Older Chickadee's

[Rolf]

I did these a while ago they are a combination of JGR and modified Chickadee from Janette Square, a few of my own tweaks. The leaves are Lignum Vitae, some awesome color and grain. The other woods , Blue pine, Cedar, walnut, poplar. Wenge top of the head and polished ebony eyes. So you get the natural...

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I have been spending a bit more time on this project. It is a bit challenging with all of the pieces as they move every time I get near it. The only redeeming factor is the fact that is an old boat the is falling apart so a small gap here and there will be a non issue or a part of the design. ...

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Melanie I have made the one pictured in the link provided but a did my Chickadee a bit different....

I think that we are in business Rolf. Thanks so much for helping out with this. Charles

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OOPs, sorry I missed it. Happy Birthday Bob!

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I did a bit more yesterday. with some rough shaping. I have to be real careful with perspective on this piece, so I am spending a lot of time just staring at it. I will say that having a broad selection of sanding and detailing tools makes the process so much easier. Especially for the tiny pieces,...

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I am not surprised, It makes it a lot easier to buy a good tool from someone that is straight forward and actually uses that tool.
Not like going into a box store or other tool stores where the sales people know nothing about the saw or the Hobby.
Have most of the sales been on line or...

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Really nice! Dough board NOT a cutting board. It would be criminal to put a blade on that.
It is nice having a drum sander.

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My favorite little bird. I like the stack cut idea.

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Jim, Is the sugar pine the harder denser grain?

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I think bass wood is too soft as is the soft pine, I like poplar and the harder pines. For really tiny stuff I like cherry. This was cut in pine as you can see it is fuzzy and some antlers are missing. ...

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Any drawing program that you use has a learning curve, especially if you have never used any at all. I have a lot of drawing programs and in some ways that is even worse because I never spend enough time with any of them to get really comfortable. Inkscape is powerful and free! And there are lots of...

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Your skills are amazing!

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Thanks for the nice comments. here is an update.
The boats will get risers.
Tango, I have thought about that but I am not sure I want to do that. The trees will get lots of green. I can also print the original image and use it if need be for the sky and water.
Have you seen Judy's...

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I haven't done a real Intarsia project for a while so decided it was time. This is based on a painting done by one of my wife's relatives. Painted in 1922, called the north fork homestead.
I used the Pattern Wizard program to create my pattern, It will be around 13" x 9-1/2 when done....

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Another interesting design. Regarding blades I am working on a new Intarsia project and am using a Pegas MGT 2/0 R 15.4 Teeth per inch blade. Cutting maple etc. Very small kerf and great for the detailed parts.

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Carole if you read this, do you have a pattern for a small bell ?.
Or how about you Dave Van Ess with your magic program?

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Are you talking about cutting rings at different angles, then stacking and gluing them together. like the scroll saw bowls?
Also what are you calling little?
I turn small bells on the lathe. ...

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Hole saw? Another great design.

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Randy, it took me a while to get comfortable top feeding the Hawk. I had a couple of large fretwork projects early on with tiny holes #68 or 70 drill. Bottom feeding was killing my neck. I got very comfortable and fast top feeding the Hawk. I am sure with practice I would reach the same point with...