Stallions Door Header

[badbert]

I wanted to carve something different for my entry door. I used some free patterns and put together a western theme. I have not carved it yet. I just wanted to share the MPC with everyone. To try to give something back. The stallions are from Pratyeka's grayscale post. Thank you Pratyeka! The rope pieces were from the pattern sharing depot. The MPC is 3 mb too large to upload here. So I uploaded it to web storage for free downloading!

http://www.mediafire.com/?zido5dh1v05jl

[tierman]

Looks great. A lot of action.

[Bigtyme]

Looks great....should really set off your entry door...

[mtylerfl]

That is going to be very impressive for your entry! Please post a photo or two of the finished installation. We will enjoy seeing it!

[henry1]

I wanted to carve something different for my entry door. I used some free patterns and put together a western theme. I have not carved it yet. I just wanted to share the MPC with everyone. To try to give something back. The stallions are from Pratyeka's grayscale post. Thank you Pratyeka! The rope pieces were from the pattern sharing depot. The MPC is 3 mb too large to upload here. PM your email if you want the MPC.
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[badbert]

I have sent them to everyone who "sent me an e-mail address". Those of you who still want one, make sure you PM me an email address!

[CNC Carver]

Thanks for sharing the MPC!

[rickyz]

thank you for sharing... pm sent...

[ladjr]

Nice job

Leo

[dcalvin4]

real nice
denny

[badbert]

I need your email address to send you the file! And some of you need to empty your message box

[LittleRedWoodshop]

Awesome pattern ... I am looking forward to carving it.

[dltccf]

I just started carving the stallion door pattern today. BTW, I put a 1/8 in feather on the outside box and set bit optimization to best and it took about an hour and a half off the projected carving time.

dave

[badbert]

I just started carving the stallion door pattern today. BTW, I put a 1/8 in feather on the outside box and set bit optimization to best and it took about an hour and a half off the projected carving time.

dave Great! Please post pics, when you are done!

[liquidguitars]

very cool Nice job...

[dltccf]

Finished the carve it turned out nicely except the 2x10 I used had the heart of pine running exactly down through the middle the whole way, really sticky sawdust.
Here are some shots:


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[eelamb]

Dltccf, very nice, thanks for showing us.

[badbert]

Finished the carve it turned out nicely except the 2x10 I used had the heart of pine running exactly down through the middle the whole way, really sticky sawdust.
Here are some shots:


Sent from my Incredible using Tapatalk 2 it's like looking in a mirror. Do you like the clearcarve DC? Thanks for pics!

[dltccf]

Yes, i do like the clearcarve.


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[badbert]

I am still getting request for this carving so I uploaded them to a web storage.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zido5dh1v05jl

[dltccf]

I just carved another version of the stallions door pattern. I resized it to fit on a 1x8 instead of the 2x10 and I figured out a new technique for quickly making rectangles a little fancier. Just make a circle and place it right on the corner of your rectangle carve region. Make the circle center go right where the corner is and then the horizontal and vertical bars on the circle will line up with the rectangles's edges. Then make the circle a carve region with zero depth. Make the Draft on the circle match the feather on the rectangle. Once you have it sized where you like it then you can just mirror it to the other 4 corners if your rectangle is centered or copy it if it is not. If you mirror it you can resize it later if you need to and all 4 will resize together.
Most people seem to really like the rectangles with the "fancy" corners over plain rectangles. And you can really dress them up in only a few seconds after you have practiced the technique a few times. I hope this helps someone improve their carvings.

Dave


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[henry1]

I like that and a good ideal for the corners thx

[SharonB]

Dave... that pattern seems to turn out great no matter what you carve it on. I like your idea of making a fancy rectangle.

[badbert]

The rectangle was actually a "built-in sled". For my use, I cut the rectangle away. Looks great that way too!

[Capt Bruce]

Thanks for sharing this MPC Badbert,

I decided to convert the whole pattern to fit on a 3/4" board since I did not have any 6/4 stock that long. Even at the reduced depth and sized for a 10" board it shows 14 hours to carve it all at Best qualityl. I've set up a "progress" copy of the project in Designer so I can note the carving progress as it proceeds today.


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I have never tried a carving on a board this long so it will be interesting to see if it will track straight enough going through the CW to keep the tracking wheel on the board edge. Again, please wish me luck and photos to follow. Happy New Year All.

[Capt Bruce]

And the 14 hour carve continues at 25% of the total length. I get the feeling this may be a long evening.

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So far so good. Has anyone carved this at Optimal Quality? How long did it take?

Another thread has me thinking of laminating a piece of 5/8" thick Walnut to a lighter colored poplar or pine board and carving just through the Walnut with this same pattern. Should be striking with the dark horses and rope on the lighter background.

[badbert]

I carved it twice on Optimal! It takes FOREVER!! LOL The contrasting wood Idea sounds fantastic! Please post your results.

[henry1]

A friend of mine carved it/ it took 22 hr

[Capt Bruce]

Thanks Gents,

Now I don't feel near as bad about this 14 hour carve. I'll see how this best quality trial run goes and how much clean up sanding I have to do before commiting to the OPTIMAL carve. That one may well be the two wood combination since I want a few eye catching display pieces for the Atlanta WW Show in March.

Coming up on the 50% mark at 3:00 PM.

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[TerryT]

Awesome, Capt Bruce! I like the idea of two different woods.

[Capt Bruce]

Finished the carve at 9:33 so it was an hour less than the machine estimate. Photo tomorrow

[Capt Bruce]

As noted Sunday some follow up photos of the Stallions Header pattern out in the daylight. I really appreciate those who worked in concert to share this MPC with all of us. Taking it to work Monday to do a little finish sanding and clean up at lunchtime, generated six more carving orders (for smaller plaque projects), as it really fascinates people who see it. A little big to be a business card but perhaps that's why the decorative carved "shingle" hanging out in front of a Shop was so important in years past.

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Again thanks and Happy New Year All.

[eelamb]

Very nice work Bruce.

[badbert]

That came out Great! Can't wait to see it finished! People stop and take phone pics of my front door!

[badbert]

There may be some confusion from this. But the version you all are carving, was not the final version. I wanted to make Rope Columns for the sides of the Door frame. But the rope pattern didn't look like rope when I made them that size. So jpaluck made me a much more realistic rope. I also reworked the original picture to increase contrast and sharpen to increase the depth and detail. This is the version that I finally carved for my door.58401584025840358404. The file is in the same link as the other one. But it is called StallionDoorBBRope3. Here is a direct link. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tjhnse8gl2aqnq8 . I apologize for any confusion. I am sure I posted this before! http://forum.carvewright.com/showthread.php?20879-A-more-accurate-rope Maybe every one prefers the first one?!