Finished Butterfly box

Finished Butterfly box · 01-24-2009, 03:43 PM

Here is the box that I started a couple of weeks ago - 3/4 cherry - 1/4 BW - Butterfly is 1/4 Avodire

toolferone · 01-24-2009, 04:25 PM

That is real purdy!! Did you stack cut on an angle to lose the saw kerf?

TracyP · 01-24-2009, 04:39 PM

Awesome work.

NCTurner · 01-24-2009, 05:03 PM

Dood that is sweet!!!

PChristy · 01-24-2009, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by toolferone

That is real purdy!! Did you stack cut on an angle to lose the saw kerf?

Yes I did - this is the first one that I have done like this and I REALLY need to work on the "how-to" the butterfly was up to high and I had to do alot of sanding - will do better next time I hope

JohnW · 01-24-2009, 09:54 PM

Phillip,
That's real nice. I like the design and considering it's your first one using this technique, the butterfly looks like a good tight fit. Well done.

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I spend soooooooo much time sanding down my conservative designs and mistakes I think it might be worth spending some bucks for better sanding tools.

PChristy · 01-24-2009, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by JohnW

Phillip,
That's real nice. I like the design and considering it's your first one using this technique, the butterfly looks like a good tight fit. Well done. .

I spend soooooooo much time sanding down my conservative designs and mistakes I think it might be worth spending some bucks for better sanding tools.

Thanks John, I was kind of scared to cut the butterflt - I am making it for the ladies conference at church for a door prize - and this was the last piece of 1/4 Walnut I had - I will have to get my degrees down better so that it will fit better in the future

Trent Mason · 01-24-2009, 10:17 PM

Phillip, that is truly impressive!

I really love the butterfly incorporated into the box. Excellent work all around. Great choice of wood and great design.

Cheers,

Trent

PChristy · 01-24-2009, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Trent Mason

Phillip, that is truly impressive! I really love the butterfly incorporated into the box. Excellent work all around. Great choice of wood and great design.

Cheers,

Trent

Thanks Trent - I wish that this was my design - it is a design by Sue Mey of South Africa - if you would like to see some of her patterns you can go to www.scrollsawartist.com she is a real nice lady

MrAudio815 · 01-25-2009, 01:02 AM

How do you do that? I am so impressed!

Very Beautiful work!!!

PChristy · 01-25-2009, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by MrAudio815

How do you do that? I am so impressed!

Very Beautiful work!!!

I am no expert but this is the way I did it - You have to stack cut the butterfly at an angle as to where that bottom piece of your stack will then fit up into the top piece after you have cut it out - you have to have the angle just right and you can't back up on your cut if you go off line or you will have a saw curf -

sawduster · 01-25-2009, 09:51 AM

Nice job bro !

I do my inlays in the opposite direction , where the top piece falls into the bottom piece . Normally the wood I'm using is larger than the finished piece so I will do test cuts on the border to get the angle correct. I cut a straight line for about 1/2 " then cut a circle ( make sure your direction is right ) and come back out through the same line. Pop out both circles and reinsert the bottom one to check the fit
I generally start at 3 degrees and adjust from there. Every wood stack is different so I do this every time . It's a bit of a PITA but then so is sanding

You've done a really nice job following those curves bro

That is a difficult thing to accomplish since , as you said , you cannot back out of a cut

bravo dood

LeftyTom · 01-25-2009, 10:09 AM

Wow, just wow.

cskipper · 01-27-2009, 07:24 AM

You did a wonderful job on that!

WoodWrangler · 01-27-2009, 08:26 AM

Beautiful work ... amazing.