I have been trying to purge my basement and shop of "stuff". I had enough yesterday and needed a sawdust fix. I cut the compound cut Water bird designed by Diana Thompson and test cut by my friend Joe Pascucci, a fellow club member. I followed his suggestion of using a harder wood, maple. I normally use a softer pine for the compound cuts. For added strength I saturated it with CA glue. Then just for fun I painted it like an Egret. It is 1-1/2 inches tall. Egrett painted.jpg
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For a sawdust fix you sure were productive!. I love what you did to the water bird.Linda at www.ArtIngrained.com
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It’s a secret he’s been keeping from us.😂🤪Betty
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Now if you were Local competition I would keep all sorts of ideas from you.. All kidding aside CA glue is a staple in my shop, not just for fixing stuff that I break but as preemptive strike against cracks when I do some bowl turning. The thin CA really penetrates into the wood (and fingers) I normally cut the compound stuff from soft pine, absolutely no strength, so I followed Joe's suggestion and used maple. I have always used Cherry for the reindeer for the same reason. The CA glue was an after thought so I gave it a shot.
This cut with only the one leg still seemed a bit too delicate so I tried the CA, it seems to really help.
As I write this I am thinking that I have a bottle of wood hardener used for wood rot. I wonder how that would work.
PS Betty, with your track record you should probably double glove full body armor etc. or you will be walking around with a new bird appendage. LOLLast edited by Rolf; 01-18-2021, 09:05 AM.Rolf
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Originally posted by DaveVanEss View PostI guess you have some egrets
Lots of Egrets and Great blue Herons, An recently we have had several families of Bald Eagles move into a local nature preserve.Rolf
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