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I tried this pattern the other day with 1/2" BB plywood and it ended up in the burn barrel. So today I cut it with a simple piece of 3/4" pine board and brush painted it brown. Now I'm happy!

Today I sold my Canary Wood Christmas tree nativity (image attached) for $100.00 to a Spanish Officer at NATO. This was one of my pieces I was most proud of. I had over 12 hours of drilling and cutting in this piece. The fine details and lines surprised me. "Damn.. I did it without breaking!" I currently have a few more smaller tealight nativities ready to cut this weekend. But the other images attached show my current big project. It is 3 layers, and I will use colored 'fairly" lights to illuminate it from behind. I still need to decide how far apart I am going to space the layers, but that's the easy part. I have completed layer one, and yesterday I finished cutting the perimeter of layer two. Although not as intricate as the tree, it is a challenging piece. I am taking a four-day weekend starting tomorrow, so I will have a lot of shop time. I am thinking of changing the cross on the 2nd church to a Star of David. I think that will balance this winter scene as it is reminiscent of the small town I grew up in. I am using FD Ultra Reverse #1 and #3 blades. 1/4 Cherry for first two layers. Last layer 1/4 Mahogany.

I made these two wreaths and donated them. The pattern came from Sheila Landy Designs (Keith). One will be a part of a school's Remembrance Day ceremony and the other went to a family that has veterans who fought in Afghanistan. I consider myself a beginner and I find smallish text to be very challenging but overall pleased with the result. I think I will make the Remembrance Day gifting an annual thing.

I cut these two pieces recently. I made the patterns from some art I found online.

Baby Rex pattern by Dave and Judy Peterson. This easy pattern is for younger children that find the other puzzles too hard. I used 3/4" solid Cherry. Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #5 MGT blades. I used a #5 so that the kerf was wider to make it easier to put together. After a light sanding with the Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac and then another sanding after dry. Comments welcome.

The first picture is the Cutoffs from other projects and the second picture is what I made from them. Lots of glueing boards together and resawing on bandsaw. Took about a month to make it out of red oak and I didn’t use them all.

My 30 days project has an end now. Enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-wVfBc--YQ

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!

Yes, I have . . . another SG pattern. For a customer at a Farmer's Market. Here are both the original and modified.

After being satisfies with the second attempt of this SG pattern, I wish I paid more attention to the pattern. The example in the picture of (not mine) finished product shows more space at the bottom under the circles. After cutting mine I didn't like how close those circles were to the bottom but that was how the pattern looked. Probably not a big deal but wish I had noticed so I could have easily left as much space as I wanted if I had just modified the pattern. Lesson learned I guess. Anyone modify someone else's patterns??

Move to AZ.

I was commissioned to make this plaque for a client who works for American Airlines. He plans to give it to a long time colleague who is retiring after the first of the year. I combined fretwork and intarsia. The lettering was so delicate that I decided to fill it with black wood filler. I used blue pine for the background and frame.

very nice

I am actually glad people are telling me I undercharged. I feared I might have been overcharging. I work with this Spanish Officer at NATO, he is here in the US for another year. When he saw an image of my work and saw the finished tree, he was so excited and this was BEFORE I was thinking of selling it. So in a way, part sale, part gift is the way I look at it. Now he has something to bring back to Spain and will have an heirloom piece his family can enjoy each year. He has 6 kids. Call it International Relations!

I have used Recacril fabric for our boat bimini. It is waterproof.

Lovely!!

You did a terrific job, well done. Marg

You will have bigger problems than just rust on the surface. All parts inside the tools are subject to moisture no matter weather you use breathable tarps or not. Have you considered a shed that is weather tight. gets tools off the ground so you do not have that moisture. Shed would serve far better than tarps.

I would recommend you to talk to the canvas shop people and ask their advise. Tell them what you are trying to achieve and ask for they're recommendations, They may have or can order a gortex type material (pores to small for liquid water but large enough for vapors), you just never know.

Look great Jimmy. Jerry

Thanks to all. You have backed up what I was already thinking. I have a good coat of wax on all the bare metal surfaces. My Dewalt table saw has a painted/powder coated top so no problem there. My bandsaw will be covered top to bottom but still totally waxed. I just bought a folding/rollable stand for my Dewalt miter saw and it will have a good cover. For now, that's all that will be outside. I'm going to have a vinyl fence erected for privacy. I will end up with more than double the space I have in my shop. I'm also thinking of selling my Ex 16 and keep only the Ex 21 and the Hegner Multimax 18. I will have room then to put my drill press down onto its own stand and get it off my workbench. All-in-all, more space.

I like them !!!!

Beautiful piece. I love cutting Jim's patterns.

Someone one the forum posted a photo and this was in it. It grabbed my attention - thinking: "Surely someone will want to buy this as a gag gift." We'll see if I'm right next month; got an event to set up my offerings. P.S. A Steve Good pattern. 3/4" white oak. I cut most of the outline with a bandsaw and #5 Pegas blades with the rest.

Well I hope what you do sucks too! Copy Cat

Well, guys, all your setups really suck! I think I'll do exactly the same. Thanks for all the great ideas.

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!

Watch out for that "Travis" Guy, he might try and pull one over on you

Keep sharing these ideas and mods folks. I’m going to show hubby so he can get me figured out with my saw and portable Festool I did end up getting once we moved. Unfortunately, we’ve had a significant life event get in the way of getting it all setup yet. We’ll get there though.

I love how people have been getting ideas from Rolf's post. This is my execution when I saw his setup. When I raise the arm up, the locline moves up and will be in the exact same place when I lower it. The actual pivot point is my flex pipe. I also added a blast gate which "throttles" my lower vac, some pieces cover all the holes and the suction is too much underneath. This brings suction more to the top vac. I just ordered more locline for my drill press. My flax pipe is not doing the job alone.

Found a maple leaf in the yard, used a glue stick to hold it down to trace outline, spray glued it to a board and scrolled it in less than 5 minutes. Since I wasn't overthinking every turn as I usually do, I was spinning and cutting like a seasoned pro. It could have been because I wasn't too concerned if it got messed up but it was good practice for making better turns with confidence.. Figured I might as well draw some veins and scroll them too... Then what the heck, throw some color on it too!

You did a fabulous job Jimmy using your creativity. Looks like the real thing.

Yes, mine too. I say I have plenty of will power. But I don't have any "won't power" when it comes to her cooking.

Well, I'm good on one. Great genes.

Healthy diet, light exercise, really good genes.

Just remember 2 things. You are your worst critic and once the pattern is removed nobody knows what "shoulda been".

How do you do it?

Spinning it. Once the first one was out of the way, it wasn't too bad. Could use a smaller belly, though.

Barbara, I am a licensed electrician, and see nothing wrong with what you plan to make as long as you keep the lamp wattage low or go with LED light and in either case, leave some clearance and vents around and above the bulb to allow the heat to escape. For an LED or a 4-8 watt bulb you won't need much clearance, as long as air can circulate up through past the light and out through the top (kind-of like a chimney). I can't imagine what design you have planned or what light source you plan on using, but if you keep ventilation in mind when building it, you should have success. Posting a little of the details might help me (and others) better understand if adequate ventilation is an issue or not. I will continue to watch (and comment) on this post as you design and build this. Charley

As long as you keep the wattage low so it doesn't produce a lot of heat. The safest way would be to use LED bulb. I use flameless candles in my projects .

I've made night lights that are fully enclosed and use up to an equivalent 40W LED bulb without any concerns. Today's LED bulbs are very cool. If you are making a lamp shade of the same size as an existing shade, there should be no concerns at all, whatever bulb size you use.

You should be good using an LED bulb.

I would think a call to Dewalt might be in order. They still make/sell the saw so parts should not be a problem.

Might have to give that a try thanks for the info

Thanks for the reply I did find some on Amazon at about $56.00 I am hope that type 1 and 2 use the same board because the site does not say anything , and it is cheaper then a new saw and I do like the 788 .

My Box-O-Lanterns and a Hanging Halloween Lantern

DUDE!!! Whoa!!! WOWZERS!!! They're creepy and they're kooky Mysterious and spooky They're all together ooky