Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-01, страница 22
SUPPLIES Wood: hardwood (preferably brown oak, mulbery or similar brown or orange wood, or ash or similar white wood to make a white tiger)—one piece 3/4" x 8-1/2"x 11-1/2" Tools: scroll saw with a No. 2R and/or 5R blade; fixed disc or belt sander with fine or extra-fine (120/220) disc or belt; access to photocopier Temporary-bond spray adhesive such as3M 777 adhesive Clear packing tape 1 /4 sheet of 220-grit sandpaper Patterns Located in Full Size Pattern Section No. 1! designed by Jacob Fowler, cut and finished by Wayne Fowler '" Anyofewti' br'draft§6 w5Dod''wifn 'ch0'r0cter lines will make a' great orange tiger. If you want to make a Siegfried and Roy white tiger, use ash or another white wood instead. If you are cutting this, from wood that is thinner than 3/4", I would recommend making the" frame wider to give it added strength. INSTRUCTIONS Make a photocopy of the pattern and glue it to the wood. I recom-: mend using clear packing tape on top of the pattern to reduce the': bum from the tight turns you will have to make when cutting the.; pattern. For cutting I recommend using a No. 5 or No. 2 reverse; tooth blade to reduce chipping on the bottom of the piece. After you have drilled the guide holes and cut out the fret-: pieces, use a solvent such as paint thinner to remove the paper-pattern. Let the piece dry before you sand the two faces and the; four edges on a disc or belt sander. I find that then using a 1 /4 sheer; of 220-grit sandpaper is a good way to remove any remaining burs" and to lightly round the edges in order to give the piece a more fin-; ished look. Clean the tiger using your favorite tool (I use a clean; paintbrush). Finish with a thin oil to seal the inner edges (I use either; walnut or tung oil). If you want lo give better definition to the tiger stripes, you can; cut a piece of thin plywood to the size of the finished tiger, paint it| black on one side, and mount it on the back of the tiger. For questions concerning this project, send an SASE to: Waynel Fowler, 33 Longmeadow Cres, Morkham, Ontario, Canada L3R 356.: •■ .'.v.-". ..,...-,..,...„..... . - p Introduction While in Las Vegas recently, I shot a roll of film at the Siegfried and m-Roy wild animal exhibit at the Mirage Hotel. In one shot in particu-pi?. lar, an orange tiger appeared to be looking at me taking the pic- ture. My son, Jacob, used the picture as the basis for this design. W: The finished tiger was cut from a unusual piece of mulberry that came from a local Ontario wood supplier. He recovers trees that would normally be used as firewood or sent to the local ||| dump and finishes planks and turning blanks. The mulberry tree M started as a bush under the water tower in a small town near Lake |
