From Start to Finish

Thought today I would describe what David does in order to make an item.

• Orders Pattern
• Copies pattern, keeps original
• Makes any corrections on pattern that it needs
• Chooses wood
• Sands/planes wood
• Cuts out pattern
• Glues pattern to wood with spray on adhesive
• Tapes the pattern to wood using packaging tape
• Drills all the holes - sometimes over 300 holes
• Scrollsaws all the parts that need to be cut out, changing blades often
• If pattern needs a backing, tapes that on and finishes the outer edge
• Removes pattern
• Sands wood again, hands it over to me to finish
• Glues backing on, nails sawtooth hanger on or whatever item needs to totally finish it

As you can see, a lot of time and effort goes into creating each piece. Sometimes projects go into the scrap pile because they break, didn't meet our standards, etc. He did a cougar arrowhead clock and completely finished it at which time the side broke. Very frustrating since he had put quite a few hours into the piece. That's part of the crafting world though!!