Poll Discussion: How long did your largest project take. - Page 2 - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

JohnB · 07-02-2009, 01:01 PM

Sheesh Pat, A month.......................... Mines been going for a few years now and still needs the splash backs

I honestly can not say how much time I put into a project as I've always got quite a few on the go at once.
I'd say that the jewellery box, that I made for my wife and entered in the last Design Contest was the most time consuming.
At a rough guess I'd say probably about 20 hours ????? including design. In actual real time from start to finish about a fortnight.

KtownScroller · 07-02-2009, 02:19 PM

Very cool truck Mike!

Woodworking Plus · 07-02-2009, 03:38 PM

I would say that my rendition of Monticello would rate right up there as far as scrollsaw projects go. I spent over 150 hours not counting designing the pattern. 800+ pieces from 17 different woods.

Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter · 07-02-2009, 04:03 PM

How about in the neighborhood of 12 months. The problem was not just the cutting, but the pattern creation and then the cutting.. I created the pattern of my brother in law and his wife and then did the cutting. John, my brother in law, had past away the a few months prior to my under taking of this project. I could not satisfy myself or my wife. Emotional projects are tough, but once you have worked your way thru such a project it really feels good.

Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter · 07-02-2009, 04:07 PM

Wow....................

Jediscroller · 07-02-2009, 04:29 PM

In my mind....anything less than 160 hours would be less than a month. One year = 2000 hours and 2 years would be 4000 hours.

ubgoofy2003 · 07-02-2009, 10:43 PM

Ha, I haven't tackled anything that major, I like to get-er-done. My wife tells me that anyway. I am in too much of a hurry. I guess I look forward to the finished project too much. I do get a good feeling when I accomplish a nice project. I probably have done portraits that took about 12 hrs. I like to do protraits with a good deal of detail in them. I guess that is the Artist talent in me. That is one beautiful truck though, Mike. Congrats ! Perk

wood-n-things · 07-03-2009, 12:27 AM

Why thank you Rick and Perk...Bowing humbly....I must say that the one of other Mike's woodworking plus and his Intarsia are far superior.

jigsue · 07-03-2009, 01:45 AM

I cannot answer this very satisfactorily either!

I don't really keep any eye on the clock and often have a few things on the go at once. Portrait stuff I can cut reasonably quicky (the pattern designe usually takes longer than the cutting.

Becase I make toys, moving clocks etc - it is the technical bits that stump me and steal my time. Oh and the sanding and painting!!!!

The scrolling part is easy and takes least time, hence if I go wrong at this stage, I really don't mind adding it to the firewood pile and starting again.

Sue

Haggard3230 · 07-03-2009, 02:25 AM

My Shopiere clock, 230 hours spread over a six month period. I never did count the hours on the Chimes of Normandy, and the belltower from GASSP was my first big one and I wasn't keeping track of time since it was my first major fretwork piece.

07-02-2009, 01:01 PM	#11
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,808	Sheesh Pat, A month.......................... Mines been going for a few years now and still needs the splash backs I honestly can not say how much time I put into a project as I've always got quite a few on the go at once. I'd say that the jewellery box, that I made for my wife and entered in the last Design Contest was the most time consuming. At a rough guess I'd say probably about 20 hours ????? including design. In actual real time from start to finish about a fortnight. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" “God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.” - Russell Crowe Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

07-02-2009, 02:19 PM	#12
KtownScroller Wooden Clockman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: PA Posts: 2,563	Very cool truck Mike! __________________ - Rick

07-02-2009, 03:38 PM	#13
Woodworking Plus Having fun gettin it done Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 190 Blog Entries: 2	I would say that my rendition of Monticello would rate right up there as far as scrollsaw projects go. I spent over 150 hours not counting designing the pattern. 800+ pieces from 17 different woods. __________________ Mike "Why buy it if you can build it" www.midlothianwoodworks.com

07-02-2009, 04:03 PM	#14
Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SouthWest Arkansas Posts: 392	How about in the neighborhood of 12 months. The problem was not just the cutting, but the pattern creation and then the cutting.. I created the pattern of my brother in law and his wife and then did the cutting. John, my brother in law, had past away the a few months prior to my under taking of this project. I could not satisfy myself or my wife. Emotional projects are tough, but once you have worked your way thru such a project it really feels good. __________________ You can take the boy out of the hill country, but you can not take the hill country out of the boy. Okie's Cuttings and Patterns http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/okiearkie/ darrell, the okiearkie

07-02-2009, 04:07 PM	#15
Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SouthWest Arkansas Posts: 392	Wow.................... __________________ You can take the boy out of the hill country, but you can not take the hill country out of the boy. Okie's Cuttings and Patterns http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/okiearkie/ darrell, the okiearkie

07-02-2009, 04:29 PM	#16
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,166 Blog Entries: 5	In my mind....anything less than 160 hours would be less than a month. One year = 2000 hours and 2 years would be 4000 hours. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

07-02-2009, 10:43 PM	#17
ubgoofy2003 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 451	Ha, I haven't tackled anything that major, I like to get-er-done. My wife tells me that anyway. I am in too much of a hurry. I guess I look forward to the finished project too much. I do get a good feeling when I accomplish a nice project. I probably have done portraits that took about 12 hrs. I like to do protraits with a good deal of detail in them. I guess that is the Artist talent in me. That is one beautiful truck though, Mike. Congrats ! Perk

07-03-2009, 12:27 AM	#18
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,296 Blog Entries: 1	Why thank you Rick and Perk...Bowing humbly....I must say that the one of other Mike's woodworking plus and his Intarsia are far superior. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out! Remember.......Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.. Last edited by wood-n-things; 07-03-2009 at 12:30 AM.

07-03-2009, 01:45 AM	#19
jigsue Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 896	I cannot answer this very satisfactorily either! I don't really keep any eye on the clock and often have a few things on the go at once. Portrait stuff I can cut reasonably quicky (the pattern designe usually takes longer than the cutting. Becase I make toys, moving clocks etc - it is the technical bits that stump me and steal my time. Oh and the sanding and painting!!!! The scrolling part is easy and takes least time, hence if I go wrong at this stage, I really don't mind adding it to the firewood pile and starting again. Sue

07-03-2009, 02:25 AM	#20
Haggard3230 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Riverton, KS on Route 66 Posts: 2,631	My Shopiere clock, 230 hours spread over a six month period. I never did count the hours on the Chimes of Normandy, and the belltower from GASSP was my first big one and I wasn't keeping track of time since it was my first major fretwork piece. __________________ Merle SSG US Army Retired. merlehobbs@yahoo.com

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