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07-08-2006, 03:08 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin
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 |  RACCOON by Neal Moore This is the raccoon, or "ratcoon" pattern produced by Neal Moore and available in the Ultimate Pattern Collection available to 2 year subscribtions from Scrollsaw Woodworks and Crafts Magazine. My version of it varied a little from the original, but the raccoon himself is pretty much the same. Its cut from 13/16" maple, then stained various shades before being assembled back together. The frame was created by tilting my saw table a couple degrees, and cutting around it, staining it a diffrent color, and gluing the center back in.After all the parts were glued, I fitted the complete thing back into the wood it came from, and ran it through my performax sander until the back was flat enough to sit tightly against the wall (the tilted saw made the center stick past the frame on the backside roughly 5/16th ",so many passes were needed.) The second photo shows the backside, after sanding. The dark pieces you see are the parts that are higher then the frame, so they didnt require sanding. Thanks Neal for a fun project, and anyone that hasnt done segmentation... by all means try it, its a fun change of pace from vigorous fretwork. I hope I did the ratcoon justice. Comments? PS: See, even I can cut out a duck!!! Dale |
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07-08-2006, 03:15 AM
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| Elmer Fudd The Duck Man  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wyo
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 |  Love the Duck there Dale  Great work Charlie, |
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07-08-2006, 03:32 AM
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| Hi-tech Redneck  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Youngsville NC
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|  Wow !! Oh, to one day be there ............ that is simply fantastic I've been playing around with this sort of stuff, but do not have good sanding equipment other than my 2 hands and a Dremel that i am still learning how to use ( I've gouged up a lot of parts !  ) so it gets a bit frustrating for me Man, that is beautiful and I like your idea for the framing
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07-08-2006, 04:04 AM
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| It could be done with NO fancy sanding tools. The only reason I did what I did was because I wanted to frame it in its own wood. It could easily have been left without my frame, or with a frame built around it, or... just the coon head alone glued to a surface of another piece. All the rest of the sanding was done with a 3 1/2 " by 4 " wood block with 150 grit wrapped around it, and my 'arm'strong sander... simple surface sanding, before the cutting. The raccoon was actually fairly simple to cut, and if you venture off the lines, only Neal would ever know! Thanks for the compliments. Dale |
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07-08-2006, 07:47 AM
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| WOW, great job Dale! Thanks for posting the front and back photo's - really helps me figure out how you done it!
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07-08-2006, 04:21 PM
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| Hi Dale, You did it justice. Nice work! What did you use for the finish? Regards, Marcel
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07-08-2006, 05:14 PM
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| Great job Dale! I really like the way you did the frame. If i can ever pull away from doing portraits, I too want to give segmentation a try. What type glue did you use? Wood glue, CA or silicone perhaps? Bill
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07-08-2006, 07:45 PM
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| Elmer Fudd The Duck Man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wyo
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| See Dale now you did such a great job on this ,now you can make me a Duck  Charlie, |
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07-08-2006, 08:33 PM
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| Thanks everyone. Bill, just pull one day aside, and give a segmentation project a try, you will enjoy it! For finish, I used a variety of minwax stains. Right off the top of my head, I think the colors were golden pecan (wood around the coon), walnut (parts of the coon), red mahogany (frame, coon parts), ebony (all the darkest parts), and a dribble of white acrylic paint in the eye for the reflection look. Some pieces are combinations of those stains, not exactly scientific either. The ebony stain looked awful when I applied it, but after it was just about dry, I dry ragged it, and it got a nice black color, almost as if ebonized. Then, I assembled it using Alieens Quick dry tacky glue (silver bottle), one piece at a time, but always fitting the pieces around the one being glued to ensure it would fit back in its original place. Then, a coat of Danish oil, followed by a few coats of Deft semi-gloss finish from an aerosol can. And, Charlie, I'll see what I can come up with for a duck for ya, since I screwed this one up so bad! Dale |
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07-08-2006, 08:37 PM
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| Very well done, it looks so real I want to reach in and scratch his head. Neal will be proud Thanks for posting Marsha |
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