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Scroll Saw Challenges & Village News
- 2024 Custom Ornament Business Kit - This year's business kit is now available. 50% off through Cyber Monday (Dec 2, 2024)
- Ornaments For Charity Pattern Drive - Open call for designers for our annual Ornaments For Charity ebook. Details here.
- Cozy Scroll Saw Challenge - Cozy up with this month's scroll saw challenge!
- Spooktacular Scroll Saw Challenge - Celebrate Halloween and all things spooky in this month's scroll saw challenge!
- International Sports Scroll Saw Challenge - We're celebrating the worldwide competition of athletes, sportsmanship, and sports.
- Spring Scroll Saw Challenge - Spring is in the air! Share your projects that celebrate Spring!
- March Scroll Saw Challenge - Celebrate all things March in this month's scroll saw challenge.
- Easter Custom Ornament Kit - Make personalized Easter ornaments for friends, family, or to sell.
- Saint Patrick's Day Custom Ornament Kit - Make personalized ornaments for the Irish in your life.
- Valentine's Day Scroll Saw Challenge - Show the people in your life how much you care in this month's scroll saw challenge.
- Valentine's Day Custom Ornament Kit - Make personalized ornaments for your special Valentine.
- Favorite Projects - January's scroll saw challenge is reflecting on the projects you made in 2023.
- Ornaments For Charity Pattern Drive - Open call for designers for our annual Ornaments For Charity ebook. Details here.
- Thanksgiving Scroll Saw Challenge - This month's scroll saw challenge is about reflecting and counting our blessings.
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Beewax - non-toxic finish
I am concerned about toxic finishings to wood. This is why I would like to use only natural non-toxic products as olive oil or beewax, specially for toys and chopping or cutting boards. I intended to use raw beewax, but I am afraid that I would have to mix it with some kind of oil for a better application. Turpentine essence is not an option, as well as oils with solvents. What is your experience with beewax and what other products you use with it? My only requirement is not to use an
Alex Fox Basket C261 Stained
A basket C261 pattern by Alex Fox. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood 10"square. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #1 MGT blades. Before gluing, an artist in studio at ArtCrafters wanted to stain it. After sanding, gluing, spraying with Shellac, another coat of spray Shellac. Comments welcome.
2x4 Challenge - Jewellery Box
This my second entry to our clubs 2x4 challenge. It a standard SPF 8 foot. I cut to 8 - 12 inch lengths and then jointed and glued 2 pieces together. I then resawed one piece for the front and back. I then applied the pattern to front and the 3 - 1 1/4 layers. Cut out each layer accordingly and then glued the layers back together except the back. Then glued each drawer. Even though, I very carefully lined up the openings, i did a lot of sanding to get them to fit. Glued the b
Close encounter with the table saw.
Getting close to the end of a several weeks long project and got careless. Thankfully just a bit of a wake up call. 🙂
Treasure Chests
I know this is the wrong forum. Forgive me. This is what I was working on when I had the table saw mishap. I built these as Christmas presents for my 5 grandkids to keep their important stuff in. Like cool feathers, marbles, and pocketknives. 😁 They’ve all got a couple of “secret compartments” you access with a magnet. I’m looking for advise from folks who do more of this type thing on what sealer you would use after stain and how you’d apply it. I’m planning to leave the insides unfi
Boy on swing
Another piece out of Kathy wise book around 60 pieces alot of sanding lumber yard near me has a ton of species but no yellow heart so I used white cedar for the hair cherry sapele oak walnut Spanish cedar and pine I'm thinking about staining the pine leaves green just not sure yet heres where I'm at
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