Creative Woodworks & crafts-125-2007-Holiday, страница 30

Creative Woodworks  & crafts-125-2007-Holiday, страница 30

pattern by Jacob Fowler, cut and finished by Wayne Fowler

Introduction

The Christmas season is the most important sales time for our finished craft business, and I am always on the lookout for designs that I can cut and sell for a profit. Angels are incredibly popular items for us, end I was quite pleased when Jacob drew one that I could cut not only large or small, but also stack-cut at a size that could be used as a tree ornament.

The large angel, for which I used the full-sized pattern and a No. 5R blade, was cut from 3/8"-thick white box elder with a touch of red. The mid-size angels, for which the pattern was reduced approximately 25%, are 7" high and were cut from l/4"-thick padauk using a No. 2R blade. The smallest angel, for which the pattern was reduced approximately 60%, is 5-1/2" high and was cut from l/4"-thick birdseye maple using a No. 2/OR blade. (At the 1/4" thickness, I 1hink I could cut three at a time.) Ail of the angels were cut or, an Excalibur EX21 saw.

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