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    Default My first jigsaw puzzle :)

    Combining my love of video games and my (relatively) new found love for scrolling, I thought I'd have a crack at making a jigsaw puzzle.

    I'd kept all of my game mags for this exact purpose, it just took my a while to find some spare time to get started.

    You can see the whole image album here http://imgur.com/a/czPJK

    Carefully remove the cover from the magazine.


    Size the cover to a piece of 9mm ply.


    Now to bond the cover to the ply using spray adhesive. Gotta make sure that there is no sawdust on the ply otherwise there will be bumps in the image


    Mounted. Don't worry if it's not a perfect fit, as the ply will be sanded back to the edges of the cover anyway.


    The scrollsaw blade. This is the thinnest I had (#3) but you can get even thinner.


    First cut is to separate the halves. Cuts are done completely freehand without a template, so no two puzzles will ever be the same.


    I cut down the puzzle half by half by half.


    First half done. I've left some pieces bigger for the smaller kids so they can help the bigger kids (me) put it together. Of course being cut freehand, pieces can be as big or as small as I want.


    Second half done.


    The complete puzzle.


    All 53 pieces, ready to be put together. I wonder which cover I'll do next?


    I've had a lot of suggestions about selling these on Etsy. Has anyone had any experience with that? I'm not even sure what I'd price them at.

    Thanks for looking!

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    Well done Shaunno,& thanks for the step by step instructions,I was wondering if you took a copy of the picture to use as a guide & do you use a varnish finish etc , must try one of these soon. Cheers Peter

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    Great stuff. Thanks for showing. We need some kids toys so I think I'll give this a go.

    If you go to sell on Ebay, be careful of using existing images re copyright.

    I bought some so-called puzzle blades from Mikes Workshop a while back but haven't used them for this yet. I thinK they are about #0 or 1/0.

    Cheers
    arron

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    Great work.

    How long did it take you to do this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pawoods View Post
    Well done Shaunno,& thanks for the step by step instructions,I was wondering if you took a copy of the picture to use as a guide & do you use a varnish finish etc , must try one of these soon. Cheers Peter
    I took a photo before I cut it up

    i haven't used a finish but a lot of people suggested I do. Any ideas on what to use?

    Quote Originally Posted by Arron View Post
    Great stuff. Thanks for showing. We need some kids toys so I think I'll give this a go.

    If you go to sell on Ebay, be careful of using existing images re copyright.

    I bought some so-called puzzle blades from Mikes Workshop a while back but haven't used them for this yet. I thinK they are about #0 or 1/0.

    Cheers
    arron
    Yeah I was wondering what the legalities were with this kind of thing. A lot of Etsy stores use similar images...I'm just not sure.

    I'm seriously thinking about getting some of those puzzle blades.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cava View Post
    Great work.

    How long did it take you to do this?
    From start to finish, I'd guess around 5-6 hrs? Hopefully the next one will be quicker as this was my first

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    Quote Originally Posted by shaunno View Post
    Yeah I was wondering what the legalities were with this kind of thing. A lot of Etsy stores use similar images...I'm just not sure.
    It is explicitly allowable to use existing material and repurpose it for sale (fair use, transformative, artistic)

    E.g. Wallpaper on a box or desk, decoupage, reboxing or reselling an object.

    It would be a breach of copyright if you scanned and printed it out in the hundreds... But you aren't doing this.

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