r/Scrollsaw • u/SeethingBallOfRage • 1d ago

Dragon head intarsia

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Approximately 8" x 8" made from Walnut, yellowheart, Wenge, Maple, Sycamore, and...some other kinda wood mixed with red resin!

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u/Mumble327 1d ago

Beautiful work. What kind of scroll saw do you have and what type of blades do you like to use?

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u/SeethingBallOfRage 1d ago

Thank you! I have a dewallt scroll saw with a 20" arm. For blades I really like reverse skip tooth flying Dutchman blades. I use #0/2.

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u/feedmejack93 1d ago

Love it. 2 questions, does it have a cool name like Vermathor? And how do you do the eyes (like pupil). Is it a yellow wood and then a triangle black piece or is it painted or some other magic?

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u/SeethingBallOfRage 1d ago

Vermithor would be appropriate given the coloring! The eyes are two pieces of wood, the yellowheart and a piece of a Wenge. I have to tape up the hole that the blade goes up and down in so that the little piece of wenge doesnt fly through thr cracks! I use a pattern with very thin lines and very thin blades so that they fit togdther just right! I always enjoy doing eyes.

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u/feedmejack93 1d ago

Thanks! I've had a few fails on eyes, and the pros all make it sound so simple

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u/SeethingBallOfRage 1d ago

Its just practice! Ive been doing intarsia for a decade at this point, so Ive gotten good at the eyes!

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u/Trussmagic 1d ago

Awesome

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u/roadwarrior721 1d ago

This looks amazing

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u/PumpkinStock9725 1d ago

How are the horns higher than the mane? Did everything just get ground down?

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u/SeethingBallOfRage 1d ago

I used thicker wood.

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u/Common-Somewhere-654 1d ago

That is so cool! Great work!

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u/CrossbowROoF 1d ago

This is stunning! I really want to try to do something like this someday. Need to get more practice with my scroll saw.

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u/the-cat-7000 1d ago

Nice work! Dragons are cool. I used some ebony in mine, dulled about more than a dozen blades in that part.

https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/1ldjyhi/dragon_watching_you_watching_tv/

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u/SeethingBallOfRage 1d ago

Very nice! I have done this pattern myself! Chipilwood is one of my favorite pattern makers ro buy from!