Carved my pumpkin tonight.

griff390griff390
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Happy Halloween everyone!

Jim "Doc Griff" Griffin
PA28 - 161
Chicago area

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  • Seneca38173Seneca38173

    Dremel tool, Jim?

  • planewrenchplanewrench

    Sweet!! Carl

    49 yrs A/P IA DAL A/C inspector. 172N Rotax IRMT 912/914

  • roevadasroevadas

    Wow, great job...

  • griff390griff390
    edited October 31

    The Piper pumpkin project was very basic and a lot of fun.

    My wife field dressed the pumpkin and cleaned the seeds. We have roasted pumpkin seeds to snack on tonight.

    The only tool I used was a paring knife from the kitchen. I originally made a stencil for the layout, but it didn't work. I wound up sketching the layout on the pumpkin with a Sharpie, then freehand cut it out with the paring knife. Total time was about 2 hours.

    Wish I had a cool story like "I put the pumpkin through a laser printer, then carved it with a 3 axis CNC mill linked to the latest CAD/CAM system", but I don't. It was about as low tech as a slide rule and a drafting board, but I think it turned out decent. Come to think of it, the SR-71 was designed with slide rules and drafting boards, and it turned out decent too. 🤣

    Jim "Doc Griff" Griffin
    PA28 - 161
    Chicago area

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