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Well my Wife and I are going to The Smokies in the A,M, (FINALLY) YEHI!!.so I thought I would post my latest cuttings. I have been wanting to cut the CSX for sometime.and finally got around to it.I plan on visiting the Train Museum while we are over there.and going to Cooter's. I will be back in 4 days.You All Take Care.

Delivered these custom plaques Saturday. The original pattern was by Steve Good. I changed it a bit and added the name.

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Thank you guys for the help on the patterns.

I finished this last week for a neighbor. Sorry I have no idea who made the pattern. It's cut from 3mm Hoop Pine, using a 2/0 Reverse Tooth flat blade. Marg PS. The pattern is by Lawson56, thanks Bobby.

Welcome to the Village Laura! Thin woods tend to warp because of uneven moisture absorption. You didn't say where you get your wood. If you get it from a local source, when you bring it home, don't lay it flat on your bench. Lean it so air can circulate all the way around the wood, or use sticker or dowels and stack the wood with weights on top till the wood acclimates to your shop. If you get you wood online, leave it wrapped in the packaging it came in to acclimate to your shop, then stack and sticker. this will ensure your wood will sta flat. good luck!

Not much time to do project lately but hammered these out this week.What a difference min wax poly does to a project!

Here's my 1st attempt at stack cutting. Pattern by Steve Curtis

Thanks to Wayne for the pattern of the circular holder. These are for holding "diffuser" bottles, customer wanted a circular one to hold 15 bottles (Wayne Pattern) and two rectangular to hold 6 bottles each. Wood used is Walnut 3/4" thick Now let's hope for sunshine and good golf.

Those turned out great,Steve !

Very nicely done project. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

Nice work Dave and a great modification to add the names and make them personalized. Great way to commemorate Memorial Day. I am thankful for all who have sacrificed so much for our country and the world including their families.

Very well done Monk.

Super pattern and cutting.

Very nice Terry. Great cutting skills. Marg

Don, The pattern for the cross came from Wildwood Designs. It's one of a group of cross patterns, but I can't tell you much more about it. It was too long ago. After I cut it out on the scroll saw I decided that it needed something else, so I got out my air powered dentist drill power carver and 1/16" diameter bits and carved back the vines and leaves lower than the face of the cross and then shaped both the vines and leaves. I then coated the whole cross with Tung oil and let it dry. After it had thoroughly dried and the smell had gone away I used an Antique Green Rub N Buff to coat the leaves, then buffed the leaves lightly by hand after they had dried to bring out the gold flecks in the Rub N Buff. This was 19 years ago and I have made 17 more of these same cross's since then, with two more presently about 1/2 finished in my shop. All but two of these cross's have been made from Mahogany. One was made from Red Oak and One from White Oak. The Oak ones were nothing but trouble during the scroll sawing as well as the carving, so after finishing them, I vowed to never make them from Oak again and I tend to shy away from Oak for any other projects since then. I developed a real hate for Oak while trying to finish them. They each took me about 2X the time of doing each of the rest to complete.. My family has consumed the rest of these crosses, with some of my long lost cousins even showing up to get them., but my wife has this first made one. One of the early made crosses was given to a very special minister friend who helped me mentally recover after a very traumatic health event in my life. He convinced me that I was going to live through it, and that I would be better than I had been before the incident occurred after I recovered from it,. We didn't even know each other before that brief encounter.. This all took place seventeen years ago. I made his cross even better than the others, by coating the whole face of the cross itself with Gold Rub N Buff., which, after rubbing it out, made the cross itself look almost like it was made from solid gold. The Rub N Buff had filled the grain of the Mahogany so it appeared to be as smooth as metal.. Yesterday and Friday I cut up a 70 ft tall 24" diameter pine tree by myself, loaded about 1/3 of the trunk pieces of it into my truck, took them to the dump, and unloaded all of them by myself. Then I came back to finish cutting the rest of the tree into manageable sizes.They, and the branches are now completely cut up and waiting for their trip to the dump on Tuesday. I'm 75 years old, have survived cancer twice, have metal knees, the result of a fire fighting accident in 1978, and I have had heart surgery 6 times. I'm actually afraid to slow down, because several of my friends did slow down after they retired and they didn't last very long. All were much younger than me, but I think I may have overdone it a bit this time. I'm tired today and taking it easy all day.. Charley

Those look great thanks for sharing

OUCH!!!

Great work Terry! Hopefully you found that a thicker stack gave you better control of your cut. Great work!

And you ended up with two beautifully well done pictures!

Looks great, Terry !

Very nicely done Terry. Those came out great. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW

The cutting looks real good. Glad the finish worked out for you. I myself only use minwax poly when I hate the recipient and want to give him or her a piece of sludge-covered wood that will remain tacky for another three years, or until it is completely covered in cat hair - whichever comes first. I've just had nothing but bad luck with it.

Looks great, not a lot of cuts but right on with the pattern. Well done. jim penquin

Welcome to the group, and like the name. The plaque looks great also. jim penquin

You do not need a turn table Paul a scroll saw works a lot better

One word.....Awesome!

You did an awesome job on that. I like that pattern the most of any I have see of him.

Great job. Looks wonderful!

I have all my old one, but not turntable. I doubt if mine would even play anymore. Been sitting in boxes for over 35 years!

Funny thing is, I still have all my old albums and two of my brothers collections that they were gonna throw away back when CD's came out. No Frank you can't have them either. (Smile) And, I still have my turntable. I just hate when the darn thins skip!

Nice work thanks for sharing

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Great job Marg thanks for sharing

Well done, Marg !....Nice cutting !

Great piece Terry as usual

You did an Awesome job MargThis is one of mine.I made it from a clip art drawing.It was one of my 1st patterns.Thank you.

Hi Marg The A&M stands for "Agricultural and Mechanical" that's what the collage started as my wife is a big football fan and she use to work at the college.

That looks great Terry but I have to ask, what does A & M stand for? Marg

Sharp as a tack,Beautiful cutting

So life like,you chose great projects to do,And do them well!

Very good looking plaque!

Excellently done. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW

That turned out great !....Nice work !

Well Done!!!

Frank cutting something other than vinyl - say it ain't so! Does look nice and look forward to seeing your black frame. Nice work even if you were on meds. Hope your back clears up soon. Thanks for sharing.

What, did ya run out if albums? (Big smile)

Looks great Frank, well done. Marg

The results are stunning Frank. Thanks for sharing. Jeff

Ok and if it is wrong I shall of course put this PAUL aka SCRAPPILE TOLD ME TO DO IT lol