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If you should decide to purchase a printer, my advice would be a Brother inktank model. We had an HP inkjet that would go through ink cartridges at an amazing rate. I think that their business model hinges on putting a minimum of ink in the cartridge and selling it for $70. The Brother we have is inkjet but uses tanks of ink. $100 of ink lasts easily a year. That HP couldn't go that long on 1 cartridge when we didn't use it - the ink would dry out.

Excellent cutting, I really like the lab, will have to cut one but make it chocolate, RJ

Thank you all for the very kind remarks, I have since learned that this may have been an original Steve Godd pattern of a Valentine piece that someone altered. If I did something wrong, I apologize to Steve and to my friends at The Village for misleading you all. Rick

@barb.j.enders Barb, thanks for the heads up, I had no idea that was Steve's pattern,I confess that I can never find a pattern I want in Steve's catalog, so, I have not tried in a long time. Thanks for sharing that information, I certainly had no intention of pirating Steve's pattern. Rick

Nah, your eyes are fine. That one really looks like a bridge, must be because of the camera angle. In real life there is a 1mm gap between paw and background. I checked

@Dak0ta52 Rodney, great work on all of your cuttings, I agree, that Jim's patterns are very challenging. Your pattern work is great, I will attempt to find the Black Lab pattern for a good friends birthday. Thank for sharing. Rick

So far, we have had a very mild winter. High 30's and low 40's with a few low 50s thrown in. But hang on, February can sometimes be our worst.

Well done.

I like this one. Maybe one more round one, then try for an oval or oblong, one or two of each, and see what the reactions are.

awesome job

very nice

I think you can come up with an infinite number of bowl patterns. This is my 19th, I will definitely make the 20th for a round number. Do you think I should continue making bowl patterns? Video of making project Bowl patterns

I have a few logs and chunks from a tree that fell ,I made some drink costers with some,you could also use for scroll saw bowls if your into that.

Looking forward to Spring. I'm retiring and March 20th is my last day.

Well it all depends on the type of project. For many scrolled projects the thickness of the material is totally subjective. You can freely make it out of any material that suits you. For others, the thickness is critical. For a 3-dimensional project that requires assembly, for example, you would need to adjust dimensions to account for different component thicknesses. Tab & slot, as mentioned above is another. Stacked ring bowls, where the rings are cut at a specific angle also have a critical relationship between the thickness and the angle of cut. All of these can be modified to use different thickness than the original pattern calls out, but that can get a little tricky and needs to be considered carefully. For plaques, word art and other types of 2-dimensional flat work, the thickness is generally totally arbitrary and a matter of personal preference.

Would be nice to have a preview of the hot weather today. North Indiana

FYI, That is a Steve Good pattern that was obviously altered. https://www.stevedgood.com/valengnome.pdf

My old eyes are playing tricks on my again. Thought I saw one in on the paw farthest to the right.

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My year (2024) has been rather busy. This was the first year I really got involved in vendor shows and attended a little less than a dozen. As most others have experienced, some shows I did well, and others were a flop. But something I enjoy more is getting commissions from customers who come up and seen my work. The black lab (pattern is in Village Library) I created for a lady who had a vendor booth set up across from mine at one of the shows. She had recently lost a black lab and unfortunately didn't have any pictures. I was able to find a picture, create a pattern and make the cut. She was extremely pleased and said the piece did look like her dog. The Silky belonged to a lady that is in a dog training club with my wife. This was a champion dog in both conformation (Best In Show) and obedience training. I made the pattern from a picture she had and if I remember correctly, the pattern has around 650 cuts. It was tricky, but a lot of fun to cut. The heart was added at the request of my wife. Unfortunately, the dog had passed just before I got the commission. The two cowboy pieces are patterns by Jim Blume. I love his patterns and have cut many of them over the past couple years. The most challenging was the six team stagecoach going through water. That piece had a few cuts short of being 1500. These pieces didn't have near that many, but they were challenging because of the delicate places with small bridges. I guess the reason I like Jim's patterns is because they challenge me. The last piece I cut for a local restaurant chain. Obviously, it is a Mexican restaurant, and I cut it at the request of one of the wait staff. When I finished it and brought it to them, the manager seen it and had a fit. (Good fit.) He had to hang it up right away. The young lady that asked me to do the cut was pleased and had intended to hang the piece in the restaurant anyway. I felt kind of bad for her, so I cut one of the 3D bird houses and gave it to her once they had their Christmas tree up. She did hang it on the tree but once they took it down, she kept it and hung it in her car.

It could be a Central but thought they were always green. But here is one in blue. The thing that is pointing to it is 15" Hegner did not make a 15" https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/353669347442055/

The third picture shows the data plate, Central Machinery i.e. Harbor Freight At first glance, sure looks like a Hegner, at least the stand.

This says it's a Central Machinery but sure looks a lot like a Hegner to me.. Thoughts? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1278946467113428/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A5852bab3-2a62-4789-bc60-7a082ae2fa2f

Ray, 2 weeks today will be first race, Bowman track, Busch clash, RJ

I don't see any tumble weeds, or a sajuaro catus. But it looks so cool. Staring down the wrong side of the barrel. The viewer must be in some real trouble. Me. Mark Eason