Scroll Saw Decoy

[William]

The carving on my back burner projects 3 and 4 is finished and I'm working on the painting now and I know I said the 6 back burner projects would be completely finished before starting a new project but I just can't get this decoy out of my mind.

Looks like lots of "Pine" carvings lately, here's nother one. If anyone has worked on a project like this before or with pine any advice you may have would be welcome.

I have started the pattern decoy with select kiln dried 1" pine boards dressed to 3/4" (it's shelving lumber from Home Depot). The 8 boards were cut with a scroll saw and bolted where the dowels will be placed. I plan to carve one side only and then take it apart and use the 4 pieces as patterns to recut the other 4 pieces and then just remove the wood from glue line to glue line. I plan to do this one flat plane style with natural finish. The bolt in the head is the eye hole and the dowel will be the eye, the other dowels will not show they will be covered with the undrilled side piece. The decoy is 12" x 7.5" x 6" and the total material cost is less than $10, I may get a pine board with knots in it for the side piece but have not decided on that yet, the select boards were almost twice as much but they are knot free.

The body should be easy to carve from the pattern because I will just be removing wood from glue line to glue line but the head and neck will be a little harder. It should look something like the picture of the finished carving I found on the net except it will be flat plane style.

Bill
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[tucker1931]

Bill, very impressive piece of work, I sure like the grain of the wood you've chosen.
Cliff

[William]

Cliff, I really like the grain in pine too.

I have never carved anything out of pine before and it's a harder wood than I thought it would be.

The guys in Home Depot were looking me over when I was digging through that stack of wood looking for a duck.

Bill
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[SeaLeveler]

That looks like a great technique.It would be a shame to cover up the grain.How about one with contrasting woods,maybe walnut and pine.Tony

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Bill, that looks great, I also love the grain in pine. I made some small cabinets out of pine shelving board, finished in a light stain and poly. to protect. The guys at H depot are probably still scratching their heads. lol

Dave

[BRIAN D]

Bill, I'm like everyone else love the grain of the wood & the job you've done. Thanks, for posting.

[markken5889]

Hi Bill,

I'm interested to see how this one comes out! Thanks for posting.

Mark

[William]

Tony, the only color will be on the head and it will be a very very thin red wash if I can figure out how to mix the color so it will look like the red on the "Red Head" duck when the thin wash blends with the natural brown color of the pine.

Thanks Dave, Brian and Mark;

This is the pattern decoy and after I have a pattern for each board I should be able to pop them out quick and use the same pattern for a Mallard (green head) and a Blue Bill (dark blue head).

Mark, do you know of any other ducks that have roughly the same body style as the Red Head? These will be folk-art carvings and not really detail specific.

This is what got done last night, I'll get a little more done tonight while the paint is drying on the back burners.

Bill
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[Al_Hillis]

Bill the duck looks like he will soon join the rest of the flock , well done

[Lonewolfcarver]

They look great. I'm not a big fan of pine but seeing what you do with it may change my mind. A Bufflehead decoy has a similar shape to the ones you have done.