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So far I committed to 2 shows before Christmas so the shop is humming.

Three more football plaques done. Team colors for each. Steve Good pattern to start, I replaced the text added the shaker pegs and the countersunk holes under the stripes The piece is 2, 1/2" BB laminated together after the interior cuts in the top, exterior cuts made after lamination ( 1" thick ), interior cuts made with FD Polar #1, exterior cuts made with FD polar #5. Lamination with polyurethane glue applied with a 4" foam roller then weighted down by a cinder block. 3 1/2" shaker pegs.

As the title says another fun H Botas pattern, I may try to color this one too. My wife is a RN so I thought it was fitting. A fun cut.

Local military base restaurant owner asked for these. I found some but they were not all exactly what I was looking for so I adjusted as needed. He was quite pleased. Dewalt saw. About 18 1/2 inches tall each.

Layered Snowflake Ornament #1 pattern by Keith Fenton and found in SWWC Winter issue page 72. I stack cut two blanks 1/4" x 4" square for each top (Ash) and back (Eastern Red Cedar}. I found the Eastern Red Cedar is too fragile and broke when sanding, so I balanced by cutting off every other little piece. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using #1 MGT blades. After sanding, dipped in diluted Shellac and the one coat of spray Lacquer Clear Gloss. Comments welcome.

Steve good Christmas tree. Back to basics trying to improve my basic skills,straight lines,smooth curves, sharp points and stuff like that. I've been cutting a lot of fretwork stuff and it's easier to hide your mistakes in the abstract arrangement of holes. I've had a lot of people asking me for Christmas stuff (including her who must be obeyed ) so I'm going to take the opportunity to try to improve this part of my skillset. I'm not happy with this cut but it will paint up ok....practice practice practice

The good news. The replacement WEN 4212T arrived today (10/18/23) and putting it together for the second time was a snap. Even the table up/down crank seems to be less sloppy than the one I returned. Again, I’m very happy, everything is working well, and it runs quiet and smoothly at all speeds. I built a fixed, 32” high, mini bench in the corner of my shop for the drill press. Although I had to rearrange some wall hanging tools and dust collector hoses, it fits like a glove. And although the shop is getting a little more cramped, its location does not interfere with any of my operations. Only my trash bucket had to be moved closer to the Scroll Saw. Now the bad news. I wanted to bolt down the DP with some 1/2” dia. bolts as recommended in the instructions. Well as I tightened them down, I obviously cinched down too much, and the cheap thin sand-casted base cracked/broke in half. I salvaged the situation by removing the base and using four 3/8” Dia. x 4” long bolts, I mounted the collum directly to the bench top. I like it better as the base just got in the way anyhow and now there is room to lay down bits and tools as needed. So here are a bunch of pics that show the DP installation and my shop. Most were taken standing in one spot and just turning around for each pic as I don’t have very much room to walk very far. Close up of DP Broken base Feel free to snicker all you want!

THe first photos show the car after I installed a chin spoiler. I have done a lot of resto-mods. 2006 S197 model. Windveil Blue

Had a Co-worker ask me for a Louisiana Tech logo for his mancave. He graduated from there. This is what I came up with.

CLAMPS!!!! You got CLAMPS!!!

Frank, glad to see that you made out well with the drill press, your shop looks great, I really like your router table did you make that, RJ

Skeleton Cat. A pattern from the Scroll saw Workshop which I did slightly differently. The cat is cut from a 1/4 inch Bamboo chopping board then sprayed black. To cut the skeleton I used a very fine drill for the blade entry holes then cut out each piece and painted them white. The pieces were then carefully glued back into place and because the cat does not have a backing board the skeleton can be seen from both sides. Happy Halloween everyone ! Regards, Alan.

Great looking car.

That font, mathjax calligraphy, only has uppercase letters. That's the font the customer saw and liked so that's what I used. My current favorite font is Z003 and is much more readable and has both upper and lower case letters. Painting the inside of the letters was a royal pain, I ended up thinning the craft paint (gloss white) 50/50 with water, then dripped the paint into the recesses with the small hole in the cap, once the letter was full I used a small wire (ornament hanger) to stir the paint around in the hole and get better coverage/adhesion of the paint.

Here's my latest Love Spoon.

Sports fan love these and with the personal names on them makes them even more desirable. Nice work Dick heppnerguy

That is the same reason I sell anything, is to cover the costs of wood, blades and other supplies for my scrolling. I used to push for sales but now I just post what I do and sometimes get a sale on an item. Dick heppnerguy

Some very nice shop pictures posted. rafairchild2 I would love to see a picture of the Mustang. Regarding drill presses I have never been a fan of benchtop units, mainly because I do such a variety of work. I had a inexpensive table top unit where the chuck fell out when ever the bit chattered (it was not a normal #2 morse taper) Bought a Delta floor model Belt drive. I got tired of changing belts for speed as I do metal and wood. Finally bought a direct drive variable speed, floor model 50- 5500 RPM super smooth and quiet,

thanks Frank, I never used a variable speed drill press before. I viewed the exploded diagram and kinda understood the lever was expanding some diameter of a pulley. So I was very hesitant to try anything. Me. Mark Eason

very nice

Nice work!

Well done. Taking nothing away from your work, however, when you use all CAPS of a somewhat Script Font it can be a little hard to read. I think if you had used both upper and lower case letters the names would have read better, or, a more simple block style font may have worked better if they needed to be all caps..

Fantastic job, Dick. I haven't tried intarsia yet. Been busy with commissions. At least that's paying for the wood for my hobby.

A few more items for stock. One of my upcoming shows is for a cat rescue, hence the two cat puzzles. Wood is poplar ordered from KJP hardwood.

Very nice, excellent cutting, RJ

I saw this Eagle Welcome Plaque by S. Good in one of his emails a while back and thought it would be a nice piece to make and add to my Eagle Collection. I modified his pattern slightly to make it as large as possible and still be able to fit on a the 12” wide precut panels I use. This resulted is the 1/4” thick Solid Core Red Oak ply cut panel being a nominal 14” x 11” mounted to a 1/2” thick painted premium ply backer being a nominal 15” x 12”. I rounded the perimeter top edge of the backer with a 1/4" round-over bit in tmy Router table. I also did away with his “WELCOME” third layer and cut the letters directly into the now single top layer. I use Pegas #3 MGT R to cut pattern and the perimeter of the backer. I would prefer using a spiral blade, but for this type of cutting, and as everyone knows, the regular blade produces a much nicer looking clean-cut edge. Just had to be a lot more careful keeping the blade from walking off track and to be extra careful making my sharp inside and outside corners. The backer was primed and then painted rattle can Brick Red. I then masked off the plaque to allow me to paint the area under the word “WELCOME”, white. After assembly I gave the entire plaque multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. Comments and critiques always welcome.

Don’t do that! Make a shorter stand!

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