But I kept her in the shop for I have a larger version and the finished one can help when putting the pieces back together after the scroll saw cuts them out.

 This was the hardest sectioned piece puzzle I have attempted so dum me I thought I wanted to do a larger version.

    Since the pattern was so large I got my wife to help hold it to position it exactly where it should go before lowering it on to the stickum. Well I forgot  the most important step to save lots of extra time, I forgot to first put a layer of clear packing take on the wood before I sprayed the stickum .........  and that means I had to use lots of lacquer thinner to soften up the pattern pieces to pull them up then use more lacquer thinner to soften the stickum so it would come up leaving only the clean wood....One day and a half extra...No, just using regular paint thinner would have taken twice as long !!.

   Now , after one shapes and round the pieces and lowers some more than other pieces for the 3 D effect it is real important to letter or number all the pieces so later when I pick up a piece I will know  where it will go with out trying to fit it in randomly plus when trying to find a fit for a piece knowing which way it goes helps a lot, the top has to be up. 

   And I did find cutting the top off instead of the bottom will make the piece fit back in to its original place better.  So the numbers or letters has to be on the part that does not show. And I also use arrows on the left side of the pieces when standing at the bottom of the picture to help orientate the piece......And when the pattern is removed, the bottom and the top will look the same..  so for sure I want to make sure the bottom of the pieces of wood stays down while hunting for the place it goes....

   I use the band saw to shorten some pieces and since some are very small its advisable to build a jig for that so the fingers are somewhere else when the wood is being cut...This is the next step before I start rounding the top pieces.

     You can see from this picture how many pieces  are cut down. And like I said, the top side of the pieces are whats removed.

 

Also since I leave the outside of the picture in one piece I have somewhere to reconstruct the lady.  But that means having to contend with the gaps that will be caused by the scroll saw blade. So that makes a big problem when gluing the pieces back together. Where do I start gluing, a side or the middle and don't forget there are actually two different pictures to worry about , the scene in the middle and then the outside border.....This time I am making the border with square corners to make it somewhat easier...

   My wife keeps telling me I should be pushing the al-heim-ers disease way to the back while working on these puzzles.  Hey, I can't even find my coffee cup and glasses when I start to go to the shop....

    Questions, there should be no questions, 

 

Edited December 12, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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I think it came out great!

Amazing work. Just amazing. Gorgeous colors.

Smallpatch,

Keep trudging forward and keep those pics coming.  I have no doubt that it will look GREAT!

Danl

This is where I'm at right now. Got a little done today.

21 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

Questions, there should be no questions,

If a train leaves Baltimore at 5:16 PM, EST traveling West and another train leaves Dallas at 7:37 PM, CST traveling North , what time will the Greyhound Bus arrive in Oklahoma City?

Second question...which one are you going to keep and which one do I get? 

Exquisite piece Patch...perfect color combinations and shading...looking forward to seeing the "up-sized" version!

Outstanding work, Jess.

 

Larry

Hey Dave your riddle got me all tied up with question marks. First off Oklahoma some years ago stopped Greyhound from going into their state. Reason, they said the bus always picked up more passengers than they dropped off so they figured in a few years there would be no one left to do the work. It must have worked cause every time I go through there I always see people, but as I think about that I really never see anyone working  so there you go...

 

Got a  little more done today. Being Sat. I usually don't exert myself on these holidays, Sat. and Sun. have always been holidays to me.. I remember when I was a kid mom use to always tell me to go out in the street and play today. I still wonder what her intentions was back then, but hey, dodgeing cars was kind of a fun game back then cause they weren't able to go as fast as they do now...

"Hey Dave your riddle got me all tied up with question marks. First off Oklahoma some years ago stopped Greyhound from going into their state. Reason, they said the bus always picked up more passengers than they dropped off so they figured in a few years there would be no one left to do the work. It must have worked cause every time I go through there I always see people, but as I think about that I really never see anyone working  so there you go.."

 

Now, that's downright funny.

 

8 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

 

Hey Dave your riddle got me all tied up with question marks. First off Oklahoma some years ago stopped Greyhound from going into their state. Reason, they said the bus always picked up more passengers than they dropped off so they figured in a few years there would be no one left to do the work. It must have worked cause every time I go through there I always see people, but as I think about that I really never see anyone working  so there you go...

 

...made my day when I read this Patch!!

This lady is really starting to take shape with the depth dimension...looking forward to seeing her when done too!

BTW, be careful out there in the streets especially with these electric cars...hard to hear them coming!!

Great looking piece Patch.

Last picture before I start the coloring. Mostly all smooth maple and the visible biscuits don't count!!

 

 Ho hum.

 

The same pattern as the last one with a few changes..

Boy, that is sure turning out good. great job. Questions? I was going to ask you something but can't remember what it was now.

Herb

2 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

The same pattern as the last one with a few changes..

Same but different.'eh? I like it. I do have a question if I may? What are the outside dimensions of the two puzzles Just curious is all.

The piece of paper I started with is an 8x10. Wife has rapid resizer for her stained glass so I resized it to 10x14 not counting the dark mahogany outside border. The large one is 14x17. Diagonal its 22"  It takes the home printer 6 pieces of paper I have to put together  and if I tape them like they are susposed to go okay I have something to glue to the wood.

   And don't anybody ever forget to first cover the wood with clear packing tape then the spray goes on that.... This helps the blades last longer, the tape stickum........I mean to say.....

Edited June 13, 20179 yr by Smallpatch

Nice pieces. Looking forward to seeing the larger sister completed. Did you create this yourself or is it a purchased pattern?

DocHamm this came out of a book of stained glass patterns my wife uses in her glass makings. It  was a full page pattern, an 8x10 picture.

On 6/9/2017 at 0:24 PM, Smallpatch said:

I can't even find my coffee cup and glasses when I start to go to the shop....

Oh, No, NOT THAT ! ! ! ! ! ! 

Sounds like you could have a Keurig in the shop with an extra pair of glasses mounted on the coffee pot.  

 

Really great work.