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Well I decided to jump in with both feet and this is the result. Not matted or framed yet. This is one of Jeff Zaffino's wonderful free patterns. The biggest problem I have is that I can't get any real good plywood. So I have to deal with some blows. This was cut out of 1/3 inch 5 ply wood. I have no idea what kind of wood it is. Everything is in Chinese Characters. Had to deal with a couple of small pieces breaking off. So I had to leave a little more wood in the real delicate areas. Critique Please.
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MinotBob
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AWESOME. I can feel the tension!CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ"proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net."Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21 -
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Bob, that's a fine piece if work. Like Carl said it really conveys what's happening. That's called a "Gap" in a fence that the cowboy is closing and believe me I've done it a thousand times. I could see at first glance what the portrait was showing. GREAT WORK!!!!
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What a terrific first project! Well done, Bob.
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This looks awesome. I've tried to tighten fence before and it is really not that easy, takes some arm strength.
Thanks for sharing!
Carrie
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Wonderful looking piece! Makes me want to go to my saw and make some dust! Thanks for sharing.
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Truely , Truly , Very nice job on that first piece. You sure wound'nt know it was. Keep up the good work. and if you did that with plywood with voids. just think how good it will be to saw some better ply wood. those blowouts are a pain. but I sure can't tell where yours are. good job. your friend EvieComment
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Hi Bob,
That is awesome
Very nice work, congrats.
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Great Work :-)
Charlie,Comment
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Send me the lettering of the "Chinese Characters" and we'll see if we can't translate that for you.Originally posted by MinotBob
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I can ask my secretary to do that also I just haven't. Thanks for the offer though.MinotBob
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Keep up the good work, practice practice. Where did you find 1/3 inch plywood? That is new to me.
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It's actually metric, 8mm. I dunno why. The 1/8 inch sized plywood is actually 5mm, about 1/5 inch. So my plywood is running a little thicker than I'd like. When I'm home this summer I'm going to pickup some good 1/8 and 1/4 12X14 inch BB and bring it back with me.Originally posted by ZooZoo1MinotBob
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