Momma and baby bear on rocker(Steve wood free download)

[Allen levine]

My 2 year old granddaughter was over yesterday and who knew she now is learning words at a rapid pace in preschool

i have an 8 foot plywood silhouette grizzly bear against a tree in my yard(Winfield collection pattern)with 2 baby bears climbing up tree

she kept pointing and saying bear bear so I showed her the baby bears and told her momma bear and baby bears

i mentioned to my daughter I saw a momma bear pattern online she asked me to make her some I'm guessing she is going to sell at school fund raiser

its a wood puzzle 

used what I had laying around Spanish cedar for large puzzle sapele for small puzzle 

ps3 blade

1.5 hours for all 4 cut and sanded 

not making anymore but I have a new kind of respect for the guy in shipshewana I watched cut postage stamp puzzles with his foot pedal scroll saw

i think im getting the hang of it but small pieces and curves im getting a lot of blade movement drifting just taking my time 

water bottle in pic to show scale size

[Peter N White]

All lok very good.

[rjweb]

Allen, excellent work, RJ

[daveww1]

nice job

[TAIrving]

Very nice Allen.  Grandkids are the best!

Re blade drift, check the blade tension.  Blades do slip and lose their tension and loose blades drift more than tight blades.   Also understand that blades have offset; they do not cut along the centerline of the table.  And each blade has a slightly different offset.  Watch where the blade is cutting and guide the pattern line into the blade's cutline.  

[Denny Knappen]

Some minor drift, but don't tell anyone and they won't notice.

[Allen levine]

Thanx for advice I take it all in

ive been a member of other woodworking sites and never understood when someone would shrug off advice

i figure there are 10's of thousands of hours of experience betweeen all the members so why not use it to my advantage 

and I always appreciate it

i had a great neighbor

he was a fireman who served during 911 and ended up with leukemia from the dust but he was a partime contractor and could fix or build anything

since I'm  not mechanically inclined I'd go to him all the time when I had a problem with a machine or mechanical issue

mynwife used to tell me leave him alone but he told me he never minded even near the end when sometimes he couldn't even stand up I'd bring it to him and his wisdom and skill always prevailed

he he passed 2 years ago after a long battle 

I miss him and he loved to always see what I was working on

i bring his wife little things I make all the time

Edited April 8 by Allen levine