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Finished this beautiful Russ Beard pattern, double stacked on 1/8” Baltic Birch Plywood, cut with Niqua #0 Pin Less Straight blades, needs to be Oiled and a framed. This will be my last cutting for a while I have run out of blades. It is what it is, circumstances.

Suffered an eye injury ~3 weeks ago. Debris blew up under my glasses when mulching on my 42" deck tractor mower deck. I have been pretty much blind in my left eye, due to corneal injury over the pupil area. It was like looking through a glass with thick petroleum jelly on it and darkened. The whole eye was bloody red. Quite a bit of pain came alongside that for well over a week. I was prescribed an ointment for my eye 3x/day and steroid drops 2x/day. I had my 3rd follow-up with my eye Doc today (went to urgent care when I was injured). My eye has finally superficially healed on the surface (that's good), and also improved 4 steps on the eye test this last week. Pressure also moved in the right direction. She was pleased that I turned the corner as she was concerned last week at the slow healing. Now comes the continued under-the-surface healing so we wait. Scheduled an appointment to be back in a month. No more steroids in the eye, however, the ointment is only 1x/day now... When I got home this morning after the appointment, I tried some scroll sawing I actually could see my lines! FINALLY!!! cut the remaining pieces and rattle can finished my 4-layer Memorial Day pieces, which I could not work on while I was blind. Gun, dog tags, boots, & helmet. When I tried working on it when I was first injured it was a major struggle and had to quit for a few weeks, did an hour on Sunday during my YT live stream, but that was a struggle... now it feels like I am almost back to normal. Not fun being blind in my eye, thankful, it was temporary. Ran out of black paint on one piece so I did not speckle it the way I wanted. Getting more tomorrow.

Steve Good Pattern, still need to clean up and fix the S and stain. Made for Hubby. He loves his coffee.

Dog Puzzle - Rescue 2 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.

Ray that project above needs a bit more marbles.

I found a way to use up all my scraps. https://www.facebook.com/reel/700794108932098?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

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.

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.

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

Well done! A very unique idea. Not many of us will be able to copy them. For sure!

Great job a lot of cutting but worth it.

Nothing wrong with that at all! Great job. This definitely belongs in the Bragging Rights folder!

Good information thanks!

That is awesome. I can see why the tires were a bugger to cut.

Wonder how many folk back then squawk about it not being handmade like we get today about the laser and cnc stuff.. I'll bet the blacksmith didn't like the standardisation crap and having to make stuff to tolerances..