Sides and Doors Cut Out!!!

[AmyH]

Okay, I feel like a bit of a slacker, in that it has taken me soooooo long to get to this point, but since this is such a milestone for me, I thought I should share. I finally have my sides and doors cut out!!! I was totally stressing this stage, but it went really well.

Here is the curb side propped up to check the fit:



And here are the two doors:



They look a bit dull right now, since they have been sanded down after fiberglassing them. I plan to put about 5 coats of marine spar varnish on them a little later, so they'll look nice and glossy again. This next weekend I am going to start building the wall frames and door frames. Hopefully things will go a bit faster now.

Thanks for looking everyone!

[Miriam C.]

Oh Amy, it is just beautiful. I love the inlay. I guess we need to start a special designation for art Tears here.

GitRdun

[Juneaudave]

That is sooooooooooooooo nice!!! I really love the inlay work. There ought to be a sticky for the slacker, stressed out builders. We could all commensurate!!! My only saving grace seeing how all these other Tears turn out that look so great!!

[Mary K]

Uhhh Ohhh, Why Yes, Yes this is a special occasion!!!! It's time for the Teardrop Dance!!


Heeeeeerrrr Weeeee GOOOOOO!!!



I know it's silly, but I started it and it would just be rude if I didnt "do the dance" for a milestone like this.

Amy, that is Absolutely Amazing!!! Beautiful craftmans ship.


Thanks for posting!

Mk

[Steve Frederick]

Very, Very Nice!
That accent detail is beautiful!

[WarPony]

Wow, you're a really good woodworker!!! I'm looking at your photos and can't figure out how you got all the circles lined up so the curves would meet up. I would've Judo chopped the whole thing into firewood trying to get THAT figured out!!

That is going to be really nice....... take your time and make it right.

Jeff

[halfdome, Danny]

Beautiful work Amy :thumbsup: You should be very proud of your attention to detail. Danny

[Ron Dickey]

I do like it with the design.... stencel?? Nice job. you make it look so easy.

Ron D.

[tonyj]

I love that squiggle!!! Very crative craftsmanship.

[bledsoe3]

Very nice Amy. Doesn't it feel good to see the walls go up?

[madjack]

...very nice Amy, that is gonna be a real sweet tear when done.........

[toypusher]

Just plain gorgeous!! What more can I say??

[Creamcracker]

Looks great! --- but okay --- ya gotta tell us the technique used! Give us a quick tutorial---please.
Philip

[Ira]

FABULOUS!

My guess is she cut the squiggles and lines out of the SKINS with a router, stained them, then "just" laid them and glued them onto the wall perfectly.

[WarPony]

Nope, click on the "Photo Log" link at the bottom of her post and look at how she did it. I still don't know HOW she did it but it has some of the steps in there. Pretty neat!!