Detriot Lions Helmet

[Tundra_Man]

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

quote:Originally posted by Popeye

Pretty dog-gone spiffy. Wish I had the patience for scroll saw work. Pat

That's the beauty of segmentation: it has one of the highest wow-to-work ratios of any other woodworking I've come across (haven't tried turning yet, but I hear that's pretty high too.) Shhhh, don't tell the non-woodworkers, but it is unbelievably easy to get great results. The day I put my scroll saw together, I had this cut out within two hours: http://members.ll.net/amashek/TeddyBear/TeddyBear.HTML The first hour was spent cutting up scrap because I had never used a scroll saw before. It's a very forgiving process, as if you drift a little from the cut line, the corresponding piece matches exactly and nobody will know but you.

Now, actual intarsia is another story...

quote:Originally posted by jkl1865

Great stuff. Love it.
I'm thinking Panthers personally.
Did that come from a plan~???

No plan. Just a photo of a Lions helmet I cobbed off the internet and traced into a line drawing using my Lone Ranger Drawing Kit (no kidding; I need to post some photos of this old thing, as it's pretty rare and probably worth some bucks. Too darn useful to give up, though.) Coloring books are great sources for segmentation/intarsia patterns, as they are usually filled with line drawings. I've got a "commissioned" work coming up (barter for services) for a Micky Mouse segmented plaque. I'm going to hit the book store looking at the Disney coloring books to see if I can find a picture close to what the customer wants.

And I'm giving no response to the Packer comments, you apostates!

[LCHIEN]

it might be useful to note that a lot of photo manipulation programs for PCs will turn photos into gray scale, and from there into near line drawings (try contrast, line drawing, embossing and threshold functions at various setting levels.)

[Navin Johnson]

That is really cool. And it's even cooler to me since I'm a huge Lion fan (some might say that makes me a masochist? - but some day they will win and then I will have the last laugh ....)

Great job,
Eric

[Lefty]

I've always liked that Teddy Bear. I'm not much of a sport fan, but I can sure appreciate the craft that went into the helmet. Very nice.
I'd like to try some of that some time. I guess I'd need a scroll saw... Maybe after I get a lathe... Hmmm.

[Tundra_Man]

quote:Originally posted by Lefty

I've always liked that Teddy Bear. I'm not much of a sport fan, but I can sure appreciate the craft that went into the helmet. Very nice.
I'd like to try some of that some time. I guess I'd need a scroll saw... Maybe after I get a lathe... Hmmm.

Scrolling is great fun, albeit a little tedious at times.

I notice you changed your tag line. Am I to assume you've sawn off the tip of your SMT[?]

[Lefty]

quote:Originally posted by Tundra_Man

quote:Originally posted by Lefty

I've always liked that Teddy Bear. I'm not much of a sport fan, but I can sure appreciate the craft that went into the helmet. Very nice.
I'd like to try some of that some time. I guess I'd need a scroll saw... Maybe after I get a lathe... Hmmm.

Scrolling is great fun, albeit a little tedious at times.

I notice you changed your tag line. Am I to assume you've sawn off the tip of your SMT[?]

Gad I wish I had the time... or the saw! It's still over at Kevin's house awaiting the completion of the flooring job we started months ago.

[daletour]

WOW that looks great,even if it is a lion's helmet.You did a first class job.

Mike

PS. GO BEARS

[Veramacor]

Re Detroit Lions Helmet

Saw this disclaimer in the archives and couldn't help but explain no disclaimers are necessary for the Lions. I believe that after 50 years of not winning anything, the Detroit Lions logos become public domain...

New BT3100 owner on Dec 25th! (Last BT3100 HD had at the Macomb Twp store)

[Tundra_Man]

2004 called. It wants its thread back...

[Imadunatic]

2004 called. It wants its thread back...

OMG, no wonder your links didnt work, here i was attempting to see this "nearly famous" Lions helmet, and none of the links worked, only til you pointed it out, did i go back and look, How about a repost for us that joined Post 2004??

[Whaler]

I can't open it on my Mac in either Firefox or Safari. I don't have IE so couldn't try that.

[mater]

I can't open it on my Mac in either Firefox or Safari. I don't have IE so couldn't try that.

I couldn't open it with IE either.

[25]

Nobody can open, it's a thread from 2004 and the link is dead.

[Tundra_Man]

The link points to my old web site which is long gone. For anyone still interested, here's a photo of the Lion's Helmet:

[TheRic]

I know I'm 2 years too late (story of my life), but that looks great!!! And it sure does look 3-D. Did you have plans? Do you still have them?? About what size is it?