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So the end of term is upon us again and my lad wanted me to make something for his teacher and shown me a picture of something that he liked that holds a bar of chocolate and this is the end result.

Well I finally got something off the saw. With table saw upgrades, some jigs to work on, outside work, I have only spent a hour or so a day a few days a week on the saw. But I have this one cut and have another picture I have been working on for my son about 1/2 cut. This a Charles Hand pattern. I did the Ornate tiger, this one seemed to go slower for some reason,, not more difficult. I like having these on a saw. I enjoy cutting them. The next one will be the ornate howl.

Finished Bobscroll Guitar clock, picture not that great.

Just finished this in oak and a real horse shoe to fit my gate post.

Pattern From Sue Mey

I had to find a birthday present for good friends 80th Birthday, she has 2 King Charles Cavaliers. After a bit of hunting I found a pattern by Sue Mey of a key/leash rack. She loved it. 4 tray more puzzles. The number one I scanned from an old book a long time ago, the Plane picture I got from a colouring book and just divided it into pieces.

So a motorcycle asked to be make and paint him 1 of my motorcycles in Fluorescent Orange. This is made out of 3/4" Poplar with one coat of Florescent Red-Orange paint on it. Wow it's bright. Just a fair warning "please get your sunglasses". This is a Steve Good pattern. Thanks Jim

My new clock. Walnut and oak.

I finally put pictures away for the time being and cranked up the old scroll saw. This Nativity Scene is cut out of 3/4" Poplar and it is a Steve Good Pattern. I will probably cut a couple out of Walnut and clear coat them. Thanks for looking Jim

Watching Apollo 11 In the news lately there has been a lot about the Apollo 11 landing on the moon and the attempted assault on Area 51. So I thought I'd combine both ideas into a little sign with a little twist I call "Watching Apollo 11" I don't know if there is anything "out there" but we do know the Americans were the first to land on the moon. Might make a nice gift for a 51 fanatic or any space explorer. Download the free pattern from my Free Pattern Page:

If you are close enough to a sawmill you can get a carload of free "first cut" slabs that re great as backing for scrollers. When a sawmill gets a log they cut 4 sides to square up the log before cutting into studs. They are "scrap" for them. Just ask. John Old Dust

Steve Good pattern made out of Spanish Cedar.

I'm trying to up-load photos but I get a message that says my browser does not support Java Script. Don't know what happened as It worked yesterday. Hmmmmm I got two boxes of blades big enough to take down a tree trunk!

I bought a $100 rust bucket. I forgot how small 14" is. However, seeing it run I bought it. It has some rust that I can remove. The tension knob at the back is broken but I can replace it or make a new one. It is variable speed and runs smooth as silk through the entire range. I don't think I would sell yet. It is a cute little bugger. I can perhaps use it as a decorator piece in our picture window. I have pictures but I can't get them to load for some reason. I put them in a photo editor before posting but I can't get them into the editor. I'll work on it and post photos later.

If anyone is looking for a challenge, here it is! I think there was 2 million pilot holes, give or take a million, at least it felt like it was that many! It is a great pattern, but it is a tough one to cut. This was made for a friend to raffle off to raise money for the national wildlife turkey federation. I left the plastic on the frame for shipping.

Made from shop scraps. About a foot wide and 10-1/2 inches tall. Real wood trim. Barn pattern by T & E designs and the tractor is a free internet pattern that was highly modified for this project. Hooks are new,

I got a lot of positive feedbacks about my first shadowbox (Deer scene) Here is second one - Sea turtle Video of making shadow box Sea turtle Pattern

Well, now you have me looking for a tiny Hegner. We have a window that needs something. If I come across one, I'll snatch it up. Good luck with yours. Lots of info and help if you need it at Advanced Machinery. Wolfgang is very responsive if you email him with questions. Parts are readily available too. Expensive though.

A+ for unique, A+ for well thought out and A+ for putting it all together... oh, and A+ for using chocolate!!

GOO GOOGLY GOO!!!! That is just some kinda AWESOME!!!

A Most Excellent job!!

What a great gift. Unique.

I can really appreciate the craftsmanship and patience it took to create such an intricate piece of work. Superb job

And surprise, surprise.... another pattern by Botas Helder. Very cute owl. I think.

If you have a FB page Mel just type in Custom Wood Portraits in the search line and it will come up. He has some fabulous patterns but you may have to search through his posts or on the left hand side of the page click on 'Photos'. they are all there, just not in any particular order.

Congrats on the new to you saw!! I had the opportunity to grab one of the 14" Hegners for $70 on a stand last year but my brain wasn't working correctly and I passed on it.. mainly because of the single speed and no up front blade release.. I do wish i'd have grabbed it now.. They did give me all the blades and a box of parts.. that turned out to be bunch of big blades I'd never use.. and the parts were Hegner blade clamps and the rear tension springs things.. I gave the blades away but still have all those blade clamps and odd parts box.. I'm gonna try me a Hegner some day..

Another awesome project Paul, well done. Jeff

Any teacher will love it. Might suggest that you either give her extra bars of chocolate to replace as eaten, or just suggest she keep the wrapper and replace it back in after eating the chocolate.

great job

That is terrific. Love it, bet the teacher did too. Marg

That looks great!

The universal appeal of that also includes the chocolate too! Great Job.

Thanks JIm, I was thinking that if I just glued a photo to some wood then cut it that I might rip the paper. But, with dried laquer over the paper, it should work OK. But I doubt that I will cutting freehand; rather I will search for a puzzle pieces pattern, attach it to the back, and cut the puzzle that way.

Very nice! Assembling puzzles at Pellow's Island is a long established pastime. Seeing what you did makes me want to do something similar. Just how did you go about making the puzzles?

A recent one that I did .It is a pattern by Trapper for my very good customer.

these are very EYE appealing to see. you haven't lost your touch . Welcome back to your saw and SSV.

These are photos, that I have taken, and turned into puzzles. They are from Lake of the Woods, ON. We have a large cruiser boat that we can go exploring the lake with. Thsi past weekend we saw moose swimming across from one island to another, two large turtles, a buck, and watched a beaver grooming itself on a rock.

Just got back from a long 4th of July weekend road-trip....drove from Austin Tx to Pensacola Fl, turned out to be around 11 hours going, 13 returning (hit an interstate shutdown in Lake Charles, LA, that had I-10 completely closed and all traffic routed to the I-610 bypass....took us 30 minutes to go 3/4 mile before we could exit and take back roads...through questionable parts of town...you know you're in the wrong area when the church has bars on the windows). Oceans/beaches aren't really my thing, so I probably won't do any beach-themed pieces (gimme mountains, forests...places you can go from hotel to car without dropping two pounds of water weight from the humidity...I sweated like a politician in a church with bars on the windows). For me...summer is outdoor fun, and one of my fondest memories of summer camp as a kid was trying to get the hang of archery. Now that I've discovered there's such a thing as "cross-eye dominance", where I'm right-handed but my dominant/strong eye is the left one, I'm a faaaaar better shot than I was as a kid. Our daughter is enjoying archery as well (its quieter than the gun range, for one). So we're spending a lot more time at the archery range nowadays. And summertime means we're not stuck waiting for time on the line at the indoor range, there's an outdoor range nearby as well. I may even break out the homemade blowguns again.... 1x10 scrap of whiteboard, cut with a Pegas #5 blade. Had a bit of a goof with the bowstring, I cut the inside pieces, then did the outside and my tracking was a bit off towards the left side. Got a bit closer than I'd've liked to the inner wall, which resulted in a kink/slight crack. I'll shore it up with some wood glue.