Creating Overlapped work

[Sheepy]

Hi again everyone

Just a quickie about overlapped pieces. I desperately want to do a Celtic Knot design but aren't sure how to create the overlapped areas.

I know there's no such thing as a daft question, so hopefully this isn't the first (homer)

 

[Stooby]

I've not tried that but thinking of intarsia would sanding the edge of one piece lower than the adjoining piece to create the illusion of running under the other work?

 

[Barnum]

Hey. I'm not sure what you mean by overlapped work. If you're talking about overlapped intarsia, I don't know as I'm nowhere near that level yet - I've only been scrolling for a couple of weeks.

In terms of just making a scroll saw celtic knot, that is one thing that I've just tried. Here's a photo of my effort. Basically cut out the main shape and the holes with the saw, and then used a handheld sander and various engraving / carving attachments to add the detail and the overlapped areas, as you put it.

It's a bit rough, and it could do with some more fine tuning, but I'm relatively happy with this in its pre-stained state. Took an age though, so next time I may look for a simpler knot with fewer holes and fewer tangles!