Pheasant Carved in Limestone

[rcnewcomb]

The South Dakota state bird is the pheasant so I've had some demand. This project is part of a fireplace surround. There will be pheasants on either side of the fireplace.

This is cut in a 12x15" piece of limestone. I used a 1/2" V90 at 13K and 2ips for v carving. I used Vcarve wizard and limited the flat depth to 1/32". I used a 1/4" onsrud straight cutter for area clearing, again at 13K and 2ips.

I used a high velocity nozzle on a shop vac to provide air cooling during the cutting.


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[jay]

Randall, very very nicely done.
I just picked up some Marble pieces.
When I can make some time your post has given me some more incentive to give it a try.

[den73160]

Fantastic Randall, now I will have to look and see what the state bird is here in Oklahoma then see if I can find stone too work in.

[garyb]

Dennis I was going to say cookcoo but figured you would get back at me sooner or later.
Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher is the state bird
Nice job Randall