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

BobD · 07-01-2009, 09:29 PM

Here is the place to discuss the newest poll: How long did your biggest project take?

Bob

wood-n-things · 07-01-2009, 09:34 PM

8 months, 24 days and several hours of intense labor near the end. He now stands 6'4" and is getting his diploma from college in the spring of 2010...and he isn't completed yet...LOL
Sorry the devil made me do it....

My longest woodworking project was about 90 hours of work. It is my truck, I didn't keep track of actual time spent but I estimate it to be that long.

minowevie · 07-01-2009, 09:43 PM

well Bob, my Largest project is still in the making. not that it took this long to cut, but just let it lye while I made my new shop. and then got waylay ed on some new hobby's. 2 years so far, but only maybe 20 hours in cutting . still have some to go. but I guess the most time I have spent on one project is only 16 hours so far on a finished project. milling the wood, sanding, gluing, and cutting, and finishing, and that was the Grand Geneva clock. of course it warped, so had to flatten the wood. before cutting. still about 16 hours. now just ask me how long to learn to sharpen knives, HEHE. hours, and hours. your friend Evie

Jediscroller · 07-01-2009, 10:25 PM

I'm assuming you're asking about the biggest scrolling project and actual hours to complete not how long it took me to get around to actually finishing it? the longest I've ever spent on a single scrolling project was 36 hours. I have stuff I've been working on for a couple of years but only an hour here and an hour there, hehehehe.
Mike, I like your answer too, hehehehe.

Janette · 07-01-2009, 11:04 PM

My longest project was just about 100 hours. That was "Tailgate Party" - the custom intarsia of 3 lhasa apsos in the pick up bed.

Now..how to translate that for the poll?

lucky788scroller · 07-02-2009, 03:47 AM

hmm, ive got a glider rocker I have been working on for 14 years now... does that count?

scrollpup · 07-02-2009, 04:47 AM

[QUOTE=wood-n-things;206051]8 months, 24 days and several hours of intense labor near the end. He now stands 6'4" and is getting his diploma from college in the spring of 2010...and he isn't completed yet...LOL

ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats my kind of post Mike!!! (LOL)

Jerry

scrollpup · 07-02-2009, 04:52 AM

I've only cut fretwork portraits,so about 32 hours total time (the "Stalking" leopard in SSWC ).

Jerry

Hobbyhorse · 07-02-2009, 07:21 AM

Building my boat took me 10,500 hrs but I guess that does not count. The scrollsawn clocks would run at around 100 hours.

Rhys

pat c · 07-02-2009, 09:00 AM

Since you didn't specify scrolling, mine was my kitchen cabinets last year. Working weekends and after work they took me almost a month. Scrolling, it took me nearly a month cutting "Judy's Jungle" that Sue Walker designed for me. Pat

07-01-2009, 09:29 PM	#1
BobD Technical Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lebanon, Pa Posts: 3,009 Blog Entries: 1	Poll Discussion: How long did your largest project take. Here is the place to discuss the newest poll: How long did your biggest project take? Bob __________________ www.WoodCarvingIllustrated.com www.FoxChapelPublishing.com www.ScrollSawer.com Shopsmith, Hawk G4

07-01-2009, 10:25 PM	#4
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,162 Blog Entries: 5	I'm assuming you're asking about the biggest scrolling project and actual hours to complete not how long it took me to get around to actually finishing it? the longest I've ever spent on a single scrolling project was 36 hours. I have stuff I've been working on for a couple of years but only an hour here and an hour there, hehehehe. Mike, I like your answer too, hehehehe. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

07-01-2009, 11:04 PM	#5
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,069 Blog Entries: 3	My longest project was just about 100 hours. That was "Tailgate Party" - the custom intarsia of 3 lhasa apsos in the pick up bed. Now..how to translate that for the poll? __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

07-02-2009, 03:47 AM	#6
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,214	hmm, ive got a glider rocker I have been working on for 14 years now... does that count? __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

07-02-2009, 04:47 AM	#7
scrollpup tryin to learn new tricks Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,642	[QUOTE=wood-n-things;206051]8 months, 24 days and several hours of intense labor near the end. He now stands 6'4" and is getting his diploma from college in the spring of 2010...and he isn't completed yet...LOL ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats my kind of post Mike!!! (LOL) Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

07-01-2009, 09:43 PM	#3
minowevie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: california Posts: 6,398	well Bob, my Largest project is still in the making. not that it took this long to cut, but just let it lye while I made my new shop. and then got waylay ed on some new hobby's. 2 years so far, but only maybe 20 hours in cutting . still have some to go. but I guess the most time I have spent on one project is only 16 hours so far on a finished project. milling the wood, sanding, gluing, and cutting, and finishing, and that was the Grand Geneva clock. of course it warped, so had to flatten the wood. before cutting. still about 16 hours. now just ask me how long to learn to sharpen knives, HEHE. hours, and hours. your friend Evie

07-02-2009, 04:52 AM	#8
scrollpup tryin to learn new tricks Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,642	I've only cut fretwork portraits,so about 32 hours total time (the "Stalking" leopard in SSWC ). Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

07-02-2009, 07:21 AM	#9
Hobbyhorse Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 276	Building my boat took me 10,500 hrs but I guess that does not count. The scrollsawn clocks would run at around 100 hours. Rhys

07-02-2009, 09:00 AM	#10
pat c Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Woodbine,Ga Posts: 423	Since you didn't specify scrolling, mine was my kitchen cabinets last year. Working weekends and after work they took me almost a month. Scrolling, it took me nearly a month cutting "Judy's Jungle" that Sue Walker designed for me. Pat __________________ Woodworking is Therapy.... some of us need more therapy than others.

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