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cpowell · 06-26-2012, 07:07 PM

Yesterday I decided to do something I wanted to do so I cut this guy out. It took about three hours of steady cutting. I felt pretty good when I finished but it is pretty delicate with all those cuts. I gotta get it on a backer before something happens.

Hope you like it.

HAMMER · 06-26-2012, 07:18 PM

Nice......

tdub4ever · 06-26-2012, 07:30 PM

That's cool cpowell,and it does look very fragil! Got it mounted yet? Don

cpowell · 06-27-2012, 12:14 AM

Not mounted yet. That hired hand I have (my wife) won't trust me with a paint brush so she insists that she does it all. She has something "special" in mind for it. You know, as management, it doesn't pay to argue too much with the help. ha ha ha

tagordy · 06-27-2012, 02:05 AM

looks good … where did you say you got the pattern?

bstark · 06-27-2012, 04:26 AM

Wow very nicely done. Lots of detail there. I printed out a fretwork patter of some fish... but I haven't tried to cut it yet... I am a little intimidated but it. I am all for detail... but some of the detail looks smaller than the drill hole lol.

Siouxgirl · 06-27-2012, 06:01 AM

Very nice.

cpowell · 06-27-2012, 11:49 AM

I just knew someone was going to ask about the pattern; and honestly I don't remember where it came from. It is one I downloaded when I began and thought "someday I'm going to be good enough to cut that". I didn't know much about anything concerning patterns back then, just that I thought it was good.
The wife has already said "This one is going on our wall!" Since I'm kind of proud of it I had to agree. Most of what I have been cutting during my "learning period" has been given to friends, neighbors and family. I have cut so much I think they are getting tired of it.
Thanks for all the kind comments.
bstark- you are right some details in patterns are too small to actually cut. Sometimes they just get a drill hole and sometimes they can be added into another cut nearby. Sometimes they don't really add much to the finished product so they just get ignored.

seamus7227 · 06-28-2012, 04:44 PM

LOOKS good from here! thanks for sharing!

ubgoofy2003 · 06-28-2012, 07:47 PM

cpowell, I like it a lot. I love doing wildlife & Bass. I did a Largemouth like yours, & then painted just the fish, with a wood background. It turned out real nice. Keep up the good work. Thanks for showing us.

06-26-2012, 07:30 PM	#3
tdub4ever Tdub "The End Of An Era" Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: O.P. Kansas Posts: 559 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	That's cool cpowell,and it does look very fragil! Got it mounted yet? Don __________________ Don

06-27-2012, 02:05 AM	#5
tagordy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Barnesville, GA Buggytown Posts: 794 Thanks: 17 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	looks good … where did you say you got the pattern? __________________ Tim If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. -George S. Patton

06-28-2012, 04:44 PM	#9
seamus7227 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	LOOKS good from here! thanks for sharing! __________________ http://www.texomapens.com

06-28-2012, 07:47 PM	#10
ubgoofy2003 Just Goofy ! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,851 Thanks: 10 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	cpowell, I like it a lot. I love doing wildlife & Bass. I did a Largemouth like yours, & then painted just the fish, with a wood background. It turned out real nice. Keep up the good work. Thanks for showing us. __________________ PERK

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06-26-2012, 07:18 PM	#2
HAMMER Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: KATY, TX. (WEST HOUSTON) Posts: 1,098 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Nice......

06-27-2012, 12:14 AM	#4
cpowell Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Conroe, Tx. just north of Houston Posts: 388 Thanks: 176 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	Not mounted yet. That hired hand I have (my wife) won't trust me with a paint brush so she insists that she does it all. She has something "special" in mind for it. You know, as management, it doesn't pay to argue too much with the help. ha ha ha

06-27-2012, 04:26 AM	#6
bstark Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 183 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Wow very nicely done. Lots of detail there. I printed out a fretwork patter of some fish... but I haven't tried to cut it yet... I am a little intimidated but it. I am all for detail... but some of the detail looks smaller than the drill hole lol.

06-27-2012, 06:01 AM	#7
Siouxgirl Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: AZ Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very nice.

06-27-2012, 11:49 AM	#8
cpowell Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Conroe, Tx. just north of Houston Posts: 388 Thanks: 176 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts	I just knew someone was going to ask about the pattern; and honestly I don't remember where it came from. It is one I downloaded when I began and thought "someday I'm going to be good enough to cut that". I didn't know much about anything concerning patterns back then, just that I thought it was good. The wife has already said "This one is going on our wall!" Since I'm kind of proud of it I had to agree. Most of what I have been cutting during my "learning period" has been given to friends, neighbors and family. I have cut so much I think they are getting tired of it. Thanks for all the kind comments. bstark- you are right some details in patterns are too small to actually cut. Sometimes they just get a drill hole and sometimes they can be added into another cut nearby. Sometimes they don't really add much to the finished product so they just get ignored.

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