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Cuifing Ihe designs

Apply the patterns for the subject portions of the projects to the wood you've selected and drill the blade-access holes. Whether you cut the outer shape or the interior design lirsl doesn't matter. I prefer to cut the outside first, but do what you're comfortable with.

The bicycling couple and mother and baby giraffe are easy patterns to drill and cut. All of the blade-access hales in those can be made using the 1/16" drill bit. The eyes on the giraffes are made using the No. 60 drill bit.

The ship in the bottle, however, is more demanding to drill and cut. The areas between the masts and sails, especially the topsail end flag, are very small and hard to drill, even using the No. 60 drill bit. It would be easy to spot an incorrectly drilled hole along the straight lines of the masts, so pay particular attention when drilling those areas. Drill iri the area near the center of curvature of the sail. In the areas mentioned, it's very likely the holes may touch the sails (see Fig. 3). If so. just shave the curvature of the sails to remove the holes (sec Fig. 4). You could olso drop down to a No. 72 diill bil and use ci No. 2/0 blade instead. That would give you plenty of room for drilling those very tight spots, but the small blade size doesn't make it practical to stack cut. Once the small areas arc cut, cut the larger areas around the ship to erriply the rum bottle.

Fig. 1.1 chose to stack cut 1/4" cherry and purple h,=art.

Making ihe bases

Apply the patterns for the bases to the wood you've selecl-ed. Cut the bases for the cyclists and giraffes with the saw table lilted 20°, so the wood tapers outward from top to bottom. The angle-cut edge adds a bit of character to the base. I like 20°, but you could tilt the table to any angle you want. You could also use the pattern lines as c rough guide and cut a random, wevy edge (see Fig. 5J.

The base for Ihe ship in a bottle is also cut at 20°, but tapers inward from the top to the bottom. .Start cutting at the bow of the hull (see Fig. 6). Cut all the way around, exiting at the bow, to finish the base (see Fig. 7).

Fig. 2. Comparison of cherry and purple heart cut-outs.

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