Travis Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 2015 is right around the corner. It's time to start thinking of some New Year's Resolutions. What are your scroll sawing and woodworking goals for 2015? Here's mine: I'd like to make more scroll saw videos. Design more patterns Try different types of scrolling. (lath art and bowl making specifically) Do larger woodworking projects Fix up my shop so it's easier to work in (better storage, benches, lighting, and access to tools) and of course, make SSV the best community I can...but that's a given. What's yours? Scrolling Steve, tomsteve, amazingkevin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Yes fix up the shop ,that would be a blessing to make doing things easyier ,even if it's just making room so i can walk in and around better ,way to much stuff accumulated. tomsteve and Rob Roy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 I'll have two Delta saws 40-690 & 40-694. I want to focus on inlay. Set one saw up strictly for the inlay. Focus more on catagories like bowls, crosses and animals. That's about it for the shop. Now as for everything else, just make my wife Susan 'HAPPY'. Wilson's Woodworking, Rob Roy, amazingkevin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragax Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fix up the shop, better lighting, better heat, learn to cut inlay. Hang out here. LarryEA, tomsteve, amazingkevin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Work less (hard to walk away when someone wants to pay you to show up) and spend more time with family - especially grandchildren. Finish the solid body electric guitar my grandson and I are building for him - actually I have told him the goal is to finish it before I die and dieing this year is not in the plan. Get a Hawk Follow the lines and cut a perfect circle, a perfect "S", and a perfect "O". Okay, a perfect "C" would also be alright. I do not mean to imply that all of the other letters are perfect but each of them has been perfect at least once. Get the spouse to leave her vehicle in the driveway so I have more floor space in the garage/shop - each of the preceding items (well, at least the first three) have a better chance of happening than this one tomsteve and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 I want to retire and enjoy my shop more so many things to do in the shop not enough minutes in the day. So I want longer days. Roly Scrolling Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Ship shape the shop...........Master the Spiral blade.......Complete the 21 Charles Dearing patterns i got for Christmas...........and start working on 2015 Christmas gifts sooner than this year!...........and spend a little time in the Village! Rob Roy and amazingkevin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 hmm... generally I do not make resolutions... can't break what you don't make However Clean the shop. work on some of the ideas running around in my head Redo my totally depleted inventory for my shows in 2015 Sell more banks... sold 111 this year... DW Scrolling Steve, Rob Roy, amazingkevin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the corner Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Well a big challenge for me as a old dog is to learn and master Travis s Gimp and inkscape.The man is a genious at computer programs.We can only wish to do half of what he knows and we will all haveto agree that it's a good thing we have him in charge and Ill speak for everybody even if I have only been here for awhile. We all say thank you and Happy New Year! anybody want to second that feel free. Damian Travis, Rob Roy and amazingkevin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailfndr Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Keep improving my Intarsia, Set up at my first Art Show (if I get accepted by the judges) More complex Intarsia's Phantom Scroller, Scrolling Steve, amazingkevin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 this year I would like to make more Nativity scenes to sell at to shows make banks. and make the shop a better easier place to work. Rob Roy, Scrolling Steve, tomsteve and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Make more ornaments for craft shows, tune up all tools, put up walls in the shop, run dedicated power to the shop (I keep turning off the wife's computer) , and do better at keeping the shop clean. tomsteve, amazingkevin and Scrolling Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 1. Make at least one Intarsia 2. Make at least one Inlay 3. Cut a very thin piece of stainless steel for a necklace. 4. Learn more about pattern making. All of these will be new for me and I find them all very interesting when other people do them. And I want to at least say I tried, even if I don't like it I will know I gave it a go. Marg tomsteve, Rob Roy, Phantom Scroller and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepy Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I still want to learn to do word art with Inkscape. Other than that just to keep looking at the grass from above rather than at the roots. Scrolling Steve, tomsteve, amazingkevin and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsteve Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Learn how to make patterns from pictures. Tune up on all tools and(once again) re arrange shop. Keep hands and fingers in tact in the shop Not bleed on projects when I do bleed. amazingkevin and Scrolling Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I shall,(hopefully), go back to the beginning and start scrolling all over again. To H*ll with this no sharp things due to the Warfarin. I'll just do it, and if by some stupidity I see blood, i'll just get the BANDAIDS out. . Rob Roy. amazingkevin, Scrolling Steve and wombatie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 (edited) For 2015 I think I will move my shop because last year every time I went to my shop I ended up in the pub then when I got back I couldn't remember why I was going in the shop for in the first place lol, the pub is only 50ft further past my shop it's an easy mistake to make hehe........Paul Edited December 31, 2014 by grampa Travis, Rob Roy, wombatie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 For 2015 I think I will move my shop because last year every time I went to my shop I ended up in the pub then when I got back I couldn't remember why I was going in the shop for in the first place lol, the pub is only 50ft further past my shop it's an easy mistake to make hehe........Paul Hi Paul. I've got a memory like yours, but it's got sod all to do with alcohol, just AGE . Wishing you and the family a HAPPY and Prosperous New Year. Rob Roy. wombatie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hi Paul. I've got a memory like yours, but it's got sod all to do with alcohol, just AGE . Wishing you and the family a HAPPY and Prosperous New Year. Rob Roy. Happy new year to you to mate. Alcohol is not the reason I'm always in the pub it's just that if I don't go then my landlord will get less takings and won't be able to feed his 12 kids then they will be out on the street and I don't wish that on anyone honest, anyway the landlord needs to pay the gas bill so I will be in tonight to celebrate the new year and end the year knowing it ended doing a good deed,......that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.......Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Roy Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 A reasonable excuse Paul. Very charitable of you at this season of Good Will Rob Roy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docupton Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Clean the shop more often and practice pattern making amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvman44 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 To make it through 2015 to 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captlucky Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 I am going to try to keep the elation I am feeling by getting to my saw, after 6 months in the hospital and rehab. looking forward to this is the only thing that kept me sane. Ron amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 While typically don't make resolutions I thought I'd make a few and see how it rolls.1. I'll be 70 this year. I have CKD but other than that I think I'm healthy. I'm not so much overweight as I have a problem with weight distribution. Instead of a Porsche I'm an old Buick, if you know what I mean. So I joined a gym I to a years membership for $25 and I'm going to train to run a 5K this spring. I'm sure I could walk it but I want to try and run most of it.2. I'm going to continue doing volunteer work. I just started with a non-profit in the area and I do respite work with a couple. The gentleman has Alzheimer's and the wife is the full time caregiver. I give one afternoon a week so she can shop/sleep/visit a friend/see a dentist or whatever. I want to continue this work.3. In the shop I want to a) build another wooden gear clock; b) do an inlay project with the router; c) do an inlay project with the scroll saw; do at least half dozen woodworking for pay jobs in the neighborhood.4. I want to try snow shoeing this winter. 5. Finally for a number of years my wife and I have had a goal to hike in all of Minnesota's state parks, there are 76. We have visited and hiked about half. I want to add 4 more to that list year. LarryEA, Doug and amazingkevin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Mainly for me it is 'pattern making'. I have been too stubborn to take the time to get learn and not just do. so this year, I am working on pattern making.. let's see how well I do with that . Dick heppnerguy amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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