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I have been using my local UPS store to enlarge and clean up my patterns and the manager, Chase, has been very helpful. Told him I would cut a car for him. He has a Jeep Wrangler Sport and loves to drive it on Folly beach in SC near Charleston. All the hardware on the front and the treads on the tires were the hardest part to cut. The rest is mostly straight lines. I did the "Paint-in" method on the tires and around the windows. I'll give it to him tomorrow when I drop off some packages for my wife. BTW, I tried to buy a Jeep pattern from H. Botas and even emailed him and looks like he has stopped selling them. He mentioned about going through some changes? on Facebook.

My dad was a Baptist minister. 50ish years ago he brought a discarded upright piano home from the country church he was pastoring and refurbished it. It stayed in my mom and dad's home till they passed away. Then my sister had it for awhile, but it's been stored in a garage for years now. My sister saw something similar to these somewhere and asked me if i could make her one of the key holders. I made her and her daughter the key holders and my son and daughter-in-law the one that says, "Love is the key." All the materials except for the text and the hangers came from the old piano. The little brass buttons are part of the key/hammer mechanism of the piano, called capstans. Felt like my dad was smiling while I worked on them. The chips on the keys were done by my mischievous son and nephew with a toy hammer. Maw Maw wasn't happy.

Dog Puzzle - Rescue 1 pattern by Harvey Blyer. I used 3/4"Poplar approximately 8" square. I cut this at home on the EX21 using FD UR #3 blades. Yes, I still have some left over. Lighty sanded on the Mac Mop, dipped in diluted Shellac, and after dry, another light sanding. Comments welcome.

AWESOME-NESS! I was raised on a WWII war surplus jeep my Dad purchased for like $600. What I learned to drive in at 10 years old. It was our hunting rig, tractor and Dad's to and from work driver. And became a pretty good pick'em up, short race drag car in my freshman year of high school. I rolled my car. Dad said I could use the jeep. He had put a V-8 in it a few years before.. I cleaned it up. My brother painted it for me when he was in Auto shop a nice metallic gray. His girlfriend's mom re-did he seats for me in a nice red Naugahyde. I could beat any other friend's car through a stoplight. And got flagged down many time by girls wanting a ride. It was great time. Not real good for parking.. no back seat... front seats were pretty far apart. We had it until after I went into the service. Then Dad sold it.. all those years of fun with it and sold for $1600 with many miles on it. Later in life I bought a '68 CJ-7 Had it many years.. wish I had not sold it. Many times hunting Jack rabbits, friend sitting on the front fender and on top with .22s driving out across the sagebrush shooting the many many jack rabbits there was back then... No SIR! I would not change my life for any the modern day youth has.. they can have all their fancy things computer games, etc. I would not trade them for a minute. I loved my life as a kid living out in the country.. Hunting, fishing, free to do most anything outside of the city limits. Floating down the river on homemade rafts, going hunting with .22s any time. I do not think kids today really know what freedom is. I feel so sorry for them. The jeep got me excited and carried away. I shut-up now.

Scenery piece that I just finished.

Just a friendly warning when pushing the shims in use a long nosed pliers to prevent cutting your fingers. And if you try this method and you not happy using it like this no problems just loosen the top screws lift the router top off and the two shims will fall out.

Okay having a good look at the Dremel the slop is at the two chrome uprights as Wichman has correctly identified, what I did was I made myself two shims 1/2” x 3/4” put a slight curve in them along the length an push the in placed as per the attached photo. The slop was gone, the operation of the plunge is a much firmer operation which some people may not like. Drilling some test holes using scrap I tried to methods of doing the plunge, the first one I pushed down from the top it works well but as stated it’s firm but it drilled the hole where I wanted it. The second method is going to be my preferred option I pushed down on both handles and kept my thumbs on the shaft screws, as I finished drilling the hole I pulled the handles up but I let the thumbs do the work as I used them as a fulcrum, I found the quite easy and drilled a good test holes to make sure I was comfortable using it like this.

I made wood-art pieces for a California friend of his beach house and the coast at Dillon's Beach.

Well done. Many here should be able to make good use of these tables. If the bearing manufacturers hadn't standardized bearings like this it would have been impossible to manufacture replacements for machinery unless a special new bearing that fit the need could be made to order. Standardization made it easier to stock spares and to design machinery, like our scroll saws that could use the ready made "off the shelf" spares. Standardization of screws, nuts, and bolts was a good thing too, for the same reason. In the early 1800's and before, blacksmiths hand made fasteners and other hardware for wagons, lifts, etc. and every one of these mechanical contraptions had their components made by the local blacksmith with no standardization at all, meaning that the only person that could make you the exact replacement that you needed was likely that one local blacksmith. What a fix we would be in today if standardization hadn't changed this. Charley

Excellent idea! Hopefully you can find another idea for the use of the other piano parts as well. Great keepsake!

The first project is from a sock Image titled “Life’s a Gamble”. The conversion to a 12”x12” scrollable Pattern was mainly adding many bridges in the Lettering. There was no special reason for doing this project, other than wanting to take a break from doing complicated patterns for a change. Although, it did seem a little appropriate for me, as I will reach my 82 Birthday in May. I guess I should be happy the "gamble" is still paying off. The Cut Panel is 5/32” thick Solid Core Birch Ply cut using mainly Pegas #2/0 Spiral Baldes and Pegas #1 MGT R Blades. The cut panel is affixed to a 1/2" thick Sanded Ply Backer. Color was added using Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints. The close-up photo shows some cutting and painting defects that are not TOO noticeable when viewed from a standard 4 feet away. This will hang in my shop. The second project is more of my normal work, yet this too was a very quick cut. There are many illustrations in what I call the “Red Lips” category, by many different Artist both known and unknown. Many of which are available from the stock illustrations sites and are royalty free. I’ve been eyeing these illustrations for some time now. I found this “Lady (with Red Lips) in a Cowboy Hat” illustration on-line and it seemed like it would make a scrollable pattern. I proceeded with the conversions even though it was obvious from the start that it required the addition of many bridges. Once again, the cut panel is 5/32” thick Maple Solid Core Ply and the backer is 1/4" thick BB Ply. The relatively easy cutting was done using a Pegas #1 MGT R Blade in just one, two-hour, sitting. Yes, this is another colored piece using Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints. However, only two colors were applied to the backer… Red, for the lips of course, and everything else black. The assembled panel was protected with multiple coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic finish. I also hid many of the bridges with Black paint applied by brush. The Frame is my simple 1 3/4" wide Poplar Rails finished with Black Lacquer that had a final top-coat application of a Clear Matt Lacquer. As allways, comments and critiques always appreciated. I will post the Patterns in Pattern Exchange for anyone who might wish to have.

Wow! amazing work!

That smile on his face says it all! Great job!

Guess I need to look closer at the patterns I'm thinking about cutting. This was the first pattern I came across that had so called "floaters" and I'm glad it was spotted so I could cut it differently so I didn't have to keep track of little pieces of my project. It would be a total pain to have little pieces to deal with since I isually use a colored felt behind the cutting... What about you????

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He will be overwhelmed by your creativeness. Excellent work, as always. Marg

What a great recycling idea, well done. My grandmother had an upright piano that no one could play. I just held junk under the lid where the keys were. When she passed we took it outside and chopped it up for firewood, recycling was not a thing then. Marg

Awesome pattern and cutting.

I just now went through my Dremel plunge router attachment, I was able to reduce the "slop" to darn near zero. Here's what I did with pictures My plunge router adapter, yours may vary: I'm using a cordless Dremel, with a micro usb charge port. I can recharge the battery without having to remove the multitool. I bought the three jaw drill chuck adapter, also Dremel brand, no messing with various collets. Unscrew the two flat tip screw that hold the head on: Using the apropriate wench tighten the posts, there are bolts in the bottom of the base. reassemble. Pretty simple, tightened up the slop really well. Additionally; I lubed the shaft and bearing that locks the shaft. The goal is to reduce slop by tightening the stop while still allowing the head to move up and down the shaft freely. I used micro fine Teflon powder that I bought from https://www.howardpianoindustries.com/micro-fine-ptfe-powder/ I know you're in SA, but this may give you the lead you need to find some locally to you, other wise just a light coat of a good lube.

Will do it’s not serious but I’m a little of a perfectionist when it comes to things like that.

Yes, the white and green are on the cut panel. The black, red and blue are on the backer.

Just finished this one I made for a craft fair I have coming up this Easter Weekend. It's made from 4mm Birch ply and finished with 2 coats of sanding sealer and 2 coats of acrylic lacquer. Hope you like it. Keith

Haha, I never saw the fishing reel. I agree, I'm getting my license and heading for the lake (no beaches nearby.

I have said it over and over. If our microwave ever quits, we'll starve to death.