Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-04, страница 49

Apply the pattern to the wood with temporary-bond spray. Use a 1/16" (0.0625" or 1.5875mm) drill bit for the larger blade entry holes, and a No. 58 (0.042" or 1,0668mm) drill bit for the smaller ones.

Scrolling®'. I don't call it carving because the design is already cut out; all you have to do is add a little texture and relief. It isn't hard, it doesn't take a lot of special tools, and if you break off a piece, it doesn't matter—unless, of course, it is around the face or a geometric shape. Here's how we did it...

We chose cherry because it has a color similar to that of a red fox, and we used the grain and direction to complement the overall flow of the design. This piece of cherry was a bit spalted, and had dark and light streaks that could appear as shadows on the fox. That meant that the fox should be in the background, as though looking out from behind the bush, rather than in the foreground and not in the shadows. Let the wood dictate the best way to present the design. Sometimes you may not have the right piece of wood for the project, so wait until you do.

Since we chose a board and not a piece with a live edge, the piece looked like it needed a frame. We drew a border around it to leave some solid wood for frame mounting. If you don't intend to frame your piece, you can skip this step. The border's thickness is strictly your choice; we made ours 1/4" all the way around.

Making sure your saw table is square, cut all waste areas that will not be relief cut with an Olson No. 2R blade.

Leave some of the larger waste areas partially cut (but still with some support) to accommodate the force you will be applying if you do any carving. Also at this point, determine if you are going to drop out the levels with a bevel cut by using the sample block of wood at the top of the photo that shows tilt and direction. Before you start cutting for relief, make sure you leave enough surface area for solid glue contact. If you don't, you will have a bunch of

We sanded both sides of the project before starting any other work because we were still not sure whether we were going to carve the detail or just scroll saw it. If we had been sure we were going to carve it, we would not have sanded it first because the little bit of grit left by the sandpaper would have dulled our chisels.

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