had to fool around

[JimErn]

So after seeing the state of MI that  @Nickel Falls did in this thread

I went to his reference at scrolleronline.com

I was all set to buy the Texas pattern, but it did not trip my trigger at all, so I fired up inkscape

 

[Denny Knappen]

Jim, good thing you did not pull the trigger.  That is a wonderful design and cutting.

[spirithorse]

Nice work, Jim,

I did not look up the Texas pattern on scrolleronline but, your version is a winner!
Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[RabidAlien]

Nice!!!  Every time I see these, I always wonder if anyone's ever cut all 50 and made their own US map?

[OzarkSawdust]

Nice design and cut Jim!

I'm working on a couple of ideas. Where do you get things like the rider, steer, etc. and how do you get them into Inkscape? I think I can work with them once I get it into the program.

[JimErn]

1 hour ago, OzarkSawdust said:

Nice design and cut Jim!

I'm working on a couple of ideas. Where do you get things like the rider, steer, etc. and how do you get them into Inkscape? I think I can work with them once I get it into the program.

I do a google search, for say oil rig silhouette, the word silhouette is important or you get all kinds of drawings and pics

have inkscape open, right click on the silhouette you want and select copy, in inkscape right click select paste and say yes to the prompt

then use path menu, trace bitmap, set the stroke and fill to the color of you choice, resize and position

[Gordster]

Well done,must try something for here where I live..

[OzarkSawdust]

2 hours ago, JimErn said:

I do a google search, for say oil rig silhouette, the word silhouette is important or you get all kinds of drawings and pics

have inkscape open, right click on the silhouette you want and select copy, in inkscape right click select paste and say yes to the prompt

then use path menu, trace bitmap, set the stroke and fill to the color of you choice, resize and position

Thanks Jim!! I'll try it this evening. Once you've done it a few times it becomes second nature...it's just trying to do something the first time that's hard.

[Scrappile]

Saw your title and thought oh, oh, wife caught him!!!

Glad it wasn't that!   Nice work.

[oldhudson]

Very good design. I too went to that site and was pretty disappointed with the designs.

[meflick]

Nice work on crafting your own pattern, any Texan would be thrilled with that I suspect. Thanks for showing.

[Rockytime]

Great design you created. My states North Dakota and Colorado have boring border shapes!

[Ron Johnson]

Well done Jim. 

[dgman]

Very nice work Jim!

[wombatie]

Thats what I think of when I think of Texas and I have never been.  Great idea and great work.

Marg

[lawson56]

I Love your version.Top Notch job!!!!

[daveww1]

very nice job

[rdatelle]

You did good on that one.

[Frank Pellow]

Well done.  There is no doubt that you have an appropriate representation of Texas.

Like 'Gordster' says above, I too am now thinking about how to do something similar for the Canadian provinces and territories.

[Nickel Falls]

Looks AWESOME.....glad you made it work for you.

[namunolie]

great work

it is useful scrollsawing

once I made korea map puzzle

it is great if we could put impormations(speciality, regional product, indigenous product) into it