Not an entirely wasted weekend

[RabidAlien]

This weekend was full of honey-doos, most of which involved sitting around my wife's recently-deceased aunt's house waiting for people to show up to buy furniture, then helping dismantle said furniture and try to maneuver it out of doorways that were not designed to have anything bigger than a doll's furniture pass through them.  I swear we violated several laws of physics trying to get the sofa out, so my sincerest apologies if I inadvertently unleashed any Elder Beings upon this earth.

 

Unless they hit DC first.

 

 Still, between that, cleaning up branches from a downed tree in the back yard, and various other chores, I managed to get in a couple of hours' worth of turning lumber into sawdust.  Decided to do a quick Steve Good pattern (www.scrollsawworkship.blogspot.com), and used BLO for the first time (man...they're SERIOUS about keeping those cans closed in the stores!  Had to break out some adjustable pliers to get the thing off the first time).  Not the most intricate pattern, but one that I can sit back and smile and be glad I did.  Its only been drying about an hour, so still have 23 to go before I can call it done, but I'm pleasantly happy with how its turning out.  Subtle, enhancing the colors of the wood, instead of staining them a completely different shade.  If all goes well, I may have found my new go-to finish.

 

 

[lew]

Looking real good!!  Great pattern!!! 

[new2woodwrk]

Nicely done - thanks for sharing - I have that pattern on my list - my list is insanely long though LOL

Edited March 25, 2018 by new2woodwrk

[RabidAlien]

Thanks y'all!  I know there's a couple of spots under the "S"'s in "Kiss" that are missing, but I've got an older scroll saw that takes pin-type blades.  I'm using a trick where I pop out the pin on the top of the blade and use a section from a paperclip to hold it in place (the hint I borrowed it from used a safety pin, but I had a paperclip handy, so...), which allows me to drill a size or two smaller hole (plus, an older, broken blade has been saved and will be utilized for drilling the smallest holes I have a bit for and then widening out a channel to thread a blade through...or so my theory goes...).  But so far I don't have the ability to make that small a cut without the pilot hole obliterating the space and mooching into what's supposed to remain as wood.  I've tried it before, and it doesn't look good.

 

22 minutes ago, new2woodwrk said:

Nicely done - thanks for sharing - I have that pattern on my list - my list is insanely long though LOL

Heh...my list is pretty much his website and all of "tribal tattoo" search results on Pinterest. 

[Gordster]

You did a great job on that..I used that safety pkn idea also before I got a pinless saw.

[jollyred]

Good job on the cutting.  I have heard of guys grinding the pins shorter to get them in smaller holes.  Sounds like less work than cutting small pins, then looking for them in the sawdust under my workbench.

[Ron Johnson]

Well done Kirk. It's always interesting experimenting with a new finish. Hopefully it works as you're expecting.

[wombatie]

  Hope it works for you, your sign not the finish.      Sign looks great, well done.

Marg

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[Scrolling Steve]

Looking good !

[daveww1]

very nice

[RabidAlien]

Thanks everyone!

[Rockytime]

You've done really well. I like it.

[GPscroller]

Nice looking project.

Jeff

[newfie]

Nice cutting thanks for sharing 

[Dave Monk]

Looks great.........won't be long and you will be wanting to upgrade.

[amazingkevin]

On 3/25/2018 at 5:38 PM, RabidAlien said:

This weekend was full of honey-doos, most of which involved sitting around my wife's recently-deceased aunt's house waiting for people to show up to buy furniture, then helping dismantle said furniture and try to maneuver it out of doorways that were not designed to have anything bigger than a doll's furniture pass through them.  I swear we violated several laws of physics trying to get the sofa out, so my sincerest apologies if I inadvertently unleashed any Elder Beings upon this earth.

 

Unless they hit DC first.

 

 Still, between that, cleaning up branches from a downed tree in the back yard, and various other chores, I managed to get in a couple of hours' worth of turning lumber into sawdust.  Decided to do a quick Steve Good pattern (www.scrollsawworkship.blogspot.com), and used BLO for the first time (man...they're SERIOUS about keeping those cans closed in the stores!  Had to break out some adjustable pliers to get the thing off the first time).  Not the most intricate pattern, but one that I can sit back and smile and be glad I did.  Its only been drying about an hour, so still have 23 to go before I can call it done, but I'm pleasantly happy with how its turning out.  Subtle, enhancing the colors of the wood, instead of staining them a completely different shade.  If all goes well, I may have found my new go-to finish.

 

 

blo is a good sealer!

[bobscroll]

Very neat job there! You did really well with the type of scroll saw that you are using!

Thank you for posting, Bob 

[RabidAlien]

Thanks, Bob!  I hope to save up my allowance and get a better scrollsaw that'll allow smaller, tighter holes (and circular blades!) at some point.