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Easy cutting and assembly....but beautiful tole painting by my talented wife!!

If you have ever been in a doctor's office or the hospital, you know the importance of the nurse. Out of respect for their position in the medical world I submit RN Keep The Beat. Might make a nice gift for a nurse you know. I cut mine from a thick slab of Peruvian Walnut and used the off cut to shape a wave pattern for the top layer of the base. As with the Golf Club pattern, I placed the assembly on a slab of pine and finished it all off with a clear spray. This was another pattern request from a donor to this page. Free Pattern Available:

I watched Event Horizon a couple weeks ago and got motivated.

Well I finished my Grandsons sword holder. I made it out of 3/4 poplar and it measures 20 long x 9 high. I made it so it holds two swords instead of one and added a little red dragon to the top because I thought it needed something. There's no pattern for this. I just downloaded some pictures and kinda pieced it all together. Hope he likes it

Here's another car name and shape made as a table ornament sign. I wanted to give a traveling effect to this sign so I placed it upon an off cut from another sign and made it look like the long and winding road. I cut the sign from 1/4" birch ply and the base is cut from Sapele and both are given a coat of clear seal. I put a second picture up so you can get a better idea of what the base looks like. Free Pattern:

I received my 1/8" Baltic Birch ply from E Bay 20 piece pack 12x12 for $31 plus free shipping, it is really nice wood no blotches and grain looks good also.

Another napkin holder to the collection. Easy and fun. 4mm baltic plywood.

Went to the Dr. today, he said everything was looking good and to come out of the sling. Now for Strength Therapy. nothing over two pounds and no overhead work. A scroll saw isn't over my head!!! hahahaha

Hi, Dave, Unfortunately, I could not get the video to play but, I am well aware of your talent. I'm not surprised that your sales were good because your work is museum quality. Too bad the show board took $350 of your bottom line. Keep up the good work and keep showing me your fantastic workmanship. God Bless! Spirithorse

I spend at least six hours a day in the shop year round.

Hi, Tom. The layered base is not really difficult once you clear your mind that a base doesn't have to just be a blank rectangle or some other shape. I like to use as much of the wood from my cutting blank, so I came up with the idea of creating improvised bases and base layers. I did a video explaining my procedure and it's available by clicking here. I've also attached a couple of overhead shots of the last two projects I posted. Hope all of this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. Al B.

Let's see if my phone will upload my work since January

This is the first video I have ever done so don't expect much. This was my setup at the festival the last weekend in April. It was a 2 1/2 day event. It is usually attended by around 200,000 people. It was my first year to participate. Booth rental was $350, which to me was really pricey. My spot was under a large canopy so I didn't have to worry about the rain. At the end of the event I decided it was a bargain. Art show.mp4

Another Neptune/Janevsky pattern. I enlarged it by 25%. 1/4" BB. #1 Pegas MG. 50/50 BLO.

I'm sure you will love the DeWalt 788. I went from a delta 40-540 to a Dremel 1680 and then ... 10 years ago to a DeWalt 788. Even if I would never go back to my older models, they were great and they made me enjoy my 788 even more. I'm sure you will too!!! I now have Two DeWalt 788!

WOW, that's a beauty. I really enjoy seeing these husband and wife art pieces.

Your work certainly shows it. It's great.

Sales were very good.

Beautiful work and display. Thanks for sharing with us.

Gotta say it was a privilege watching this great pattern by Sue Mey come to life on this beautiful piece of Walnut . I looked for 3 days for a way to back it that didn't take away from it. Settled on a piece of natural slate tile. Wonderful hobby we have isn't it?

Do you do this 24/7? Holy Smokes, that is unbelievable. That is a lot of beautiful work. I could not do that in a lifetime even if I had the talent!

If Spring is in the air then that means love is too.. A Sue Mey design.

In spring, women bloom.... Spring.... love is in the air

I think I have posted these here before, but they are some of the most recent ones I have cut.

I posted this project awhile ago but it fits here. The flower and petals are made of thin wood shavings. The Monarch is wood with epoxy fill.

In keeping with Alien's theme, I did this, then the wife liked it and took it, so naturally I made it for her

I vape and I was at the shop talking to the owner. He asked how my recovery was going and we talked about what I was doing while off work. Long story short! He asked if I could do one of his logos and I said YEP, EASY. I can have it tomorrow. He said when I bring it in, find something in the store for trade. We will continue to adorn his shop. Here it is!

I don't have room in my shop to use the factory stand for my new Pegas saw so I made a base for it to be able to clamp it to my bench. Probably not necessary to clamp it though. It doesn't move at all but I did want the blade storage and to raise it to a more comfortable height for me. Thought it might be useful to others so I am sharing what I did. It is made from some leftovers I had around the shop. I cut some pipe in half for the blade trays in the drawer. Used a forstner bit to drill a piece of 1/4 plywood and cut it in half to mount the pipe pieces to. The drawers slide out because it was the easy way to go. The small gray squares are made from the floor mats that HF sells to help raise the saw to a better height for me. I also made a place for the hold down clamp so it doesn't get lost.

Thank you all! I have been working on a few things, some are almost finished (stain needed). Here is one I got a request for today and finished today. This project will lead to more for this guy. It is a bartering system we set up. I vape and I will be getting things for trade.

Lovely work. Roly

Love the pattern and cutting.

I have a niece that will be graduation from high school in June. Fortunately we will be in Oregon then and should be able to attend her ceremony. I liked Steve Good's new 2119 graduation plaque and I thought that with the school colors added it should look pretty nice. Her school colors are blue, white and grey and I was able to use all three colors in making it. I have to say that I do not particularly like using 3/4 inch thick wood for plaque as Steve suggested and did it all in 1/4 inch BB ply. I, personally enjoy the way they came out. OH, I forgot to mention that I made two of them so she could give one to her boyfriend of other class mate that she might to give the other one to. These are approx. 8 X 10 inches, and I hope she likes it. Dick heppnerguy

Nice patterns, thanks for sharing . Good luck at your show, wishing you all the best .

When should you draw the line? there is no line. one can never have too much stuff. there is a law that once stuff is removed from the shop it WILL be needed within 7 days.

Quality controlled thinking!!!

Everything works better with exercise,but i'm not going to do it at 70 years old.

This clock was made from beech wood (the body) and white walnut wood (the disk). Covered with liquid oil

This is a revision of an old project. Years ago I tried relief carving a red oak trivet. I did not have the right tools or skills, so I set it aside for another time. Not long ago I heard my granddaughter and some of her friends were moving into an apartment for their senior year at college. Looking for something unique to give granddaughter for an "apartment warming" present I came across the old trivet. I decided maybe I could do a better job scrolling the lettering instead of carving. I used the old lettering for a pattern, dividing it into two trivets - a small one for bowls and pans, a larger one for casseroles and large pans. Trivets are 3/4" poplar stained with GF nutmeg gel stain, topcoated with clear shellac and three coats of wipe-on satin Arm-R-Seal. When I made my first trivets several years ago I worried if a hot bowl or pan would scorch the wood or melt the finish. Another woodworker had tested finishes for reactions to heat or other liquids/chemicals. Arm-R-Seal came out on top. To test it myself, I placed a single sheet of typing paper over a trivet and placed an iron on its highest setting on the trivet. After two minutes the paper was lightly scorched, but there was no damage to the trivet. The Arm-R-Seal came through with no softening or any other distress. I have kept track of those first trivets - they were given to family members - and after five years they have all weathered well with only normal wear from abrasions along the edges. All-in-all the poplar and Arm-R-Seal combination holds up well.

Very nice display of your beautiful work. Glad it was a success for you.

You did a really nice job!

Now I like that! Great job.

Very nice!! Well done!

nice work, like it. jim

Great job Les!

Best of luck on rehab !

Very pretty, great idea

Love it!!! Great work!

He must be my husbands brother. Or he has what he calls a clean up and then cannot remember where he's put things and searches for weeks. Marg

Cool looking owl well done. Chris.

Very nice job, looks wonderful, thanks for sharing.