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I made a few of these last year. My sister saw one that had a red/red scarf and wanted one. So I made her one and one for her friend that likes the Illinois college teams. Made from 3/4" MDF with a 1/8" BBply backer. My wife does the painting.

Patrick Renna as Hamilton "Ham" Porter, from The Sandlot. First piece is red oak stained with Minwax Barn Red and True Black. Second is Sycamore with 50/50 BLO and mineral spirits. Patterns in the library.

I have so much to learn and I'm not getting any younger... Decided to print out that practice pattern with all of the scrolling examples to try but it was boring... So I decided to test out the different blades I have on another SG pattern Even if I screw it up it's still more fun with the pattern. Tested it on 1/4" BB plywood with the pattern spray glued on clear shelf paper and got a feel for the different brands and styles of blades. It still turned out okay as long as you don't look too close.

This is my method for keeping freestanding letters and figure aligned. !. plan the pattern for where you want/need it to be aligned. Add indexing marks to align the letters ( marks drawn out to the edge of the piece to be cut ). Use you preferred method but tape the back of the piece to be cut. 2. Using the smallest drill bit for the blade, drill the pilot hole as close the pattern as possible in the waste area. using the smallest blade you can, cut the outline of the letters. 3. As you cut, save the letters ( or fallout ) and tape them back into the pattern as you go ( I didn't do this and lost the small heart on the left side ). 4. When finished cutting make sure the top of the piece has all the dropouts tape back in place. 5. Turn the piece over and remove the bottom tape from the letters only. 6. apply glue to the letters, if you leave the tape on the rest of the pattern you can use it as a mask and either spray or roll adhesive on the back. Peel the mask off the back of the piece. 7. Turn the piece right side up and using the alignment marks carefully place on the desired substrate. Peel off the tape holding the pieces together. Gently lift the "waste" off the letters.....And Bob's your uncle:

- my own design - works fine - looks nice what do you think? Wooden Pencil Sharpener Car Diy Plans.mp4

I also got a response from him on Facebook, but he didn't say much. Charley

I have used this method or very similar, when I was making plaques for clubs with the names of the members for each plaque. I would cut out each letter and save the waste, some times reducing the size to fit on the plaque. This made it much easier to align the letters. To make it easier to apply the glue to each letter, I would use a glue with a longer set up time and spread out a thin amount and place the letter lightly onto the glue making sure there was even coverage and not enough to oozes out! Erv

Vicki, I was trying to show that you can use the "waste" area of a cutting as a template to hold the desired pieces in place. The "name with a rose" was cut as a single piece, not each letter individually. The drop outs were then glued to a backer board using the single piece to temporally keep them aligned. The bottom picture was to show all the pieces are in alignment.

I'm not sure about the 16" saw they have.. seems I recall them needing blade chuck adapters or something? so they would take pinless blades? or maybe it was for toolless blade changes? I may be wrong and thinking of something different. I have heard / read that the bigger saw that is more designed like the DeWalt is a decent saw..

"Michael 'Squints' Palledorous walked a little taller that day. He had kissed a woman, and he had kissed her long and good.” Squints, from The Sandlot. Awesome coming of age movie about a group of young baseball players in the summer of 1962. Originally the glasses were just going to be cut out, leaving the eyes as floaters. I decided to save the glasses, add lenses and put them back in. The water drops are clear JB Weld. Pattern in library.

Another terrific piece Charlie. Well done.

Terrific work on both Charlie. Like what you’ve done with the red oak. Very effective.

For that price, and like new . . . I'd recommend it. My local Home Depot has them for $125. . .

Thank you! Fine line between art and a mess. I got a little black from the backer on the red and when I rubbed it off it looked cool. So I just put more on using a nearly dry brush. Happy little accident.

You just added two more great ones to your museum!

Boy Charlie, this is spot on?!!

Thanks for sharing the trailer.............It cracked me up.

Take the nozzle cap off the brush and get as close to your work as possible with the needle . I do hair line eye lashes on portrates this way with the Iwata HP-C

Great pattern and what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it.

really cute idea. I think if I were to copy your idea the thing I would try to do different would be to try to figure out how to extent the port where the pencil goes in....to the back of the car and try to incorporate the port to look like an exhaust pipe. I like your idea though. Dick heppnerguy

Talked to him about a week ago on FB. Sounds like he is having some bad luck.