Hummingbird Finished

[mtylerfl]

Hello,

The other day I posted some "Works in Progress" and this is the Hummingbird project that I finished today.

Wood: Pine
Dimensions: 8" x 11"
Finish:
1) Bullseye Sanding Sealer - one light coat (2 parts sealer/3 parts Denatured Alcohol)
2) Stain - Minwax 'Sedona Red' #222
3) Clearcoat - Minwax Clear Satin Wipe-On Poly (3 coats)
4) Gold Stripe Accent - Elmer's Fine Point Gold Metallic Paint Marker

[BobHill]

Now THAT is one impressive piece of work, Michael, especially done in pine.

Bob

[Kenm810]

Michael,

That one's a Winner
So much detail in 8" x 11"
Barb's beating me on the shoulder
telling me she want's one
Great Project http://www.carvewright.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[Marcusb]

be available on your web site? I want that for my hummingbird obsessed wife.

[mtylerfl]

be available on your web site? I want that for my hummingbird obsessed wife.

Hello,

Thanks, everyone for the nice comments about the hummingbird project. I really enjoyed doing that one.
My wife has already found a home for it on one of our dining room walls!:D

The design is made from two commercial patterns and two mpc's.
(one mpc for the hummingbird/flower oval, and another for just the flowers that are carved separately for the outer frame appliqué)

The hummingbird pattern is at:
http://www.carvebuddy.com/birds.html

The flower pattern is at:
http://www.carvebuddy.com/flowers.html

Anyone who already owns both of those patterns, I will be very pleased to email you complimentary mpc's for the project. (Please email me with any mpc requests via the CarveBuddy website though, so we aren't using the forum for 'business' matters.)

[liquidguitars]

looks sweet nice work.. like the color 2

LG

[Lin]

Micheal, Are you using the clip feature to clip the flower pattern with in the software?
Lin

[www.go3d.us]

Wow!!! That's all I can say. Wow!!!

[mtylerfl]

Micheal, Are you using the clip feature to clip the flower pattern with in the software?
Lin

Hi Lin,

Yes indeed, I am...when you drag a pattern into a carve region that overlaps the region's border, set feathering to "none" for the pattern, right-click the pattern, select "Clip Carving: Inclusive"

Here is an example of the "before and after" Clip Carving: Inclusive...

[Lin]

Thank-you so much for the quick response. I had been tinkering around with a couple patterns and couldn't figure out how to overlay them and finally came across the clip option..but never used it correctly. Thanks for the explanation.
Your humming bird came out just gorgeous. Sedona Red is one of my favorite stains...I also like English Chesnut and tend to use those two as much as possible when staining.
Lin

[Jon Jantz]

Michael, that is truly one of the finest pieces I've seen produced yet. Good job.

[mtylerfl]

Michael, that is truly one of the finest pieces I've seen produced yet. Good job.

Thank you - it's amazing what the CompuCarve/CarveWright enables us to accomplish! Great machine(s)!