of the finer structures would be impossibly fragile.

They are about 4" tall and I prefer solid wood for most of my scroll sawing. These were made from scrap mahogany and hard maple (from my big fretwork shelf). The mahogony is too loose grained and did have some trouble with some of the fine details, the hard maple on the other hand... holds up like a champ. So I prefer to use the hard maple when I do most of my work. Plywood I have tried, but the finished product just doesn't produce the desired look for me.

And yes some parts are fragile, but its decorative so it doesn't get too much banging around. Still, a 1/16" piece of wood is remarkably strong for what you would think. Especially the hard maple (love how strong it is, hate how it dulls my blades like crazy).

Thanks, he has a lot of interesting designs.