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Just some quickies to add to the 125 toys I am making for a local children's cancer organization. I figured I needed some things for the little-little ones too! The teethers are finished in beeswax and coconut oil. The balls and rings on the rattles are quite large. They do not fit in my "Choke Hazzard" tester. I like these quick little projects.

I wanted to scroll this verse in plaques for my two college age Grandsons. My daughter has it hanging in her office and the boys have remarked that they like the verse but that the plaque treatment is too "Girly" for them. These are cut from a single "generous" 4-quarters blank of live-edge cherry yielding 4 blanks roughly 3/8" thick. The four were then edge squared, planed and joined as a single piece - backed by 1'2" birch ply. They are "drying" after a coat of Danish oil and I will apply Shellac when they are ready.

These two free patterns came from Judy Gale Roberts Website. They are Intarsia Patterns I made into Painted Segmented wall hangings that I will be sending to my son and daughter. Again, I cut the patterns from one piece of 1x10 clear premium pine board but added Intarsia techniques to sculpture as well as raise and lower parts to improve the presentation. I made no changes to the patterns except to delete the “floor” area under Santas’ feet. All cutting, painting and finishing details for these pieces are exactly the same as my previous post: Copycat Family Christmas decoration Gifts, so I will not repeat here. All I will add however is; Hoot was a hoot to cut and paint. Nom 7" x 12" Nom 10" x 12" Thanks for reading. Comments and Critiques always welcome.

My Daughter and son in law cut down a tree in three yard earlier this spring. They live in southern Ohio. I asked them to set aside a couple of logs for me being a wood holder that I am. Anyhow I picked them up last week and has a chance to run the smaller one thru the bandsaw. I'm not the best at this and my bandsaw is not great either, but I got them closer to project size. I got quite a surprise after the first cut. I'm thinking spalted maple? Now all I need is a planner or drum sander. (Ugh) Anyhow, they need more dry time so I can figure out how I'll get these project ready.

In addition to that, you need to seal the ends with latex paint or end grain sealer available at any woodworking store or catalog. If you don’t seal the ends, the boards will check or split. Also available at Amazon.

Thank you. I realy enjoy doing Intarsia "Art" when it is all about making the image in wood tones. However, for Christmas, I feel these kind of pieces need color. You just cannot get the festive Red, Green, Gold, Black or Snow White from wood. IMO, these pieces are craft type decorations, not art. They are fun, relatively quick to make and do not cost a fortune for exotic wood.

No fancy scrolling here but I like how it turned out. Plus it’s for my favorite time of year.

I have had some interesting time cutting this pattern. When I saw Kris Martinson's new sun Rider pattern I not only really enjoyed it but it also caught my eye because the area that is Sun Rider is seen, looks like the area of Arizona where I now live and so I mentioned in my comment on his post and he was so generous to send me a copy of his pattern and told me to go ahead and give it a try. There were a lot of things in the pattern I really did not understand how he was able to do them but I gave it my best shot and came out with one I am mostly satisfied with. I cut in from 1/4 BB Ply and mostly used a #1 Pegus spiral blade. A lot of the pattern parts are quite small and I had to use the drill bits I had to make the entry holes. It was a rather fun one to cut, and I liked the challenges it presented me, and the total time to complete this project was three hours. I wish to once again thank Kris for the pattern and allowing me to post it here also. Dick heppnerguy

I been buying my BB on Amazon from Woodpeckers for over a year now and have no problems with them I use mostly !/8" and 1/4" and it is good Quality plus shipping is free with Prime Micheals and Hobby Lobby don't sell it anymore at least in this area.

Thanks, Gwinnett is about 50 miles from me. I would consider the distance, but not the traffic.

Nice pattern. Turned out great. Good job with the spirals.

As always, any discrepancies between your cutting and the pattern are known only to you.

It is a little difficult to understand the pattern fully as there are a lot of small marks and I was not sure at some of it. I do not come near to the talent of Kris Mortinson but I gave it my best effort. Dick heppnerguy

I am very familiar with this sign.. it is 45 miles to Heppner from HWY 84 where this sign is.. Did you see the Charlie Brown rock on your way down 84 by Arlington? Dick

I'm with Bill. Text of any type is nerve wracking since there is zero tolerance. You captured it well on some good looking stock.

You must be coming very close to me. You didn't stop by?! Oregon Coast is one of my wife's and my favorite places. We have spent many vacations there, and I have since I was a little kid. Such great memories.

Thanks Marie.

WOW Syd, you knocked this one out of the park. Goes to show one can find good wood in all kinds of places. Again, very, very nice. Jerry

Sorry about the delay, but I don't go on the forum over the weekend. I have not sold any in the last four years. The tpi is very low. For example, the Super Hook #11 is 9.0. I would recommend the Pegas Super Skip blades.

AMAZON HAS MANY SUPPLIERS. I HAVE BOUGHT THERE MANY TIMES. ALL GOOD. Danny :+}