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Hi Made this for my girlfriend she is a massive garfield fan. Original did have a clock on it but I think I might leave it like this

Wolf pattern is by H. Botas Dust pattern by Sue Mey Unsure on the 3rd one

Sheila Landry pattern, cut in 5/8" Red Oak.

I had to make this for my Daughter for Mothers Day as I think she is a Super Mom as she takes her son everywhere for Hockey practice and games. Steve Good Pattern

Thanks to @FrankEV for giving me a nudge along, I finished this tonight as a gift for the school bursar, (Karen) as she is leaving tomorrow. I like cutting things fine This is the first cube type tissue box that I made. There where lots of paper and printouts trying to get the design and dimension looking correct. It is made from 12mm pine with Jarrah trim. Has Royal Blue felt fixed to 3mm ply as a lining and backing to the cut outs.| Finished with 3 coats 30% gloss lacquer Mary and the Southern Cross is the school logo Don't know what I did to the pics this time, they came out small ?

Welcome back, Brenda. Sounds like a triple whammy for you and yours - and over the holidays as well.

She loved it . She planted wildflower seeds in it.

TY. I have, and use, the same hand miter saw. Works well and very accurate. That Jarrah is beautiful. And TY for the info on the 30% Lacquer. I'm not set up to spray with a gun so forced to use spray cans. Our cans are gloss, semi-gloss and satin. Sounds like 30% is like our satin.

Thanks Marg. Yes, things are better now. Tony is much recovered, my daughter back on her feet and all is well with the world

Thanks, I appreciate your kind thoughts.

It wasn't last year but it could quite possible be this year, because when the neighbours came round they thought it was a terrific idea and said that they may be interested if they had enough things to sell. Last year the Saturday was a lot better than the Sunday. Marg

Thanks Dick and Marg, I should of included a spare box of tissues. As Karen had quite an emotional day with the School kids making a presentation and the staff another . Not to mention a few individual gifts from staff and parents. She will be missed, but we all have to take advantage of opportunities when they are placed in our way.

Thanks Frank. The Lacquer I purchased. It is an Australian brand "Maxiwood" made by Wattle. The 30% is the amount of shine (reflection in) the finished project with 100% being full gloss. It gives a very nice soft natural look with a glass like feel. I use a spray gun to apply it. It last quite awhile as it is thinned 2 parts thinner to 1 part lacquer prior to spraying. The edge trim around the top of the box I mitred with a hand mitre saw as it is quite delicate being only 3mm thick and Jarrah is very hard and old Jarrah can be brittle. I only use 2nd hand Jarrah. I do have a very nice Dewalt mitre saw but I find doing things by hand on delicate stuff is better. The corner pieces are not mitred they are cut in an L shape on my table saw.

Those experiments can take quite awhile. In a few more years we should see the results of mine

Nice work. I should put up the dust experiment sign.

Most make puzzles or leash / key racks from these patterns.. I make them into clocks.. or ornaments. As of a little over a year ago I'm no longer a pet parent.. Miss my dogs and cats but really allergic to cats and dogs bother me some too, now that the kids are kinda grown and wanting to start doing some traveling etc. we have not took on the pet parent responsibility just yet.. SO, I just make them from wood and sell them.

This is a piece I designed in memory of our female corgi "Angel" who is dearly missed.

Wonderful Job!!! I think I wore out that VHS tape growing up.

My latest - ribbon Welcome sign, project size 10,5 x 4,5 inches, 4 layers of 1/8 laminated HDF Welcome pattern Video of makinng project

A perfect gift. Something that she will use everyday. Fabulous work. Marg

She will not only be very pleased with the gift but you will be thought of every time she takes a tissue from it. I am sure that this nice box will be around for as many years as she is. Great job and well thought out. Dick heppnerguy

Perfection!

We do so many custom pet projects these days. I'll just post a few of our latest... And dozens more!

This was a custom order. Pattern is from Steve Good. I added the custom collar.

I need to get better at finishing so my stuff looks that good.

I had to look up "bursar" as I had never heard that term before. As for the tissue box, I like your use of the contrasting wood trim. It adds to the visual appeal of the piece, without competing with the fretwork. Nice work!

Excelent Job. Love that each face has a different cutting. The dark trim on the light box is just beautiful. What tool did you use to miter the corner trim? 30% Gloss Lacquer? Mix your own? Spray or brush on? You should not tease and put something out there that is different with out an explanation..

Nice! I think this is the best tissue box I have seen!

excellent job

Welcome back Brenda, you have been missed!

Thanks to “Beaver” who give me the plans for the case. Now I have to make two more for my other models.

Superb variety of subjects and product. Easy to see why you enjoyed those results. Well deserved! Bruce

Thanks Ray. All is on an even keel once again, it's just been a bit rocky that's all.

I do 'memorial' pawprints for departed dogs from our 'Foxfold' family.

I love the experiments plaque a lot. They are all marvelous. I must try the watercolor pencils. Marg

Even though I haven't post anything I have been working but I have also been teaching a 19yo girl to scroll and she is loving it. Any way here are a few things I have made. They are all Sue Mey patterns. The first Christmas Bells are made from 2.5mm Bamboo, the second ones are made from 4mm pine and so are the gnomes. They are all for a Christmas in July driveway market at my daughters. Marg

Thanks Bill. To be quite honest I had never heard of the term actually being used until the Missus started teaching at a catholic School. I had various sizes of jarrah trim all over the bench trying to get the proportions correct. What I see in my minds eye sometimes does not translate to the real world

Good job on all

I haven’t seen it since I was a teenager. I just bought the dvd so I can share it with my 36 year old son.

Beautiful piece. I cringe at having to do that lettering.

Marg, There used to be a lot of Bison in the South Dakota area and I understand that the parks dept. in that area will be the people this plaque will be gifted to. One of the colleges there call themselves the Buffalo's with is another term for Bison. that is why this pattern was selected. Dick heppnerguy

Great idea. I don't drink soda but trying to figure out if it might work for wine glasses!

I liked your pattern Frank so I took a try at it. Cut from 1/4 Maple with a 1/8BB backer using a #2 spiral blade. I made the frame from alder and stained it. I must say the painting was challenging-getting the colors in the right place on the backer was time consuming. I probably went about the hard way

Looks very nice.

Glad to have you back Brenda you were missed. I also prefer the patterns in grey with red lines.

Oh I missed you. Those handbaskets have a lot to answer for, I know. Glad things are improving for you and your feeling like scrolling again. Your weather is improving too so that would help. Take care sweet.. Hope Tony is keeping well. Marg

Brenda, glad to see things are going better for you and your family and that you felt up to get back to the saw and visiting us here in the Village. You were missed. I look forward to seeing the finished piece. I too prefer red lines.

Glad to have you back. Happy scrolling.

I bought a Cameo Silhouette recently. Been experimenting with vinyl and sticker embellishment's. Scrolling is very simple, but it was more of an experiment with my craft cutter. The tag and heart are cut with a scroll saw. The "Love" is red vinyl. The Photo is a sticker with foil embossing. These are for a Valentine's Day tiered tray display.

Simplicity at it's best ,good thinking!