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[PuzzledMoose]

For all over you who were born in the Year of the Pig, which is just about to begin - here's a cutting for you ...

1/2 inch oak - patern from the Fowlers - dunked in BLO .... and the inside cuts with an Olson 2R which I hated! I'd run out of suitable FD blades... but the mailman brought some more today ....

[SharonW0111]

Ian-- that is the cutest pig I have seen in a long time--but I would still eat him if he was cooked.
Sharon

[Dragon]

That's nice Ian. Yes I think that a lot of pig things will be cut this year.
Diane

[will8989]

Really nice. Where did you get the pattern? I'm looking for different things for my shows this year since I have so many and that looks great and fast cutting.

Betty

[PuzzledMoose]

Really nice. Where did you get the pattern? I'm looking for different things for my shows this year since I have so many and that looks great and fast cutting.

Betty

They're from Wayne and Jacob Fowler. The dragon one from the set is on the thread I posted a few minutes ago called Here be Dragons ...

They are designed to have a small stand under them - I just haven't done that yet ...

I was actually thinking that they might look good just cut from thin ply and put in a photo frame - they could be stackcut then ...

The site is here Betty http://www.free-webspace.biz/fantasi...Fret_Other.htm

They're the same people who did your owl/hawk design ... has it disappeared into another pile now?

[Mackem]

nice one ian, even more inspiration for me.

[MikeDingas]

Nice job, Ian. What didn't you like about the Olson's?

[PuzzledMoose]

What didn't you like about the Olson's?

Certainly not as aggressive as FD blades and they didn't last as long. They generally felt slower to cut with. I used 3 2R Olsons cutting the inside cuts on that pig and only 1 FD SR #3 cutting the inside of the dragon on the other thread.

I used a #5 FD SR to cut the outside shape of both.

[Dragon]

Just went to that site and they have nice patterns that I would like. Will have to wait until money comes in. There just is too much that I want right now. Must start producing.
Diane

[NC Scroller]

Ian, beautiful job. I have just the person in mind I could make that for. However because of you I now have a problem. You pointed me to that dang web site. They have some great stuff. Now I have to decide if I want to take that second job so I can buy all those patterns. Of course taking that second job would leave zero time to scroll. The other option is to wait for my ship to come in (ha,ha,ha). I guess I will just go back into the shop and meditate.

[MikeDingas]

Year of the Pig, huh? That explains why Berrybaskets free pattern for January is a pig theme.

[Dragon]

Yes, everything will be pig this year.
Diane

[Dragon]

Ian
The dragon and the pig are from the collection of zodiac signs? How big are they? The collection sure looks good and I'm thinking of getting the patterns.
Diane

[Rolf]

Ian I like your Piggy,
RE: Olson 2R vs Fd 3SR is not a fair comparison.
the 2R has 20 tpi while the FD3 SR has 13 tpi of course the FD blade will cut faster.

[PuzzledMoose]

Ian
The dragon and the pig are from the collection of zodiac signs? How big are they?

Just for you and went and found a ruler ..lol The pig is approx 9x41/2 nd and the
dragon 7x7 ins. Either would reduce a bit though and still be perfectectly cuttable - there are no tiny holes in them.

They are a nice set - actually I got 13 patterns rather than 12 - for some reason there are 2 different horses - which is fine by me - I'm a horse ...lol

I'll post some more when I get them cut so you can see what they look like.