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by galerdude
Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:13 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Bee Carvings For My Honey
Replies: 2
Views: 843

Bee Carvings For My Honey

Got all the bee carvings cleared today for my honey.

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Three on the left are cherry wood, top right is pine and bottom right is red fir.
by galerdude
Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:58 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Bee Happy!
Replies: 4
Views: 1030

Re: Bee Happy!

Thank you, very much appreciate the encouragement!
by galerdude
Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:17 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Bee Happy!
Replies: 4
Views: 1030

Bee Happy!

Cherry wood, 4x5.5 & 4x7.5.
ImageIMG_2023-02-08-17-44-27-992 by Gale T. Sharp, on Flickr
by galerdude
Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:01 pm
Forum: VCarve - Gallery
Topic: Shallow V-carved Award Plaques
Replies: 2
Views: 2511

Re: Shallow V-carved Award Plaques

Thanks! The PVC (like sintra) I started with was black. It was sprayed with Rustoleum Hammered (Bronze, I think). After a few days of curing, it was V-carved at .025" depth. The two examples in the picture will eventually get sprayed with satin clear which adds a little protection plus an added dept...
by galerdude
Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:56 am
Forum: VCarve - Gallery
Topic: Shallow V-carved Award Plaques
Replies: 2
Views: 2511

Shallow V-carved Award Plaques

These were fun to do. Have a few more yet to do.
They are 4.5" x 8.25" rattle canned PVC.

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by galerdude
Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:54 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Front Door Carving
Replies: 9
Views: 5225

Re: Front Door Carving

Yes, it does look better with the stain. Tell us about the door frame. Almost looks like pecky cypress. The house was built in '06 and the door trim is red fir, 99% of the wood trim in the house is red fir. It had a dozen or so layers of paint that we chipped off plus the original varnish that was ...
by galerdude
Thu Nov 08, 2018 2:05 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Front Door Carving
Replies: 9
Views: 5225

Re: Front Door Carving

Really nice! Can't wait to see it colored :) BTW - for those like me who are "challenged" when it comes to coloring wood carvings there is a new book out by Lora Irish on how to do just that: Finishing Techniques for Wood Crafters . It covers a bunch of different techniques in detail depending on t...
by galerdude
Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:32 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Front Door Carving
Replies: 9
Views: 5225

Re: Front Door Carving

Thanks Mike! Substrate is 3/4" MDF Rough=.25"bn Finish=.125"bn @ approximately 13 or 14 hours. I don't really keep track that well of the time anymore, lol. I have a WYZE cam that allows me to still babysit and take a lunch break, etc.. After gazing at it for a few hours, we decided it was a bit too...
by galerdude
Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:09 am
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Front Door Carving
Replies: 9
Views: 5225

Front Door Carving

A carving for our old front door.

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by galerdude
Mon Jul 23, 2018 12:41 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Wooden Tape Measure
Replies: 8
Views: 5859

Re: Wooden Tape Measure

Thank you for sharing the files!
Looks like a very neat project.
by galerdude
Mon Jul 23, 2018 12:39 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Beer Mug
Replies: 3
Views: 3510

Re: Beer Mug

Very nice, good job!
by galerdude
Wed May 09, 2018 2:31 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: Aspire wine and music project
Replies: 19
Views: 12006

Re: Aspire wine and music project

As always, extremely well done 8) 8) 8)
by galerdude
Sat May 05, 2018 4:52 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: 1st use of plotter pen
Replies: 31
Views: 24814

Re: 1st use of plotter pen

Funny how sometimes an older thread gets a new lease of life because someone comes across it :lol: :lol: Don't remember reading this post when it was originally put on the forum, its one thing I have never tried with the cnc & probably never will, being a signmaker & having a vinyl plotter that is ...
by galerdude
Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:58 pm
Forum: Aspire - Gallery
Topic: 1st use of plotter pen
Replies: 31
Views: 24814

Re: 1st use of plotter pen

This is what I've been using for a couple years, works great.
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