My first stab at fretwork!
I'm doing portraits of my sister's Westie and my brother's toy poodle. Here is the finished Westie. The dog's name is Medb (pronounced "Mave"). It's a Celtic name. First picture is the finished scrollwork next to the gray printed pattern and the source photograph. Second picture is a closer look at the scrollwork.
It's 12 x 12 Baltic birch plywood cut with a FD flat-end #5 spiral blade on a DW788. It took 5 hours to cut and probably just as long to make the pattern. What a fun project - I'm very pleased and am looking forward to starting on the toy poodle.
Question for experienced fretters out there: Any tips to minimize tearout and fuzzies on the bottom of the project? The spiral blades are great, but..... I tried tape on the bottom - it helped somewhat, but not completely. Do they make reverse spiral blades?
I'm doing portraits of my sister's Westie and my brother's toy poodle. Here is the finished Westie. The dog's name is Medb (pronounced "Mave"). It's a Celtic name. First picture is the finished scrollwork next to the gray printed pattern and the source photograph. Second picture is a closer look at the scrollwork.
It's 12 x 12 Baltic birch plywood cut with a FD flat-end #5 spiral blade on a DW788. It took 5 hours to cut and probably just as long to make the pattern. What a fun project - I'm very pleased and am looking forward to starting on the toy poodle.
Question for experienced fretters out there: Any tips to minimize tearout and fuzzies on the bottom of the project? The spiral blades are great, but..... I tried tape on the bottom - it helped somewhat, but not completely. Do they make reverse spiral blades?
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