Popular Post Smallpatch Posted September 7, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 I'm gluing up 3 pieces of maple so I will be ready to put the picture pattern on to the wood. Not ever being a woodworker but sold oil field equipment all his life he wants to know every thing I do when I first start with a project because none of the tools and equipment are familiar with him but does have the money to get what he needs. I wasn't that lucky or that smart when I should have been getting smart so I could face life in a more easier fashion. I had planned a bunch of pieces of ruff maple last summer so I was ready to cut the pieces to length, run them through the jointer and glue them up. This is the clamps I use to keep everything in line or else I would have to use the drum sander to get it all flat so I could sand it smooth. This was glued up yesterday so this morning I took the clamps off so I could do the scrapper thingy to the extra glue squeeze out. I then replaced the clamps so he will see what I did before he gets here. And after using the clamps and the card scraper to remove the dried glue I didn't even have to run the piece through the drum sander or use the electric hand sander either... Not being a smart --- for it has taken me years of learning to do the things now that makes wood working a pleasure to do. After removing the clamps I will start with applying the clear Scotch brand shipping tape to one side of the glued up boards. I then will spray the glue on to the clear shipping tape with the glue that will secure the picture so I can scroll saw the picture to pieces. I started doing it in these steps because after I moved on to larger projects. I use to spray the back of the patterns but I ruined a few pictures because before I could smooth the large pictures out on to the wood they would fold over on to themselves and there is no way to pull them apart. Then I had to go and have Rapid Resizer enlarge another picture the size of the wood and the little printer would print out another to use...lots of time wasted there so this was the reason I started spraying the glue on to the clear tape. I try to change everything I did wrong that caused me problems. If guys spray the backs of the patterns instead of on to the clear tape its his way of doing things that's fine with me. It just didn't work trying to install large patterns. So now I get my wife to come in and hold the top part of the picture while I guide the other end on to the sprayed glue thats on the clear tape. Now if its a very small item and maybe I want to carve something thats round and not flat this is what I use. rub it on the wood and stick the pattern on then the residue comes off easy. This is what wife uses when she switches over to her sewing thingy's. More later! HARO50, Al B, FrederickH and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpadave52 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Think he'll bring an apple for the teacher? I'd make him clean the blackboard and erasers before dismissing him for the day or at least during recess. HARO50, Al B and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Some good tips in there Jess. Keep on for the whole weekend! Grandpadave52, HARO50 and Al B 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 He lives in a wheel chair so I will be helping him design short tables for different machines to sit at his height in that chair. The only thing he knows about woodworking came from the internet. I told him I'm not too hot on you tube for I feel like like lots of those guys showing off or making a demo is an employee of a company employing him for their benefit and as far as knowing all about wood it don't show most of the time.. Like always this is only my observations but its okay for everyone else to have their own opinions. And besides, I'm not big enough to be a Dick Tator! Cal, Grandpadave52, Gene Howe and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2022 Well, he didn't show up. I gave zero's on the first test... So I started without him and my phone quit working but did get this little Canon I use to use kinda working. The first few photos was very hard to see for the fog kept rolling in from somewhere but I kept pushing buttons and almost got it clear. I starting without him yesterday and got most of the ruffing done today. Next few days will be more grinding to make all the edges match up. I used a thinner blade than on the last thing. That means slowing the speed down and reducing the tension some.....these blades can be pulled in two easier. Cal, Gene Howe and Grandpadave52 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Smallpatch Posted September 16, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 16, 2022 All for today, tired. KW_Woodcarving, Al B, Cal and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cal Posted September 17, 2022 Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 Hey Jess, I have followed your work before. I've seen the burrs and such that you use on the dremel type tools and think I understand how you are carving the pattern. I also think I understand the use of your small belt sander to round over the edges. So, by what method or what is the technique to smooth out the carving after you are done with the burrs? Grandpadave52 and Gene Howe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 Cal most all the smoothing of the inside valleys are done with three or four bits. The ones with round bottoms. I cut the Dremel back to about #3 and use small circular motions. So its mostly ruby and sapphires and I do use the 217203 which is diamond but with 3/32" bits and the Dremel comes with different size mandrels If you have a Wood Carvers Supply catalog the only set I bought in 2016 was 881004 , 150 grit and maybe should have bought the 881005 which is 100 grit and the diamond bits. Strange for the diamond bits I could use don't come one at a time except that last number Page 8 shows the ruby and sapphire bits so I use #'s 217304,217308, 217310 and 217312 which are 3/32 size bits. These four bits with the one diamond bit is all I ever use. Amazing how the 1 x 42" belt sander with me applying pressure to the inside of the belt can get more done quicker than all the3 other machines. The Saburr bits are for grinding all the inside valleys. 259401,259202,259462, 259363, 259393, 259395. These numbers are the green colors which are course and then switch over to the diamond, ruby and sapphires. I did buy a couple of sets at first but there are still some of them that hasn't been used. Yes , when I first started playing around with carving attempts I thought I needed the very course 1/8" bits but they will get you hurt real quick like on the bottom of page 10 of their catalog, like # 629529 The things I carve I have no need for those very very high speed carving machines that cost an arm and a leg. They might be to carve eggs but they would catch my maple on fire and I done smelled enough smoke way back yonder! Gene Howe, Grandpadave52, Cal and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2022 I just wonder how long it would take to make these two curly ques if a person only had carving knives These still have to be smoothed with the diamond or ruby or sapphire bits. Grandpadave52, Cal and Gene Howe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 This is the bit I use to smooth the inside curves of all my carving stuff. The bits are either 3/32 or 1/8" diameter shafts and the diamond, ruby and sapphires bits all look the same to me and over the years they get mixed up so I just use what ever I reach in and get and if it don't do the job like I want , replace it for another. The outside curves I use the triangled shaped pad on the Dremel multi max sander #6300 which probably been replaced by another number by now. It was bought when I was doing lots of remolding and is a life saver for that type of work with the little flat blades with the saw teeth on one end. Then one day I said to myself hey, I got another sander that might take a lot of the labor of hand sanding and shorten the time I spend on sanding. The triangle shaped pad lets me get into smaller places that the da's or random orbits and the larger flat electric sanders can get into.. I saved all the flat saw blades that were worn out and now I grind off the saw teeth and use stickit sand paper for those little flat areas fingers can't get to. This picture shows me I need to do more sanding along the edges to take out more sanding marks and to straighten the edge lines which will make a world of difference of peoples acceptance to ones work. Grandpadave52, FrederickH, Gene Howe and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 Okay, help me out!! I'm thinking of leaving the outside carving with only clear coats but am afraid it will turn out two brownish. So maybe just a light white metallic where most of the grain of the maple will show through???? FrederickH and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpadave52 Posted September 23, 2022 Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 I agree on not finishing with just clear coat. A transparent pearlescent white might look good. IDK though, I'm terrible when it comes to selecting colors for anything so best not put any stock in my thoughts. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2022 I think it would suit me if a clear coat would make the maple as white as it looks now but it won't for I have tried it many times in the past. Thanks for your, wait, you are not helping me!!! Gene Howe, Grandpadave52 and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallpatch Posted September 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 I guess I'm through with this thing. Al B, Cal and Grandpadave52 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 Really nice, Jesse. Really nice. Those colors work great. And, the carving is super...as always. Grandpadave52 and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 I think the light white would look super on it! That is a beautiful piece Jess. Grandpadave52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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