New Challenging Project Completed

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Milled photo of clients schooner in a Monterey Cypress wood slab. Cut to .125" doc using both .125" & .0312" down cut bits. All using Easel. Stained the sails red mahogany and hand painted the hull black. Milled pocket for barometer and client had trophy shop make a brass name plaque. Finished with lacquer sanding sealer and 4 coats of clear lacquer.
Turned out better than I thought it would, and client was ecstatic!
It took longer to draw (coreldraw) the schooner than to actually make the whole piece.

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And yes, the rigging lines are all cut to .125" doc with .0312" bit.

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Very nice work! I love the clean crisp stain lines. The contrast is great.

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Very nice, at first glance I thought it was an inlay

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The lines aren’t stained Matt. They are just cut lines. Thank for the complement.

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very nice

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Jeff - where do you get down spiral bits that small? Smallest I have is .125. Granted, smaller than that and the advantages of down spiral decrease but I’d still prefer it.

Nice work!

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My bad. .0132 bit wasn’t down cut. I have never seen one.