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The Harts was for Valentine’s Day and the scenery is for a birthday present.

Probably my favorite book. A while back I thought the book cover would make a pretty good pattern. Not really what I envisioned but it turned out OK, especially since I'm a big fan. Reminds me of a quote from another favorite book. A Prayer For Owen Meany-"Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently."

Hello everyone!! This time, I want to share my first project of this year, which is my first portrait too. They´re two friends of mine, that recently bougth their first house, so I thougth that this could be a nice and a beautiful present. It´s cutted in 5mm plywood, the frame it´s made from pine that I inked in walnut, and both are finished with barnish. I hope you all like it

I thought I would show a couple projects I entered into contests on the IAP penturning forum. Happy to say they took second and third. I just wanted to say thanks to 2 people who helped with the patterns and that is Tim ( WORBLER ) and Jim (JIMERN ) Thanks for the great patterns. This is a little lengthy but here they are with a bit of description. The first one is a pen display box based on the IAP (International Association of Penturners ) It is constructed in a diamond shape with birdseye maple and blue acrylic strips. The logo on the lid is cut from blue, black and white acrylic using the scrollsaw. It is inlayed into the lid. Inside the box the pen holder was sanded and crowned and flocked with a beautiful med blue flocking material as well as the underside of the lid. It can accommodate any size pen. The lid is a friction fit lift off design.The box was finished with 10 coats of clear gloss lacquer. Thanks for looking. The second project is a pen display stand and it too carries the IAP theme. The stand was constructed from curly maple and black acrylic strips for accents . A clock insert was added along with a base that is filled with blue coral acrylic pieces and encased in Liquid Diamonds epoxy resin. When looking down into this it really is a nice feature. Too tough to photograph. On the top sits the pen holders in the shape as 2 fountain pen nibs made from polished brass and maple. It can hold any size pen. The background clock holder was scrolled out and back painted with black paint. The entire stand was then finished with 10 coats of clear gloss lacquer. Thanks for looking. Again thanks for the pattern makers help.

Had cut this in December. Finally got around to mounting it. Mounted on tongue & groove pine. i was going for a "cottage" look. Hubby isn't so fond of the look - thoughts??? Put spacers behind to raise it. Copper nails to accent. Finish is spray lacquer.

So I kept looking at those bowls I showed ihe going round n round thread and I got to thinking in my younger days, thinking usually ended with "hold my beer, I can do this" Now being much older and worn out, my thinking ends with "finish the beer, I can do this." So I did

Just finished spraying this this morning. A new clock for my wife's quilt room, if she wants it. When I say I did it the hard way, I tried to stack cut the outer ring in two stacks of two sections each. Got it done an tried for two days to get the ring glued together to my satisfaction. I just could not do it, I had gaps. If I were to paint it I could have lived with it by filling the little gaps. But I didn't want it painted.. So I did the outer ring in one piece. 332 cuts if I counted correctly, for the ring. It wasn't a waste of wood because the center of the ring worked for the backer for the main clock body. Does not have a movement yet, I want to get a pendulum one. I have to figure out what I need. The pattern came from scrollsaw.com. They do not have the movement they say they do and they do not respond to messages but other than that, it is a very nice pattern and you get it via email very quickly.

One more off the "Papa do list" Granddaughter has taken a passion to field lacrosse and asked for a ribbon holder for her birthday this week. She helped design it and picked the colors (Blue and Black are the team colors) I have done nearly every sport but being from Canada I do hockey the most. I just have 2 more hockey to do for a silent auction at the end of March. As things go I will probably have a request or 2 for lacrosse now.

I have been making three of these each week for four weeks. This is my favorite display for the Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments.

My version of Kathy Wise's Deer Head Intarsia... There are a few small gaps here and there but I did the best I could given my circumstances... Anyone have any tips on what finish to use for it? Usually, I just spray it with gloss polyurethane a few times but I'm thinking there are better alternatives...

Here was one of this weekends project. Done on Basswood. Wolves and Eagles are some of my favorites to cut. Dragons too but I don't find a lot of Fret Dragons.

I know what you mean, I have done a little compound cutting, not in that hard of wood. I want to do a chess set or two and for the dark wood I plan on cocobolo because I have quite a stash of thick short pieces of it. That is hard, dense wood.

I would use a skip tooth blade like the Flying Dutchman Polar blade. I would use a #5 or #7 size. I would also make a compound cutting jig like this to hold the blocks secure while cutting. Go slow.

Primarily the pattern dictates the direction of cut, but having said that depending on the blade I try to keep the waste to the right of the blade. I seem to be able to see my cut better, not sure why. The other reason being that the blades with a bit of a burr cause me to sit slightly to the right of center. Also I have it in my head that the left side of the blade (non burr) gives me a smoother cut. If I was still working I would look at the cut under the supper microscopes I worked with to verify one way or the other. For now it is just my opinion and that is good enough for me.

What a wonderful piece of work !

WOW!! I agree about the fence.That tree is Down Right Awesome!!

Awesome, that picket fence must have taken ages. I just love the fact that it's all in one piece. Great cutting

It's all good. We had a nice conversation about different saws. LOL

I use a small foam paint roller About 2. i/2" in length &1 1/4"in diameter .I then load it up with PVA glue from a small tray & roll it over the back of the pattern you end up with a very thin layer of glue & no squeeze out.

I had a lul in portrait ideas so too inspiration from the puzzles post here. I did a pattern search on Google and found some patterns. All of these together took less time than one portrait. Thank you all

I now have Lisa and Bart finished up. I made Bart using yellow-heart, padauk, maple, wenge (for back layer) and walnut (airbrushed blue). Here is the build album if you are interested: https://imgur.com/gallery/R9KCn0H

Awesome job, Charlie!

In a digital world, how do you figure out counter-clockwise and clockwise?

This is a Steve Good pattern. We were on vacation at an RV park and I downloaded this pattern and used their woodshop to make this good luck symbol.

Here's my first project of 2019. Took my quite some time to find a pattern I liked for this project. Found it hand painted on a drum in a museum, snapped a pic and I was off and running. This is the 3rd of 4. Now to locate the pattern for #4 The critters are walnut inlaid into a basswood blank. Chris

This was a birthday gift for my sister' in laws husband who is a very keen supporter of the Manly sea eagles (Sydney rugby league side). It took me some time to do as I had to match the colours & also the letters were cut out first then glued on.The rest was segmentation. I also made the frame. Cheers Peter

Had time over the last couple of weekends to get some sawdust made after getting my two new saws. Used the band saw to cut the outside of the triangle puzzles -- so much faster. Still have to do some light sanding and put finishes on all pieces. There was a few more pieces cut, just no photo.

very nice job

very nice job

Heh. I have many pieces like that, Barb. My wife finally gave me permission to hang or display them in "my" computer room. My desk at work is also starting to stack up.

I happen to like it. It won't be displayed in our place, just a piece that if and when I go into a show will be for sale!!!

One hole at a time eh? Beautiful work but your avatar says it all really! Rob

Nice to have you in our family. No problem making new friends here as everyone is so helpful and friendly. All you need to do now is keep logging on, comment on others posts and post your work for all of us to enjoy and comment on too. We have a lot of areas to explore here and hope you take to time to do a self guided tour of it all. Dick heppnerguy

I agree WOW!

I have used Jerry's idea quite a few times,it works great,Jerry is borderline genius in my books.

Very, very nice!

I think it is great! Great design and the copper accents are nice.

Cool!!

Really, really nice! Great job.

Lovely piece, admirable cutting, I've never tried a portrait but if I do I hope it turns our half as nice. Your friends will be over the moon x

It is a nice piece!

I made this for my mother. I believe I got the pattern off of this site.....I believe it was one of Steven Goods patterns. I apologize if I'm incorrect

Looks fine to me. But one thing I've come to understand in Life (and marriage!), no two people have exactly the same tastes. So while your hubby's thoughts play a part in where its displayed....what do YOU think of the outcome of the project?

You got the "cabin" look and it looks great.

After 2 months off from cutting I'm starting to get back into the rhythm... A nice assortment cut over the weekend. Goal is 40 a week til my events begin Easter weekend (April 19/20 Fri/Sat). I have 3 major weekend events in a row right out of the gate. I should hear about my new Pegas saw soon. Look forward to trying it out. Iggy

I'm not a cat person......but this is a beautiful cutting!!! Great job!!!

Iggy's Ark... Lined up ready to board... This time the dinosaurs are saved! Last week's cuttings ready for shrink wrapping.

You could look at Bell Forest products, https://www.bellforestproducts.com. I use a lot of 1/8" wood for projects and I've never had any issues with the wood cupping, not saying it won't. That could be determined by the humidity in your area. I've never had anything shipped to me because they're only 1 1/2 hours away so I make a run about every 2 months (I live int he UP of Michigan, so everything is at least an hour away). Super great people to work with and an extremely large amount of exotics to choose from.

This was my first that I completed. I have a tendency to have multiple projects going at once. Luckily I finished before my Wen developed some serious vibrations caused by a bad bearing. My new Delta should be arriving Wednesday.

This a potpourri bowl made from maple and purple heart. Is is a Steve Good design.