Thread: WIP mirror frame, woodbutchering 1st attempt

Mick, I think that you have a great idea going there. I am sure that it is going to look good when you have finished.

How does it feel using the die grinder with the router bit. I would be cautious with the risk of kickback, but that's just me.

it looks like it's guna be pretty smick and the pattern was a good choice. whats the finish guna be; stained, painted or clear?

Hi MickP, this is going to be great!!!
Cheers
RufflyRustic

Hi Mick - I'm looking forward to seeing the finished article!

I want to do some carving - later on when we finish the house. Our 10 y.o. daughter wants to carve a big wedge-tailed eagle to sit on a post in her room, but we've never carved anything worth writing home about!

Keep up the good work - how're you going to finish the carving? Do you have a Dremel or similar? Or a rounded stone sanding bit to fit your grinder?

Cheers,

Jill

Woodbutcher: I played with the die grinder/router bit on a piece of scrap first toget a feel for it. had a heap of kick back to start with but by reducing the air pressure from my compressor that has been reduced to something hat feels safe (still have all my fingers so far ).

Fella: am thinking of using danish oil as a finish. depends what swmbo wants really. trying to get in the good books so I can buy some more shed tools.

Jill: it is all going to be done with the die grinder and various bits eg router bits for roughing work, deburrer's to smooth the rough edges, and a range of stones in differing shapes for the final finish ( have lots of stones from when I used to repair plastic injection molding dies)

will update this when I manage to get more completed. damn boss at work is talking about 28 days of 12 hour shifts starting in a week. if only I could make a living doing what I enjoy

Should look nice when its finished, I dont mind celtic looking patterns they tend to flow.
It'll take a fair amount of smoothing to get it shmicko, I did a picture frame last year and carved out the names of a aunt&uncle(50th Av present)in cursive text, I couldnt get a nice finish in the text(baltic pine) so I ended up filling it with some non-coloured timbermate then stained the whole lot (a ubeaut sealer was applied before filler)... the filler takes in a heap of stain making it darker, the last coat of stain I used a coarse rag to give it some grain marks... you would've sworn it was inlayed wood!
My mother made up a tapestry of a photo of their faces and 50 years in text to fit in it... they loved it!

Should come up nice Mick. Think I'll stick to the Dremel for carving though - wind power looks too savage for me!

managed a few more hours in my sanctuary today. got the rest of the celtic carving roughed out, made a few mistakes but %@#$ happens.
put it in the clamps with the top & bottom rails in place so I could get an idea of how it was goingto look. now all I have to do is a heap of hand sanding inside the carving.
did change how I was removing the timber though instead of a router bit in the die grinder I used a 7/8" diameter diamond tipped deburrer, was much smoother and I suppose safer to use

Mick, that looks great. I love the design and look forward to seeing the finished frame!

Originally Posted by TTIT

Should come up nice Mick. Think I'll stick to the Dremel for carving though - wind power looks too savage for me!

TTIT, one advantage of using pnuematic tools is that you can set the regulator down to give you a safety clutch. It is great with the arbotech carver in an air grinder. If the carver bits in the air grinder will just stop dead not try and rip your wrist off.