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Andyp wrote:Well it’s a start.
For the carving do you mean carving some grooves to highlight one of the letters...
Andyp wrote:That level of carving Rob goes against my KISS principles, sorry.
Malc2098 wrote:If I'd have got my doigt out last year and got the component parts of my CNC router machine then, it could be ready by now and I might have been able to carve the V & A ends with it. After all, I still have the original file.
But, now…..it could be years before I finish this wiring.
Andyp wrote:Malc2098 wrote:If I'd have got my doigt out last year and got the component parts of my CNC router machine then, it could be ready by now and I might have been able to carve the V & A ends with it. After all, I still have the original file.
But, now…..it could be years before I finish this wiring.
Do you really think I will have this finished any sooner
Pinch wrote:Great start Andy! Looks very good.
I totally agree with Roberto - a wee bit of relief carving is definitely the way to go matey!
In fact, with the size of your legs, you could quite comfortably do the work with a block plane, maybe a spokeshave and then some paring work with chisels - a bit like the plaque in you rather lovely settle.
I know the above plaque was one-sided and is slightly different to your legs, but you could easily implement for both sides. Time consuming, but so worth the effort.
Pinch, that is VERY beautiful, superb workmanship. Ian
Andyp wrote:Although posting stuff on here gives me an added incentive to get things done, by wishing to adapt a design executed so well by Pinch has set me up for an undoubted fail. It will never look that good.
I will however succumb to the collective pressure on here and have a go at “carving” that pine. Just don’t hold your breath it could take some time.
RogerS wrote:Andy, have you by any chance got one of those old Bosch power chisels ? If so then get yourself some Flexcut chisels.
Or if you can wait then you can borrow mine. I hadn't used it for over seven years until the staircase and can't envisage using it in anger in the foreseeable future. Mind you, God alone knows what hoops we'll have to go through now thanks to Brexit - the 'gift that keeps on giving'.
Andyp wrote:
I do have some carving chisels (actually belonging to the missus) so will give it a go on that pine. Although I am sure oak may well be easier to shape.
Windows wrote:If you do decide to go with the overlap grooves instead of carving, you’d get a weave effect if you changed half of the lines you drew in the previous photo. As you drew it, you had one letter above the other, but it’s no more work to have them weave by alternating the grooves at each junction.
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