Pair of Padauk Ducks

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Paul_n
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Pair of Padauk Ducks

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Just finished a pair of the Mallard Ducks, cut in Padauk.

Was the first time cutting this type wood. Was very pleased, and
the finishing was rather easy. These are about 9 inches long, and were
cut from 3/4" stock.

Paul
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Post by Randy B »

very nice Paul.

How do you hold your wood down? Vacuum?

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Thanks Randy...

I do have a vacuum 'box' that I use for some things, but on these I just
screwed the material to the table, and using the tabs in Cut3D, everything
worked out great.

Paul

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Post by AngelicDiablo »

I like cutting with Padauk. But man is it ever dusty and gets all over everything. It likes to leave your bits with that nice red dust on it. I always thought it had a weird smell also :). Anyways are those duck inlaid into the wood? -AD :twisted:
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very nice. got to watch the dust beside it staining clear hose and such it is some of the finstest sawdust out there and it is really hard to capture. i will go right through all but the finest bags or filters.

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AngelicDiablo...

No, these are not inlayed.

I have not made the 'back ground' for mounting the ducks as yet, am still
trying to find just the right design. My thought was some sort of 'cloud' or
even 'cattail' boarders. I wanted to mount the ducks, raised a bit off the
surface, to give a more 3D effect.
The attached are a few ideas I've been playing with, but still looking.

Paul
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Ducks launching from the catails would be cool

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My vote goes for the cattails - they look really good.

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I vote for the cattails too. Great work Paul as usual.

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OK !! The 'cat tails' win, and are cutting as I post !!

Should have a completed project in a few days.

Paul

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Cattail border is complete, and the Ducks look rather happy !!!

Still need to attach the ducks. Will give the finish a few days to dry.

The back ground plaque is 15"x15".

Enjoy !!

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Post by tmerrill »

Paul,

Excellent job. The ducks really pop out at you. What did you make the cattail border out of?

Tim

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Tim...........

Thanks !! It was a fun project, and am thinking about other combo units..

I'm not sure of the name for the wood. It came from a furniture company that
went out of business. I'm told that it is in the maple family, but comes from off-shore
somewhere. The slats were 2" wide, 1" thick, in various lengths. So I just glue them
up, to make whatever size I want. It works nice. the only thing I don't care for,
as you can see in the picture, it in kind of 'yellow', it you don't stain it...

And yes, I did get the PM !! Will get to it in a couple days !!

Paul N

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Post by JamesB »

Paul - very nice as always - having just returned from Vacation it is great to see a lot of the VA3D stuff on here :) Cheers, James

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