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1938 Lancia Astura
Alexander Fadeev and 8 others reacted to munzieb for a topic
1938 Lancia Astura Cabriolet Lancia is one of Italy’s oldest car companies being founded in 1907. The Lancia Company still exist in Turin and now is under the umbrella of Stellantis Auto Group which also includes Chrysler/Fiat, Citroen, Alpha Romeo, Maserati and Peugeot. The 1938 Lancia Astura was the epitome of the late Art Deco auto design period with its large flared front fenders and extensive use of chrome on the windshield and grill. The Tipo V-8 3-liter engine provided plenty of performance for either touring the Apian Way or along the shores of Lake Como in style and comfort. This model was only produced for 2 years with WWII disrupting car production for military purposes. I designed the pattern with MS 3D paint and used 1/8 BBPW with ¼” luan backer. Finish is shellac with Gloss lacquer.
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Rich Mullins
Tomanydogs and 5 others reacted to Charlie E for a topic
One of my favorite Christian musicians ever, Rich Mullins. If you don't know him he wrote and sang songs you probably know including Awesome God. I love him because he was sort of a hot mess. He drank, smoked, cussed, didn't bath regularly. He also made millions of dollars and gave it away to charities and churches except for a small living allowance. He worked with Navajo children on a reservation. Sounds like a disciple, and I'll bet one of God's favorite sons. Cut in wormy walnut.
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Some Crafts I have Completed Lately.... :+}
Alexander Fadeev and 4 others reacted to danny for a topic
Wasn't a Craft Show in November, so had lots in inventory. Now with being cooped up a lot I have kept my Scrolling going. Now I have a whole lot of Inventory. Here are some Little things. Enjoy I hope.... :+}
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These are Sue Mey patterns that I slightly modified. They both are about 13" wide by 10" tall. Cut from 1/8" BB ply with a 1/4" BB ply as the backer. Cut entirely with a FD spiral blade. I like the one with the black backer a bit better, it stands out a little better. I looked online for a western sunset that I could print out and use as a background but I didn't like the look of them as much as I liked the idea of them.
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I just finished this toy airplane.
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Another H Botas Pattern
Alexander Fadeev and 3 others reacted to Danj84 for a topic
Just finished this H Botas pattern using a #2/0 spiral blade on an A4 1|4 inch BB plywood sheet
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A request from me daughter
danny and 2 others reacted to heppnerguy for a topic
This is a sign for a house that will be given to the daughter and son- in-law to be,on Saturday when they wed. It is made from 3/4 inch cedar with a 1/4 inch baker board painted black. The receivers of this are horse people so that is why the horse head was chosen for this item. Dick heppnerguy
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here are a few birds I've cut over the years
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Here is neat little clock I finished about 2 months ago. I forgot to post it here. I made it from walnut and maple.I took the clock movement out to clean and vacuum it. I'll put it back together later today after I clean it. It has a neat little pendulum bob I made. I used 1/16". 1/4". and 3/8" wood. Mostly cut with an Olson 2/0 reverse tooth blade. It is called the "Black Forest Clock from Wildwood on the Cherry Tree web site. It has little critters scattered about. It is only about 18/19 inches high. I had fun making it.
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I recently bought this from Micro Mark. It is one cool little mini power sander. It gets into a lot of places that you just can't reach by hand and saves a lot of time. I found in very useful for fretwork. Especially for the long wavy cuts you get sometimes. Check it out. It is not a toy. https://www.micromark.com/MicroLux-Micro-Sander3 points
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It's killing me to not share this publicly so I decided to share it here. Thanks to the Help of Jessica Boehm for making a pattern from a photograph, I'm shipping my son's present overseas. He lives in Germany! So until he gets it, I can't brag publicly . So here it is!!! I'mm really happy how it came out!
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Here are a couple of birds that I have made and decided to share in the fun by posting them for you to look at too. Dick heppnerguy
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A couple of Baptism pieces
butch1008 and one other reacted to heppnerguy for a topic
In the Catholic church they perform baptisms on your children and babies. I have a great grandson that is getting baptized on my birthday, in Los Angeles. Several of our family members are going there for the event, including us. I wanted to find a plaque commemorating this event in James' life and looked to Sue Mey to see what she had to offer. I came up with this one and decided to also make this cross for his parents as well. I have not posted anything for some time, although I have made many things in my shop lately. So, here are two of pieces I made this week. Dick heppnerguy
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I just received this big leaf figured Maple. Gorgeous stuff. Vendor is Daniel Zimmerman. He is often found on Facebook and on various groups. I purchased one box containing: 11 21X7-1/2X1/4" boards, 10 21X3-3/4" boards. $64 including shipping. Gorgeous wood. It is rough sawn. I don't own a planer or a large sander but is is smooth enough that my hand orbital sander will work. I had a nice DeWalt sander which was stolen. Consequence of keeping the garage door open. Now I have two HF sanders, a Bran and a Central Electric. One with 80 grit and the other with 220 grit. The combo works quite well. Daniel can be searched on Facebook. I can hardly wait to start scrolling it.
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I went to Office Max this am for a new keyboard and inquired about 3M 77. There it was 1 can of 77 for $19.35. I grabbed it, went to the counter and realized it was Scotch brand. I bought it anyway. At home reading the fine print it is 3M. Im set. 1 is arriving July 6 or 7 for $9.75 from Amazon. I tried ordering but the price suddenly went up to over $19.
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Cute little tool. I'll have to consider it. Over the years I've purchased many things from them.2 points
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Some I have attempted over the past few years: There are more,, but the point is, birds are one of my favorites to cut.
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I suggest you read the article in The Wood Database about color change in exotic woods. Preventing Color Changes in Exotic Woods | The Wood Database (wood-database.com). There is a discussion about how to slow/minimize the fading of the colors near the end of the article.2 points
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Here are some Sheila Landry " seasonal bird" designs I'm doing, five done, three more to go.
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purple poplar
OCtoolguy and one other reacted to WayneMahler for a topic
Yes it will fade to brown, a dark brown at that. The green does the same thing. You might want to try Spar Urethane as it has UV protection properties. It will slow it down some what. It's a shame too, I have seen some really gorgeous tulip poplar with mixed colors.2 points -
Poplar is a great relatively inexpensive wood that is OK for scroling, but in itself it is not a very pretty wood. The wood comes in all sorts of colors as part of the grain. Yelow/green/brown/purple can often be seen in the same board. The colors will fade and I don't think any finish will prevent it from hapening, but yopu can try. I might suggest clear lacquer. The lacquer will not restrict scrolling in any way, and is eaily sanded after cutting and hten recoated with lacquer with out being noticable. Althougnj I have cut a fretwork piece from poplar I mainly use it for making frames. Polar takes paint very well and will take stain OK but the grain can be a big detraction. That is why I search for pieces that have very little grain color. I feel very lucky when I find one board out of 10 or more that has very little colored grain.2 points
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Hi ya'll I was at my local Lowes going through their craft wood and bought a 1/2 x 6 x 4 ft poplar board that is entirely purple. It's unique looking and beautiful so I bought it. However, I read somewhere that this color may fade to brown in a relatively short amount of time. Has anyone ever encountered or used this kind of poplar before? Will it fade? Can i coat it with something before it fades? ( polycrilic or polyeurathane ) Can you scroll something after you have coated it? Any insight would be appreciated..........Thanx.....forrest1 point
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That old problem of the blade not being square in the clamps has been talked about before. The blade must be in alignment top to bottom before adjusting to square the blade to the table.1 point
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A request from me daughter
heppnerguy reacted to lawson56 for a topic
Down Right Awesome! Their gonna Love it.1 point -
Never herd of him, sounds like an Awesome guy. You did an Excellent job!1 point
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1938 Lancia Astura
danny reacted to heppnerguy for a topic
Another marvelous piece by my favorite car pattern maker. I have never even heard nor seen this car before. It is outstanding. I really enjoyed reading all the information on the car and it's designer. Great history lesson included. absolutely marvelous. Dick heppnerguy1 point -
Cut Out Results - Cylinder vs Cone
OCtoolguy reacted to Roberta Moreton for a topic
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Cut Out Results - Cylinder vs Cone
OCtoolguy reacted to Roberta Moreton for a topic
It also has to do with how much pressure you’re putting on the blade. I have had trouble with 3/4” thick puzzles because of this. Too much pressure resulting in puzzles that only go together from one side because of a tapered cut. Boxes are even harder because they are thicker. I have accomplished a few boxes, but they are not my favorite to do.1 point -
What clamp are you using at the top.... If it is the standard clamp, the clamp is not suppose to be set tight in the holder... The knob should be backed off a little so the clamp "floats" in the clamp holder.... If you have the "Quik Clamp" it should be held tight in the clamp holder... Also the tension on a Hegner is important,,,, maybe a little more tension may help.... I had this same problem when I got my Hegner.... I called Advance Machinery several times for advice.... they gave suggestions, and all of a sudden things started working much better... I still probably break more blades on the Hegner than my other saw... It seems to me when a blade is getting dull and needs changing it will break, as opposed to the other saw, it just keeps trying to cut.. but does not break. Maybe it is because of the addition of a little more tension on the Hegner.. Had the Hegner several years now and I still jump when a blade brakes...1 point
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A couple of Baptism pieces
heppnerguy reacted to amazingkevin for a topic
Your the shining star in scrolling quality items!!!1 point -
SA-WEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 point
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Absolutely amazing! Great jog cutting. What is "¼” luan backer"?1 point
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Wow, quite a thing to do justice to such a beautiful car, but you sure did.1 point
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The Zebra wood was probably not the best choice, at all. It kind of camouflaged the image. The Tung oil made it worse because it brought the dark out and hid the image even more. It was also way too expensive. $21 for that piece. Lesson learned and now I love it even more. It came out exactly as it wasn't supposed to. Now I might fill it with am amber epoxy and make a rear lit piece out of it.1 point
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I found a few cans at a local Ace Hardware. 3m45 and Elmer's Multipurpose I'm set for the near future but I got the last they had.1 point
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IF you folks ever do find a supply of adhesive, spray a bunch of it in plastic bags & hoard it.1 point
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3M-77 Spray Adhesive
OCtoolguy reacted to new2woodwrk for a topic
Just went to all the stores in my area - 45 and 77 both out of stock I ordered some from Amaz but according to delivery won't get here until Jun 13 - Jul 6 LOL There were a bunch of different vendors for 45 on Amaz with pricing ranging from 9.95 (which I bought) to 31.95 - walmart price 25.95 - it's insane I have some old Elmer's I can use in the meantime and just ordered an additional craft adhesive to try since it was only $6 Something's going on - Inflation? Other? Anyone try Loctite spray adhesive?1 point -
They all look great Dick! I like the first one and the Hummingbird the best.1 point -
Dick, they all are great but that third one is just awesome. Beautiful work.1 point -
StewMac is the way to go. Pricey but worthevery penny or dollars.1 point
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The largest fretwork that I do is 11 x 14 like what Charles Hand designs. I use a small Micro Mark drill press. I have had it for many years. It easily holds the #70 bits. The throat is large enough that I can get to the middle of my projects. For a normal Drill press I went nuts! I do a large variety of projects not just wood. I hated moving the belts on my Delta floor model so as most of us probably do I left the speed in one place most of the time. I now own a Nova Voyager , No belts direct drive like my Nova lathe speeds 50 - 5500 . 6" spindle travel. This thing blew my mind when it first came out.1 point
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Thanks for the photo and also for the Dremel site. That looks very interesting.1 point
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That is a good DP, but for just drilling fretwork holes...WHY would you want to spend that much money? My upside down dremel DP works great (subject of another post if you want to know, PM me). Betwenn one of the small Dremel rotary tools and their DP....less then a hundred dollars. Holds small bits nicely, takes up very little space and works well for drilling blade holes for fretwork.1 point
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I'm curious what type of use they use these radio press's for.. There seems to be quite a few different models.. I've looked at them before and considered purchasing one. What baffles me is while the head is radio unless you build a huge table for it you'll be drilling out in the air as the table looks tiny already.. then ad that the head will extend out several inches. Also in my opinion.. it could be a chore changing set ups on it. Looks like the head also can be adjusted to angle drill.. just seems like a lot of movement in the head which could be handy.. but could also be problematic. The more moving / adjustable parts could equal less precise.. as you can tell, I know very little about these and have never seen one in person to really check out the build and quality. BTW, I still have not bought a drill press and I posted I was looking for a new one two years ago, LOL.. so I'm looking forward to what is said in this topic as well as what you choose to buy. I also haven't took the plunge on the miter saw yet or the table saw either.. Thinking this should be the time to do so before inflation happens to get worst.. LOL1 point
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What do you think of this drill press?
OCtoolguy reacted to WayneMahler for a topic
1/16th through 5/8ths. I use an adapter for scrolling.1 point -
A couple of Baptism pieces
heppnerguy reacted to Charlie E for a topic
Wow! Beautiful detail!1 point -
Dry Graphite Lube For My Hawk Saw?
OCtoolguy reacted to JTTHECLOCKMAN for a topic
This company also makes a great rust loosener. I used it on some tough projects I could not get loose and works better than anything I ever found.1 point -
I have a sakura 21" and use slick 50 dry spray on the two barrels I have. The neat thing about is the act that it has teflon in it and this works its way into the crevices if the metal, Not messy a quite long lasting.1 point
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Selling Online
Norm Fengstad reacted to kmmcrafts for an article
The following is an excerpt written by @kmmcrafts from Info on Websites forum thread. I've been in on this online selling since 2010.. that said though.. up until just 3 years ago I only tinkered around with selling and never really took it to a business level.. so in the first several years I did maybe 10 orders a year.. when I started trying I did about 50ish orders the first year.. second year was around 170 ish.. last year I had over 300 orders.. and so far this year is doubling + some.. All that said though.. my first year was hardly anything until Mid - Late October before the sales started trickling in. and even last year I think I only had about 40 orders though the year until October hit.. then it was crazy busy.. If this years trend keeps up and the busy holiday season hits harder than last year I'm in trouble.. I turned a lot of work away starting from about mid November on out.. I sell on Artfire Etsy,Zibbet, and a stand alone web site with indiemade.. was just invited to sell on amazon handmade site.. amazon is sort of supposedly Juried.. I applied there when they first opened up.. but they took forever to accept me and when they did I was slammed with work during the holidays.. I lost my pass code to the site.. they kept sending me messages asking why I am not setting up shop I kept telling them but they never sent me another code until a couple days ago.. On Artfire I had a locked in rate of $5.95 a month.. but they done a lot of changes and now it's $20 plus a % of sales.. They have some awesome selling tools but it's like having your own site so you need to bring in your own traffic.. I still have an account but I am not selling there anymore.. due to a lot of issues with the site working correctly etc after they had some employees leave and they just didn't know how to run the site.. (poor management ) Etsy is a listing fee and a % of sale.. get a fair amount of traffic.. but to start over knowing what I know now.. I'd probably have not got so involved with working the shop there.. Lot's of other scroll sawers there and most don't charge a rate to make money.. and the way etsy is set up.. they will show your competitions items on your page etc.. so if I work my butt of to bring in shoppers.. they could leave by seeing a cheaper similar item from another shop.. That said I do get a fair amount of business.. but to do over I would put more focus on my own site.. Zibbet.. basic accounts are cheap.. but traffic is quite limited so you have to bring in your own.. much like a site of your own... I get enough sales to pay the yearly bill.. however I been thinking of closing up that shop just because I want to put my focus on my own indiemade web site as it is a better system.. Indiemade has different tiered plans.. depending upon how many items you have.. I have the $19.95 one.. I do well on indiemade for only being there a year.. First thing to do if you decide to sell online is to get a domain name and get business cards with that domain on it send a card or two in every package you send out.. Most people start on a venue as I did and then branch off to their own site.. Keeping up with SEO is a full time job+... LOL There is a lot to know about do's and don'ts of SEO and if you don't have a lot of time to invest.. your best off on etsy, artfire, or zibbet.. in my opinion.. Or.. spend big money advertising... to be found in searches.. Pictures of your products are very important for online selling.. if you have noise (clutter) in the background that distracts from your product or dark photos then it could mean the difference between a sale or a scroll on past.. I spent a lot of time with my camera and built a special photo booth light box to take my photos.. especially if your selling on a site like etsy where they show others items.. if someone lands on a page other than mine and they see my bright eye catching image they may say.. ooh that one looks awesome.. while the other item may be just as good of quality... my picture caught the attention.. Online selling can be a full time job if you want to make the effort and put in lots of hours.. I put in more than 40 hours a week between answering emails to tweaking SEO to working in the shop, packing orders, taking photos, working on web sites.. etc etc etc.. and I am only getting part time pay.. BUT.. it's nice to work my own hours.. and I am here at home for my family... I think too many people think they can just throw some pictures up on a site and the customers will just come rolling in.. to buy them.. and that is definitely not the case.. Also I think people think that lower prices will attract people.. It might to some extent.. but the more important thing is SEO and pictures.. because if nobody's finding your low price then nobody's going to buy it.. if pictures are bad many times you can't even give it away.. LOL.. That all said.. they say is takes a good 5 years for a business to get to a point of starting to make money.. I am three years in.. it's grown tremendously.. but if in 3-4 more years I'm not doing good I may throw in the towel and get a day job somewhere.. if it wasn't fun.. I'd have done that my first year.. Sorry, didn't mean to write a book, LOL Kevin1 point
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