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Thanks to Paul for making the pattern. This is a friends son and Black Lab at a cabin he repaired in the woods of Maine.

From the awesome movie, Field Of Dreams. Unknown wood from drawer of discarded antique dresser. Pattern is in the library.

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I have a craft show this weekend, and will be priced at $250. It will certainly cover the materials cost but I won’t be making much on it. What it will do is draw people to my booth. If it doesn’t sell, my wife has already claimed it. She’s hoping it doesn’t sell!

My only Thanksgiving project.

Here’s a Turkey puzzle made from 1” Cherry. Cut with a FD #3 UR blade. Soaked in a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits, then top coated with semi gloss lacquer.

This project was cut on a 16" x 10" x 5/8" piece of salvaged American Chestnut using patterns by Jacob Fowler and Sue Walters for the scrollsawing which I then modified during the carving process. It was stained with artist oil paints and finished with Minwax Polycrylic finish. The Chestnut seen in the background was not stained and this is the natural color of the wood. It was easy to see why Chestnut was so popular among the early American furniture craftsmen because of its workability and finishing qualities. Dick

I have been on a crunch with my biggest show coming up next week. This is a set of patterns by Sheila Landry. The Sleigh is made from 1/4” Maple and 3/8” Sapele for the runners. The reindeer are made from 1/2” and 1/4” Cherry. For size reference, the board they are on is 4’ long. I’m pricing the set at $250!

My version of f Alex Fox's new pattern. 25 days till Christmas. Great pattern, easy to cut. For me harder to paint and put together.. Thank you @alexfox Mr Fox. I Decided to paint my visa what his pattern shows of dark/light layers. I am not a good painter but happy with the results. Put me in the Christmas Sprit just to make it.

This is one of Grampa's patterns I cut over the weekend. The piece is 1/4-inch Baltic Birch with Natural stain, and the 1/4-inch Birch backer is stained Ebony. The frame is pre-fab framing material cut to size. The actual cutting is 8X10. This was a fun project although very time consuming with all the little cuts. I primarily used Pegas 2/0 spiral blades but had to drop to a Flying Dutchman 3/0 spiral for some of the smaller holes. Once cut the piece was very stable and you don't have to worry about "tender" areas that might fall or break out.

Had this one on my to-do list for a long time. Another Steve Good pattern. I enlarged it a bit to 8 1/4" for the circle part. Add another inch for the wingtips. Used #7 Pegas Skip for the outer cut and mostly Pegas #5MGT for the interior cuts except for the few very small cuts. Wood is 1/2" reclaimed dresser top. I think maple or cherry, but I'm not good at determining wood type. Now to add the wood button feet on the bottom and finish it with something - to be decided.

Charlie, you did a beautiful job, RJ

Nice one, Charlie. Really like how the wood looks, regardless of what kind it is.

Those two actors and Denzel Washington for me. I don't think it's racist to say that black guys tend to be naturally cooler than white guys. True for me anyway.

Good to see you back at it although I did enjoy the halloween stuff. Great job. There are those actor that I see are in a film and I watch it just because he/she are in it. He is one of those for me. Morgan Freeman is another.

Great job!

That's a neat project. Love all the color!

"Another" Steve Good design cut out on a hellishly hard pine board... Wondered to myself afterwards why I bothered to spend so much time painting the insides of the eyes black instead of leaving the bare wood look.

I bought a saw stop couple years ago. Once I sawed into a piece 2x4 that had tinfoil stuck to it Yeah boom is best way to describe the noise and the instant blade drop. This event let me know how effective the system works. I only whined a little bit as I paid for a new cartridge to get the saw working again

This is my lower clamp and dropped blade finder.. I use it a lot.. And it cost me nothing.

Napkin holder.

More Steve good turkeys

This is light box that I made. I can change the panels for the different holidays. I want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

I just finished these ( a Sue May pattern) for a friend of ours who has a daughter in a local fire department. 1/4" BBPly and several coats of Krylon spray Candy Apple Red paint.

These are ornaments I made for the Festival of the Trees in Indianapolis. Our woodworking group will decorate a tree with scrolled, carved, and turned ornaments made by us. This event features over 70 trees, and is located at the Indiana Historical Society. This is a fund raiser for the Salvation Army. After the event, the ornaments will be sold.

Thanksgiving is a very serious time.............. Examples of adding color to scrolling.

Steve Good pattern. Nice way to use up some scrap wood.

My girlfriends mom is a big time gardener, so I made a complete set of plant stakes from our pattern library. She said, " I'm not putting those in the ground, they're too nice ". 3/8" elm, #1 FD polar blades, BLO finish. 21 stakes, 10 hrs cutting, just under 30 minutes per stake.

The frame is a gift for my son. I usually make at least 40-60 ornaments for family and friends. The frame and dove are Steve Good patterns.

Been busy in the last month - two chess sets, 3 charcuterie boards, and hope to finish cruising long-board.

Jesus is for my Wife. Geronimo is for my son. The Native American is for my Step Mother Inlaw. The recipe holder is for my mother inlaw The Double stack box is for my father inlaw The God box is for my ex wife. The big "Sure enough treasure box is for my Daughter-in-law to keep one of my granddaughters most precious things. The Fairy Princess wands and the rubber band guns are for my 2 Granddaughters. Months and months have been put into these gifts of love.