Another Stocking Stuffer

[DM]

Many years ago i use to make a lot of small "deer" to sell and give away as gifts. I thought it would be fun to make one again and show you how i do that with pictures...

I decided to make it out of a white pine i harvested some time ago...

http://www.fototime.com/C1BF6503AD25B70/standard.jpg

I sawed this pine into 3x8's...

http://www.fototime.com/51CBF0028E1D511/standard.jpg

Because i damaged one of them when moving the pile, i set it aside to use for ?? Anyway, it's air dried now, so i cut a piece of it off, and ran it through my planer...

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Once it was planed on both sides, i put it on the jointer and straightened one edge...

http://www.fototime.com/2315A597E1EA61C/standard.jpg

With one edge straightened, it went on the table saw, and i sawed off the end to get it nice and square...

http://www.fototime.com/DEDAE049E21E956/standard.jpg

Then i sawed off the length of piece i needed...

http://www.fototime.com/25F6474C1C7E06F/standard.jpg

and then ripped it to the width i needed too...

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With that done, i set the pattern i drew up, on the piece and penciled around it...

http://www.fototime.com/EB84C10F41ECE9E/standard.jpg

And started following the line with my bandsaw...

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Once i had all the sawing done, it looked like this...

http://www.fototime.com/658C7E200469FEA/standard.jpg

So, i removed the pieces, to expose the deer...

http://www.fototime.com/9A876E8F687B341/standard.jpg

And started sanding the saw marks off...

http://www.fototime.com/C9B7CB8FC0A0DAB/standard.jpg

With that done, i threw on some oil to finish it!! It looks kinda nice standing there, with the racks of it's "cousins" in the back ground... lol

http://www.fototime.com/77C0D9396082428/standard.jpg

Sooo, if your not a deer hunter, that's how you can still get yourself a deer!!

Hope you liked the picts...

DM

[Penny_Plinker]

Very nice work! My husband would love to have that sawmill! me too!

Penny

[Hampster]

How clever.. DM.... it's so nice that you have taken pictures of your life ... and nice that you are willing to share them with others...

[SPIKE]

Nice sculptured deer!

[validus.mus]

Wow, I was impressed to see it go from what looked such a simple 2D drawing for the front and how it's shaped and curved into such a great piece of modern design. The fine finish and the lines must make it a wonderful piece to handle.