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I had some rustic animals patterns from Sue Mey and I found a piece of Western Red Cedar in my shop, here are the results. The birds have not been burn yet

The hummingbird pattern is from Steve Good's post on May 31st. I did not do the box, just the hummingbird pattern. It is done on 3/8" ambrosia maple. The Tree of Life is my second attempt at doing epoxy with this pattern. This time the wood is 1/4" mesquite.

The timing on seeing this is great. I've been helping a friend build a 15'x25' deck the past couple of weeks and a few times ended the day at the work site counting my fingers up to ten and then saying to my friend - "It's been a good day".

Today is our 55th Wedding Anniversary. I didn't have a chance to get a card so when Steve Good showed his "DAD" gnome yesterday I modified to Love you and used the back for the message. A reduced in size and had to make a few modifications on the go as the hands covered the e completely. All done in less than a day.

I decided to paint Goofy and he turned out pretty good. The soldier kneeling is a Dean mill pattern. OOPs forgot Scooby and another Dream Catcher.

It seems when I get really close to something that is delicate, I blink. So it happened once again, and then I am down on my hands and knees in the sawdust looking for my leaf, which I luckily found. So CA glue to the rescue, but it is so tiny I have to use a tweezer and when I pick it up it pops out of the tweezer and flys across the room! I luckily find it again, but this time I didn't use a tweezer and the leaf gets stuck to my finger! Arrgh! Does this happen to anyone else or just me? Does it get less frequent (blinking) as you get better? Any tips? I will hopefully show you my trees soon and hope that they won't be snags by the time I get them done! Thanks for your suggestions ahead of time...mariec

A puzzle box with a twist; there's a magnet in the bottom of the hole for the pin, with panel nails in the pin to hold against the magnet. And you need a magic wand to open it. The pin was originally a standard heart, I flattened the heart so I could cut the pin in the shape of a key. Wood: 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 inch oak Blades: FD Polar #1 for the pin and sliding dovetail, Polar #5 for the inside void, the outside of the heart shape and to rip the 1/8" bottom. The only tricky part of the puzzle box is the order of cutting must be followed. 1. rip the bottom piece, 2. cut the pin, etc...

A tiny dot of CA glue on each upper eyelid should help.

Neil Diamond's song, Play Me, came on the radio the other day and it inspired this cutting. After reading some other opinions and listening to it about a dozen times while cutting it, for me, it's about the relationship between him and his guitar and maybe sometimes music as a whole. If you disagree, you're right too. I'll add the pattern to the library.

I've been a scroller for 38 years. I've had plenty of minor cuts, but you would have to be really dedicated to lose a finger on a scrollsaw, lol

Ray, if you get a minute, could you take a picture of your slide in/out boxes...are they on the floor or just under the saw table?

On my Excalibur saws, the sawdust that doesn't get caught up by the dust control will filter down onto my lap or shoes. So, I made a couple of slide in/slide out boxes and they catch what dust makes it through. That's where all the tiny pieces also go if they don't get sucked up. So far I've had good luck with finding them. If they do get sucked up, well, that's called "creative license".

Lost socks come back as Tupperware lids that don't fit any of your containers.

He's my mascot. Whenever I am confused over a post or don't have an answer, I rely on him to reply. I've kept that board because of its unique grain. Love it!

Flying dutchman and Pegas mainly -- I have used Olson and they aren't terrible. Anything is better than the ones that come with the saw. LOL

Never even put it on.

Years ago I had a craftsman scrollsaw and I flipped the hold down upside down and out of the way, leaving it in case I needed it someday. There is sat until I wore the saw out and in the trash it went with the saw, still in the flipped over position. Now I just remove them before ever turning the saw on.

I didn't take a picture of it, but I have a king industrial 16" that I designed and 3d printed a better option that bolts to the existing holes. I'm assuming that it would work on excaliburs and other similar saws. When I get home maybe I can remember to snap a picture of it. I thought about adding it to my etsy shop so folks could order it, I'd list it at a price to just cover my plastic and shipping costs if I did.

Cute. Excellent work. Marg

They look terrific. You may get some eggs soon. Marg

Where did you get that board?...it looks like an ostrich! Too Funny! Oh, forgot to answer the question...irises and pansies....

I think you might be able to take any light species and dye it with food coloring.

Actually you can find poplar with light purple/lavender streaks. I ran across several boards at my local lumber yard a year ago and they now sit in my shop. Never hurts to dig thru the poplar pile.

That's adorable!!

Oh, okay...for some reason it didn't show up as a video on my phone...Dumb phone ...that is very clever and looks tricky to cut...excellent work!

If you set your Wixey on the table and press the on/off button it will reset to Zero. They have always done that. The newer version has another bubble level that is always calibrated to 0 degrees. I have two saws a Hawk G4 that tilts the table and a EX-16 with tilting arm. On the EX I put the gauge on the arm. A tip Every once in awhile I come across one of the metal strip in the road that comes off of the street sweeper brushes, it fits perfectly in y clamps and allows me to put the wixey on it. It is wider and flatter than a blade.

excellent job

Charley, couldn’t you use the magnets on the bottom of the Wiley to align on the blade to zero it? Then if the table is @ 90 you know it’s perpendicular to the blade.

So the back is now the front!

nice work

3 of mine for the challenge.

I have worked with purpleheart and found that it's color did not remain the same as it aged. It was tough wood to work with as well. If I wanted wood with a reliably purple color, I would go with a wood dye and experiment with the wood used, but would probably go with Birch or Beech and finish cutting each piece before dying. Use the scraps from cutting for experimenting with soak time, etc. Charley

Finally got my #3 blades in the mail and started on this. 3/4" Pine with the Horse letters of the pattern still on. Another Steve Good piece. This will add to our granddaughter's collection, who has a bazillion toy horses already. This was fun to do and I'm sure I'll be making more puzzles.

all the time and most of the time i just throw it in the pretty kindlin pile>

Missing socks become paperclips!! Or hangers!!

I had a few "trees of life" that didn't have all the foliage.

Blinking? I never thought much about it. Although, now that you have brought it to my attention, I'm sure it will find a place in my consciousness. So thanks for that. As for dropping tiny bits on the floor, that happens all too often. The only difference is that I rarely find what I dropped. There must be some metaphysical connection with the clothes dryer and all of these lost bits & pieces have joined with the missing socks, in some Bermuda triangle like alternate existence.

fantastic!!! i always think of my brother when i see good gitars...now if i could just learn to spell it lol

I love making smiles and I'm still smiling thinking about this and want to incorporate the idea to use in grocery stores. When I'm in my scooter I tell people that pass me in the isle NO PASSING!!! Always brings a smile! Or if there in a scooter I tell them no speeding there's a cop in isle 3! But religious gifts bring a tear to them like GOD WILL PROVIDE, TRUST IN THE LORD,KEEP THE FAITH,GOD IS GOOD etc.