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Post by andrew on Oct 29, 2017 22:24:01 GMT
So in order to avoid doing housework today I vacated to the garage for a while. Cut this in Poplar. Not sure how to finish it. Any suggestions? Piece is 9" tall by about 4" wide. Roughed with a 1/4" flat mill, finish pass with a 1/16" tapered ballnose. Attachments:
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Post by aforww on Oct 29, 2017 22:31:00 GMT
So in order to avoid doing housework today I vacated to the garage for a while. Cut this in Poplar. Not sure how to finish it. Any suggestions? Piece is 9" tall by about 4" wide. Roughed with a 1/4" flat mill, finish pass with a 1/16" tapered ballnose. To finish it, either stain with a Walnut or Ebony color. Might get some pre-stain on there first. Poplar is the worst wood to stain. |
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Post by Derek the Admin on Oct 29, 2017 23:13:18 GMT
Nice looking piece! Aforww gave good advice on the finishing. Let us have a gander at it when you are done!
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Post by Bruce on Oct 30, 2017 4:15:33 GMT
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Post by breslinmr on Oct 30, 2017 5:33:29 GMT
Very nice 👍
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Post by mrkandangi on Oct 30, 2017 15:55:37 GMT
Nice work! Did you create the 3D file? If not, can you share where you got the file from?
Mark
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Post by breslinmr on Oct 30, 2017 21:45:33 GMT
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Post by kevin on Oct 30, 2017 22:16:24 GMT
Great work as always.
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Post by andrew on Oct 31, 2017 13:48:40 GMT
Thanks for the link on the painting! Was dreading staining so decided to give the chalk paint a try. Didn't come out quite like I wanted it to but was worth a shot. I can say if you try this technique practice on a scrap project, it's harder than it looks! the paint dries so fast.. I lost a lot of the small detail under the paint layers. This carving was kind of an experiment anyway (hence the Poplar wood and not something fancier) to see how the details would come out at a small scale... May try it again with some better wood. I did get the file from Etsy as you noticed Breslinmr. That seller has quite a few cool (cheap) stl models, I've bought a handful of them. Sure do wish I knew how to make models like that :/ Attachments:
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Post by Derek the Admin on Oct 31, 2017 14:34:23 GMT
That gave it a cool rustic look though.
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Post by breslinmr on Oct 31, 2017 19:22:41 GMT
Thanks for the link on the painting! Was dreading staining so decided to give the chalk paint a try. Didn't come out quite like I wanted it to but was worth a shot. I can say if you try this technique practice on a scrap project, it's harder than it looks! the paint dries so fast.. I lost a lot of the small detail under the paint layers. This carving was kind of an experiment anyway (hence the Poplar wood and not something fancier) to see how the details would come out at a small scale... May try it again with some better wood. I did get the file from Etsy as you noticed Breslinmr. That seller has quite a few cool (cheap) stl models, I've bought a handful of them. Sure do wish I knew how to make models like that :/ 👍 noticed it when I was browsing there. Be cautious I noticed some designs that are free on other sites and some people are using them and selling them. Depends what software you have I’ve been experimenting a little making couple off clocks /frames. By the way looks ok to me but sometimes we’re are own worse critics I’ve even just thrown stuff away as I wasn’t happy and never even showed anybody lol |
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Post by Bruce on Nov 1, 2017 12:29:38 GMT
Thanks for the link on the painting! Was dreading staining so decided to give the chalk paint a try. Didn't come out quite like I wanted it to but was worth a shot. I can say if you try this technique practice on a scrap project, it's harder than it looks! the paint dries so fast.. I lost a lot of the small detail under the paint layers. This carving was kind of an experiment anyway (hence the Poplar wood and not something fancier) to see how the details would come out at a small scale... May try it again with some better wood. I did get the file from Etsy as you noticed Breslinmr. That seller has quite a few cool (cheap) stl models, I've bought a handful of them. Sure do wish I knew how to make models like that :/ I agree with Derek, it has an antique look to it. You could prolly get $50 for it at a craft fair! One man's Trash is another man's Treasure. |
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Post by Jerry on Nov 4, 2017 2:01:06 GMT
Good work
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