ironsides
06-29-2012, 05:27 PM
Just finished carving this one from 6/4 Pine "Perfect Plank".
The Perfect Plank started out as 17" wide by 96" long plank, but the end of it was severely damaged and split by a forklift somewhere between the Mill and my shop. I tried in vain to get the third party supplier to make an adjustment on the price, but no luck. They have never returned my calls. I cut the plank into two 36" pieces and one 24" inch piece. I scrapped the 24" piece and edge glued the 36" pieces for this project. cost of the plank was $100.00 and $200.00 shipping. Never again will I deal with this third party supplier.:mad:
I have commissioned a local artist to paint it with Acrylic Paint to match the colors on the original Davinci Painting.
The large surround frame on the carving was modeled using two rail sweep in Aspire.
The deepest part of the carving is .95 deep. I used Beckwith Door Products BDP001-ZRN 1\16" Ballnose cutter for the finising and their BDP003-ZRN 1/4" Ballnose for the frame.
BTW, what looks like a chair in front of the table, turns out to be a door into the next room where this painting was made by some thoughtless Monks for a shortcut to the lunch room. The door was added years later after Davinvi finished.
George Kelly
The Perfect Plank started out as 17" wide by 96" long plank, but the end of it was severely damaged and split by a forklift somewhere between the Mill and my shop. I tried in vain to get the third party supplier to make an adjustment on the price, but no luck. They have never returned my calls. I cut the plank into two 36" pieces and one 24" inch piece. I scrapped the 24" piece and edge glued the 36" pieces for this project. cost of the plank was $100.00 and $200.00 shipping. Never again will I deal with this third party supplier.:mad:
I have commissioned a local artist to paint it with Acrylic Paint to match the colors on the original Davinci Painting.
The large surround frame on the carving was modeled using two rail sweep in Aspire.
The deepest part of the carving is .95 deep. I used Beckwith Door Products BDP001-ZRN 1\16" Ballnose cutter for the finising and their BDP003-ZRN 1/4" Ballnose for the frame.
BTW, what looks like a chair in front of the table, turns out to be a door into the next room where this painting was made by some thoughtless Monks for a shortcut to the lunch room. The door was added years later after Davinvi finished.
George Kelly