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Bamboo is a material that I love for cutting when I can get it. I loved this Leopard pattern, of which I can not remember who designed it but I would love to that the author of it for making it available. The bamboo is about 3/8 thick and cuts very nicely with no fuzzies from drilling of cutting. I cut it with a #1 Pegas spiral blade because it goes so much quicker and a lot easier to do than a straight blade. I sprayed it with 3 layers of Deft semi gloss. I am constantly looking for somewhere to purchase the Bamboo wood at the size and thickness I want to use. It seems to be a little difficult to find around Phoenix but I know it has to be here waiting for me to make a purchase. I used a 1/4 inch BB Ply for the backer board. I cut this a couple of weeks ago but have not gotten around to taking a photo and posting it until now. Dick heppnerguy

A drum sander is only going to remove a few thousands of an inch at a time. If you are looking to remove 1/2 inch, or 500 thousandths, you will be pushing a board through that sander for a long time. There will also be a phenomenal amount of dust generated. A planer is what you need for this task.

I think you can come up with an infinite number of bowl patterns. This is my 19th, I will definitely make the 20th for a round number. Do you think I should continue making bowl patterns? Video of making project Bowl patterns

I’m still dabbling in making sea glass. My cousin saw it on Facebook and asked for some. I decided to scroll a sea themed coaster to display it on. The sea turtle will rarely been seen but then I’ve never seen one in the wild, and I see dolphins pretty much every beach trip.

Since I made a few patterns of dog photos in the 'pattern request' thread, I hereby present to you how this style of pattern looks like in real life. This is my dog Gina. 35 x 47 cm, backer board 4mm, Gina 4mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #1 blade. This was a lot of work, but I think it looks way better than a pattern made of simple lines.

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I finally decided to use one of my 2" Purpleheart turners block. This one took a long time just to cut. I tried many many different blades. I had to do what everyone says not to do. I had to push pretty hard for the blade to start cutting. To give an idea of how hard it was, it took an hour for the space between each character. Over 10 hours of cutting. Yep I found other issues along the way. I forgot to check my cutting angle. I had my last project set at 0.8 deg. I figured that out too late, half way done. The biggest super skip I had was #3 was but it was not stiff enough. I used a Polar #7 , and it did not turn corners. Pegas #5 mgtr has some reverse teeth that popped the wood off the table (purple heart is strong). Pegas skip is similar to polar #7. I even tried Pegas #3 mgt. Oh a #4 spiral blade does not do well either. Overall I stuck with #5mgt Pegas. I had to use alot of strength to hold the wood down during turns. I will be ordering bigger super skips, Lots of them. Other issues , when turning corners and pushing, the bottom of the blade is not directly cutting under the top of the blade (not vertical). So the bottom blade cuts the corner and angles sideways at the same time. So I had to re-cut all corners with a stiffer blade. I am not showing the back because it sucks. For a few years I wanted to add gemstones to one of my projects. I got an oval opal that fits inside the 2 hearts. I used a small diamond rotary tools and dug out the oval deep enough for the opal. This opal is just beautiful in the purpleheart wood. I love opals. The table spoon is for size comparison. Before sealing the wood, I let it sit for 2to 3 days to darken the purple. I applied "Arm R Seal" on the wood before gluing the opal. I taped off the oval dig out. 3 coats of seal. I used Devcon 330 epoxy for setting the opal. I used acetone on both opal and purple heart before epoxy.

A custom request. The pattern is by Gayle at the Scroll Saw Cafe. I used 1/8" Baltic Birch plywood stacked two high 12" x 12". Cut on the Pegas Scroll Saw using Pegas #0 Spiral blades. The finish is three coats Spray Lacquer Clear Satin with a light sanding between coats. Of course, framed at ArtCrafters. Comments welcome.

Just finished up another little toy for the young friend. Another Steve Good pattern.

Well, it doesn't really belong here except it is a finished project. Don't remember exactly where the artwork came from, but is was free. This 7"x7" using the craft panels from KJP Select and stack cut 2. Mirror finish is a peel & stick roll on masonite backer. Used some older, heavy-duty spray, thinking it would be easier to apply evenly, with no squeeze out. Well.....it came out very stringy. Tried cleaning it up with the sanding mop. That exploded!!!! Down to one! Cleaned it up a bit. Sprayed with 3m77. Not a great hold, but no squeeze out. There are still blobs of the bad glue so this one will be hung in the workshop instead of being sold. This is a giraffe looking down and backwards at you!

4 weeks until Pitchers & Catchers HAVE to report, and me and my friend can hardly wait. I saw a picture on Pintrest and took a screen shot, then made my version of my little friend, he will take up residence on a wall in my office because my desk has been declared a hazard zone and I don't know when I will get to cleaning it. We are both looking forward to #28. Thanks for looking.

I tried a couple of nameplate patterns. Used the Online nameplate pattern maker. The print out had letters (uppercase and lower case) from one inch to about two inches in height and the space between the letters was quite tight. Tried to drill pilot hole on the interior sections and at different points of the outer line. The holes I am afraid were useless! I am afraid without a drill pressI am at an impasse? I do have a drill guide for drilling plumb but I tried to do it freehand. Not a very good result. Questions, Any suggestion on how to get plumb pilot holes? I think I was using a #3 double reverse blade, but do you think I should have used less? (I am practicing using 3/4 plywood that I have all over my little shop. The interior holes were done very poorly couldn't navigate well at all. I was trying something that requires more skill than I currently have Suggestions for some easier projects?

@Charlie E Hi Charlie, grat job on the pattern and the cutting. That would look great on the table in our beach house. Thanks for sharing. Rick

Here's the dollar tree bamboo cutting board, .35" thick ( .375 is 3/8" ). https://www.dollartree.com/cooking-concepts-bamboo-cutting-boards/284446

yea it it looks easy to do that. Maybe he even painted it red. Maybe he had a Hegner stand and that is the reason he painted it to fool people.

Really like the look of this coaster. Great design. Well done.

I'm a bit south of Barb. We've got -16F that feels like -40F. This morning when I left home it was -20F, but I didn't look for a wind chill. February is usually worse than January. Yay!

FYI, That is a Steve Good pattern that was obviously altered. https://www.stevedgood.com/valengnome.pdf

It could be a Central but thought they were always green. But here is one in blue. The thing that is pointing to it is 15" Hegner did not make a 15" https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/353669347442055/

The third picture shows the data plate, Central Machinery i.e. Harbor Freight At first glance, sure looks like a Hegner, at least the stand.

I just finished cutting this. One of my favorite themes is Old West. I made this pattern from a picture I found online.

I don't see any tumble weeds, or a sajuaro catus. But it looks so cool. Staring down the wrong side of the barrel. The viewer must be in some real trouble. Me. Mark Eason

"Laurel & Hardy" 36,5cm x 29,5cm, backer board 8mm, Laurel & Hardy 8mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. "Laurel & Hardy: On fire" 40,5cm x 27cm, backer board 6mm, Laurel & Hardy 6mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade. "Laurel & Hardy: Shhh" 34,5 x 25,5cm, backer board 6mm, Laurel & Hardy 6mm, 'cheap' DIY store ply, done with a hand held fretsaw with a #3 blade.

Last year I started, in earnest, my Intarsia journey. These are a couple that I was particularly proud of. The Pelican was a pattern by JGR and one of the PAM projects. I found out I won that month a few days before Judy passed. The duck was a custom design, by me, for my baby sister's 60th birthday. The bouys and koi just "spoke" to me. The hummingbird was a prize from Steven Shears. He said it was an unpublished pattern and I was the first to cut it.

First complete project for 2025. Calla Lily pattern from Judy Gale Roberts, reduced to about 80%. Woods used: Poplar, White Oak, Maple and Aspen. Finished with Walrus Oil.

Purple heart is a Bear, I cut a project from 3/4 thickness .....You did a great job and worked very hard, well done! I cut a Fiona Kingdon pattern using Flying Dutchman blades and it was tough...Can not imagine 2 inch!

Saw this posted someplace and had to cut it. Cherry, walnut and a bit of cherry. Pattern was from Acutabove Woodworking. Hope grand son will have plenty of good playtime

I commented on this antique cast iron duck/boot scraper that was at a sweet elderly lady's home on my meals on wheels' route several months ago. This week she told me that since she wasn't able to come outside and enjoy it anymore she'd love for me to have it. I told her no at first but could tell she really wanted me to have it, and I really loved it so I gave in. I wanted to cut something for her so I chose this awesome pattern of Botas Helder, because it's sort of like bringing some of the outdoors inside. A missionary friend of mine put it well when he said, "Having a poor or elderly person do something for you is like having your feet washed by Jesus." Quite humbling.

I didn't make this ornament,, but it could be my favorite thing ever. Our daughter gave it to us on Christmas.

Hard to pick just one favourite. The one with the most meaning to me was this cutting I did of Dad and his great grand daughter at his 95th birthday(she was just about five). My sister took the picture and Ridgeback did the pattern for me. Jeff

About 20 years ago I was in Guatemala for a week working at an orphanage. We went into town, Antigua, one day to buy some souvenirs and eat. I bought a small handmade change purse to give to a girl named Gladys who was sort of transitioning from living at the orphanage since she was 7, to working as a social worker on staff of the orphanage. On the last night we were there she handed me a big sack full of nice things she had bought for me and every member of my family. I can't put into words how humbling it was to reach in my pocket and pull out the dinky little change purse to hand to her. When I told one of the missionaries there the story he smiled and said, "Kind of like having your feet washed by Jesus, huh?" I'll never forget it.