Irish Wolfhound Intarsia

[linkshouse]

For your comments here is my latest work, an Irish Wolfhound from a Kathy Wise pattern -

Phill

 

[JanetsBears]

Looks a bit woof to me but it looks great! =D>

Chris

 

[twodoctors]

Wow!

What type of wood did you use? I'm new to all these and intarsia is one of many things to try...

Adrian

 

[NazNomad]

What type of wood did you use?

Dogwood?

 

[linkshouse]

Wow!

What type of wood did you use? I'm new to all these and intarsia is one of many things to try...

Adrian

Mahogany (I think) and oak, plus lime for the teeth.

The tongue, nose inner mouth and eye are dyed.

Regards

Phill

 

[Claymore]

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[linkshouse]

What a beauty Phill ! Love it...... I haven`t seen that pattern before and it works great.....perfect.
Your customer will love it.

Cheers
Brian
Ps still struggling with my Eagle at the moment, I have had Ruth doing some of the work until my hands improve and she has realised it aint easy after all lol

Thanks Brian.

Sorry to hear about your hands. Good that you have an apprentice

Phill

 

[Claymore]

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[Buffalo Chas]

Excellent Phill. Very well done. The contrasts are great and as Brian has already mentioned the texturing works great also.

Charley

 

[bodgerbaz]

Really nice Phill. Well cut and some lovely contrast. Well done.

 

[linkshouse]

"Good that you have an apprentice " lol glad ya think so.......... why do people offer their help and then totally ignore ya when your explaining how to do it? still every little help eh

Ah well, that's cos she's a wife first and an apprentice second... :lol: :wink:

Just been having a closer look at your Wolfhound and noticed you have done some lovely texturing? I couldn`t see it on the tablet but my big screen shows up better. I use a ball end burr (Dremel) which works well on most wood but softer woods it tends to chew it up. Don`t be tempted to buy any of these as they are rubbish and not cheap.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dura-Grit-Car ... SwzgBYyCQ6
Saburr bits are better for big stuff but the cheap sets on Ebay like these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50pcs-Diamond ... Sw241Ydfi~ are excellent for hardwoods.

I got these - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20pcs-1-S...Rotary-Tool-/171946314553?hash=item2808cc8b39 and they seem to work fine

I fancy the burrs but expected the diamond coated bits to be a bit slow for wood. Presumably that is not the case.

Keep up the great work
Brian

Thanks

Phill

 

[Claymore]

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[donwatson]

Another excellent piece Phll.

take care
Don W
PS I thought I had made a comment the other day but it looks as if I didn't ??

 

[AES]

Lovely looking dog Phil, well done Sir!

Re rotary tools, I scored a set of dental burrs (unused) from my dentist. They have been a great help in some fine metal bits I've used them on and I'm hoping they help with some Intarsia I've got planned but not started yet. We'll see. Otherwise I do use the little rotary sanding drums that the likes of Dremel sell. They come in 2 diameters and about 2 or 3 different grits. They work well on wood (AND on "routing" out the cut-outs in the plastic bodies of electrical surface-mount sockets and junction boxes!).

AES