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I recently took on a project for money. I seldom do this because it seems to erase the fun of the scrolling.
I have the business sense of a gnat so I will make nothing on the project.
Estimate of the project to the purchaser was $80
The project is an inlayed crest, a coat of arms.
It consists of shield with two stag heads, erased. Between the stag heads ia a crescent with a fiched cross. A horizontal band has three annulets or rings
Beloow that is a tower.
So I chose the woods, based partly on what I had in my shop and partly on the colours. I ended up buying a piece of maple for 12 dollars, I will have wood left for other projects. I used the thickness planer to make the wood 1/2" thick. the woods are maple, black walnut and cherry.
I layed out the pattern and started cutting out the inlays. here come the lessons
Lesson one
I thought I could use a thin blade to make a tighter cut. It doesnt matter how thick the blade is if the wood is set out on the correct angle to make the inlays flush.
The thin blade...a number one.... bent in the turns. The pieces were very very tight when I was done. So tight I tapped them in with a hammer.
Lesson two
Maple isnt necessarily stronger than walnut!
Lesson three
Wood glue and sawdust can fill a slight gap but polyurethane and sawdust will do a better job.
Lesson four
Make sure you have enough wood to do two projects incase the first goes wrong.
I don't know if those lessons are embedded in my head yet. I do know I enjoy scrolling much more when there is no money involved.
When I first started scrolling, the man who got me hooked came over.
He had a short story on a piece of paper.
When I do a project for money, I tend to lose sight of the enjoyment.
I will post a picture of the project when it is complete. I am just debating whether I should go buy more wood and start over, or be creative and correct my mistakes on this project.
I have the business sense of a gnat so I will make nothing on the project.
Estimate of the project to the purchaser was $80
The project is an inlayed crest, a coat of arms.
It consists of shield with two stag heads, erased. Between the stag heads ia a crescent with a fiched cross. A horizontal band has three annulets or rings
Beloow that is a tower.
So I chose the woods, based partly on what I had in my shop and partly on the colours. I ended up buying a piece of maple for 12 dollars, I will have wood left for other projects. I used the thickness planer to make the wood 1/2" thick. the woods are maple, black walnut and cherry.
I layed out the pattern and started cutting out the inlays. here come the lessons
Lesson one
I thought I could use a thin blade to make a tighter cut. It doesnt matter how thick the blade is if the wood is set out on the correct angle to make the inlays flush.
The thin blade...a number one.... bent in the turns. The pieces were very very tight when I was done. So tight I tapped them in with a hammer.
Lesson two
Maple isnt necessarily stronger than walnut!
Lesson three
Wood glue and sawdust can fill a slight gap but polyurethane and sawdust will do a better job.
Lesson four
Make sure you have enough wood to do two projects incase the first goes wrong.
I don't know if those lessons are embedded in my head yet. I do know I enjoy scrolling much more when there is no money involved.
When I first started scrolling, the man who got me hooked came over.
He had a short story on a piece of paper.
A doctor went to a lake to relax, he saw an old man cutting wood to build a cabin. The doctor went back to work, a few months later he craved the lake and came back. The same old timer was peeling the logs. The doctor liked the lake so much he bought some land. The next month the doctor returned to see the old man notching logs and building his cabin. The doctor shipped in a prefab home and set up a dock with a boat. He went back to the city.
In the spring he came back and the old man was sitting on the porch of a log cabin. The doctor went up to him to look at the cabin. He admired it and then turned to the old man saying.
"You are an elderly man, why didnt you just do what I did and buy a cabin sit down and enjoy it for a year instead of toiling all the time I saw you."
The elderly man turned to him and said "I get my enjoyment from doing, not from what is accomplished"
In the spring he came back and the old man was sitting on the porch of a log cabin. The doctor went up to him to look at the cabin. He admired it and then turned to the old man saying.
"You are an elderly man, why didnt you just do what I did and buy a cabin sit down and enjoy it for a year instead of toiling all the time I saw you."
The elderly man turned to him and said "I get my enjoyment from doing, not from what is accomplished"
I will post a picture of the project when it is complete. I am just debating whether I should go buy more wood and start over, or be creative and correct my mistakes on this project.
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