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My neighbor brought me a wooden reindeer to see, that his grandfather had made in the 1980's.
i thought it was so cool that i asked him if i could copy the reindeer and make them for other friends and family.
he was stoked that i could reproduce them and gave the blessing.
i purchased a 1/2 sheet of very nice 15/32 birch plywood, that could create a small herd of the wooden creatures!
the finished reindeer is about 24" tall at the antler tip about 8" wide at the widest points and 16" long, tail to nose.
i made a direct tracing onto the birch plywood for the first cut outs, subsequent clones will be traced from the master i now have!
i used a 7-1/4" skillsaw with a plywood blade to cut the 1/2 sheet to more manageable size, to do the fine cutting with a scroll saw.
a shopsmith with a 100 grit 12" sanding disc was used to clean up the edges.
i still have some clean up & finishing to do, but here is the first prototype...
more to come.......
thanks for reading.
i thought it was so cool that i asked him if i could copy the reindeer and make them for other friends and family.
he was stoked that i could reproduce them and gave the blessing.
i purchased a 1/2 sheet of very nice 15/32 birch plywood, that could create a small herd of the wooden creatures!
the finished reindeer is about 24" tall at the antler tip about 8" wide at the widest points and 16" long, tail to nose.
i made a direct tracing onto the birch plywood for the first cut outs, subsequent clones will be traced from the master i now have!
i used a 7-1/4" skillsaw with a plywood blade to cut the 1/2 sheet to more manageable size, to do the fine cutting with a scroll saw.
a shopsmith with a 100 grit 12" sanding disc was used to clean up the edges.
i still have some clean up & finishing to do, but here is the first prototype...
more to come.......
thanks for reading.
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