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These are special requests for a friend. Fynn is for their first grandson. The parents are avid kayakers, so it is shaped like a kayak with the paddle. The paddle does come out as well. I also paint the backer to match the letters. Especially important when there are two letters the same! Cut from 3/4" plywood, backer is 1/8" plywood. Cut with #5 MG blade. Finish is Walrus Oil. Pig & rooster is a Steve Good pattern. Their other daughter-in-law dabbles in farming. She has raised heritage chickens and recently pigs. We bought 1/2 a pig for our freezer! Cut from 1/4 ply with #3 MG blade. Paint is acrylic craft paint. Finished with Walrus oil.
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Last puzzle for the upcoming craft sale. Cut from Poplar with MG#5 blade. I have painted the hardboard backer to represent the sea. There are about 4 shades of blue that I sponged on. Didn't get a picture of the backer. I have priced it at $50 so we'll see!
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A few more items for stock. One of my upcoming shows is for a cat rescue, hence the two cat puzzles. Wood is poplar ordered from KJP hardwood.
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A couple of quick Steve Good puzzles for winter craft sale. Passed the hubby test....he couldn't figure them out!
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Can I join the band? I can bring my own instruments!!! From the latest issue. Not sure what the wood is. Cut with #3 FD Full/Ultra reverse.
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Here is a short video of things I have been working on over the last few weeks. They are for my last show of the season on December 17th. I spent a week, or so, cutting everything. As week, or so, sanding. And then another week, or so, finishing. Still have to get the shrink wrap on the puzzles. 20221204_141103.mp4
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Here are items I have been working on as inventory for my upcoming craft sale. The cat & dog ornaments were stack cut for a total of 12 of them.
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I was excited to get the 20 Minute puzzle book. I originally wasn't going to buy it because if exchange and shipping rates. Found it at my local bookstore when I was there with my cousin. She purchased it for me as a thank you gift. She was staying for a family wedding. I got some cutting time today and knocked this one out. It did take me longer than 20 minutes to cut. And much longer to finish. This is 3/4"Aspen, cut using #5 mg blade and finished with Osmos finish (1 coat).
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Latest name puzzle. Gift for my daughter's sister-in-law. 3/4" ply with 1/8 backer. Cut with #5 full reverse FD blade. Colour done by Unicorn Spit - I also painted the backer board with the matching colours. Finished with one coat of Tung Oil. The nursery apparently has a nautical theme so the left letter and right letter are the correct nautical colours. It is sitting on two newly made cell/tablet/e-book holders also cut with #5 mg blade and finished with Tung Oil. Steve Good pattern.
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Got these cut last weekend and painted this weekend. The grandson will be the recipient of the frogs. When he was last over, he saw the latest Scroll Saw magazine and requested the frogs. Told him they would be done for his next visit. They are coming for dinner tonight!!
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This month's challenge is about fun and games. Post your game or puzzle projects here! Have you made a game? Chess, checkers, cribbage, or some other game? How about puzzles? Jigsaw puzzles, free-standing puzzles, mind teaser puzzles? Post those here. I love games and puzzles. I can't wait to see them.
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Gifts done for my grandson and grand nephew. Both are 2 1/2 years old.
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I cut a puzzle yesterday and after it was finished I found a crack in one of the pieces. If I had seen this while I was cutting the puzzle it would have gone into the kindling bucket and I would have started over. However, this one did not show up until the puzzle was completely finished. the crack does not go all the way through and the puzzle has been coated with an oil and wax finish. Does anyone know a way to repair a crack like this? I was thinking about trying some thin CA glue.
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Scott is turning me into a "Puzzle Zombie". I'm having a blast cutting these. Went to pick my cat up Mon. when we got back from KC. Showed the girl at the front desk the "Rescue" dog I cut...she went nuts and started showing it to all the girls. I cut a Scottie for her...and she loves it! She was going to put it up on a Scotty forum she's on. I may see orders from that. I also took up a Tabby cat She showed it to the DR. and she thought it was really cool. I told her if they sell one I'll donate $5 to the cat shelter they support. The Dr. liked the idea...so they are displaying the Tabby and have a pile of my business cards at the front desk by the register!! One of the other girls wanted a Jack Russell so I got it cut and wrapped before I packed up my saw...will deliver it in the morning! Love the shrink wrap idea Scott! The owner at The Rustic Barn wanted one to display also...so I wrapped the Rescue dog and put it up there! Not bad for a little word of mouth and just 4 or 5 days.
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A few pieces that I have finished. The fish and unicorn are 3/4 poplar. The truck is pine.
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Here is what I finally did with my tree puzzle. Used craft paint and sponged it on. Did one side in summer colours and the other side in autumn colours. Thanks to my sister for the suggestion.
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One dragon cut from three types of wood. Poplar, walnut and not sure at all....lol.
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Some of the cutting I have done. Have been trying to stack cut with paper between. The paper is getting stuck as the glue softens when cutting. Have to spend time cleaning the paper off. Sometimes it comes away no problem. Other times, not so much. These are my own photos take at Lake of the Woods. 7x5 size 81 pieces. Photo glued to 1/4" ply, finished the back, light spray of finish over the photos. It takes about 2.5 hours to cut using the Niqua 2/0 puzzle blades.
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Had time over the last couple of weekends to get some sawdust made after getting my two new saws. Used the band saw to cut the outside of the triangle puzzles -- so much faster. Still have to do some light sanding and put finishes on all pieces. There was a few more pieces cut, just no photo.
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I have a friend who has been asking for a Welsh Terrier cutting of some sort. I searched around for a pattern and hadn't found anything. She made a comment about one of my other pieces that made me go Aha!!!!! So here is what I did for her.
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Originally published in The Village Square newsletter - Oct. 2009 Jigsaw puzzles were first made in England around 1760 and were mainly used as an education tool. Today most jigsaw puzzles are die cut and made out of cardboard stock. A lot of scrollers like to cut there own puzzles out of plywood. The type of plywood is a matter of choice. Some use Baltic Birch, Oak, Cherry and Poplar to name a few. However most agree to use 1/4 inch, 5 ply, top quality plywood. There are several cutting styles that can be use to cut your puzzles. Traditional Cutting - Traditional cut puzzle is done with a grid pattern. This cut is the same type you would find in your store bought cardboard puzzles. This is the easiest puzzle to assemble Diagonal Cutting - Diagonal cutting is also done on a grid pattern. This cut makes it very challenging since all outside pieces do not lock together without an inside piece to connect them. Color Line Cutting - Color Line cutting is the process of cutting the edges of pieces along color boundaries within the jigsaw puzzle's picture. Color line cutting makes the puzzle more challenging as pictorial clues is reduced, leaving the shapes of the pieces as the primary clue. If the color boundaries consist of straight lines, the puzzle can be quite hard, as areas of similar color have to be assembled before the assembler can figure out how the regions fit together. Continuous Cutting - This style of cutting is started at one point on the puzzle. It is then continued making loops, knobs and earlets in one continuous cut throughout the puzzle. In essence you will have two puzzle pieces when we are done with this cut. Then you will cut the pieces into smaller individual pieces to make your puzzle. This technique can make the puzzle hard for the assembler. Figural Pieces - Figurals, or as they were called in Britain, whimsies, began to be popular at about the turn of the 20th century. They were special pieces put in at the whim of the cutter. They were one piece or a multiple pieces. They can either complement the puzzle image, or be a personal touch such an object from a favorite sport or hobby. Figural pieces don't have to be objects. You can put names, initials, dates or even a small message into your puzzle. The only limitations are space in the puzzle for the figurals, and interlock ability if not enough regular pieces surround a figural. -
My goal is to cut 5 a day and if time allows, and if I feel like it, I just keep cutting... I got 17 cut between yesterday and today and I oiled them and have them drying on the rack. Laid out 26 more patterns on a 7' board and will start working on them tomorrow. I'm all set for my first week at the Farmers Market for the summer of 2017 this Saturday. Let's see if I'm as popular as last year. I averaged selling 25 each Saturday during the 5 hour event last year. Fingers crossed. Holiday weekend, great weather, hoping for a good one.
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One of the many reasons I enjoy my hobby is the array of animals that I get to make. Sure, they're all still animal puzzles, but this is a great example of the mix that I make on a weekly basis as I restock after an event. Dogs, wild animals, farm animals, and even 3 custom dogs with their names in the body that were ordered. The rest of this week is going to be spent making my new Carolina Beach and Kure Beach sea critters to be unveiled at my event on May 20th. My next event is this Saturday the 13th, one that I didn't realize I'd been accepted to until I received my vendor package via email this past Saturday morning. The weather forecast is looking a bit iffy with some possible rain showers, but it won't be a total rain-out, so we'll see how it goes. Iggy
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Not all pictured, but after the 9x12 Detlefsens I did a series of 8 Monet's. The Monet puzzles are 8.5 square and are mostly 100 piece jigsaws (with one 99 because I lost count, and one 62 because I wanted to try a different cutting technique.) I also did 7 or 8 mini 4x6 puzzles with 20-35 pieces each. They were from a book on famous watercolor paintings and can be completed in the time it takes to boil a cup of water for tea. I think I've got the technique down now - no need for frisket paper or patterns. And I switched from contact cement to 3M Photo mount. Next up I'll be trying a bunch of 12x14 prints from old Arizona Highways calendars. I made a little cherry box for each of the larger puzzles with a photo of the puzzle glued to the top. The mini puzzles I'm still designing a multi-compartmented box for. And just for grins - I took a simple cat and gecko profile from google images and made a bunch of fridge magnets. 12 cats (3/16" thick, approx 2" high) in walnut/mahogany/maple/cherry/mesquite and 4 geckos (1/4" thick, 4" long) in walnut/satinwood/mesquite. Easy to stack cut and I drilled a hole in the back of each and glued a rare earth magnet flush with the back. Two cats will hold one piece of child's artwork to the fridge door. The magnets in the geckos are a bit bigger, one of them will hold a phone book. If you switch from the rare earth to the stick-on magnet sheets, these would make quick and easy giveaways. Also - I'm still looking for a new source for plywood. Every single sheet (bought 10) that I got had voids, some big enough to ruin the piece. I'm looking at Sloan's Workshop but if you know of anyplace else that also sells quality walnut/cherry/maple plywood please let me know. thanks for looking Joe
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This is one of the puzzle types I've been trying to do. Each is 9x12. Two of them are 165 pieces, the other two are 140 piece puzzles (they're not easy). The top images are from a 50 cent booklet I got at the Friends of the Library bookstore, glued on with contact cement. The artist is Paul Detlefsen and the book is one in a series of 8 that I'm looking for. The wood is 1/4" 5-ply. I wasn't too happy with it. The boards were 12x24 and I had one board curl and twist like a strand of DNA, two that had a lot of internal voids, and one that actually had a football-shaped plug on both faces - something I didn't think was possible so I didn't look for it and didn't find until I was ready for glue-up. I was able to work around most of it but there should be a 5th puzzle in the set that got ruined when I stumbled on a big void. I'm building the small boxes to hold them now, and then I'll be working on a series of 10 small (4.5" x 6" ) watercolor paintings that I'll cut into approx. 20 pieces each - just something easy that someone can assemble while taking a tea break.
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