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Thought I'd throw in my two cents on this one. I use CA glue...the thickest medium when gluing plastics to wood. Doesn't take alot of it but you have to be fairly quick and dead on when you put the...

My scrollsaw will cut up to 2 5/8" but I haven't used it over 2". At 2" it is still slow going to keep the blade from bending even with a #7 or #9 blade. I use my band saw for bandsaw boxes (5" to 6"...

Got them done and then found out trying to take pics of them with the candles lit to show them off is not an easy task....Finally got a presentable pic of them lit up. Both were cut using 1/4" red...

Rod, Here's a link to Judy Gale Roberts website. She has a free downloadable pattern on it for a nice starter intarsia piece....I beleive it also carries some instuction. Her lastest book...

I'm trying to get a couple of the Rose Luminaries done from the last issue of CCW and my hubby picked the Welcome Lighthouse project to do for our family reunion raffle this year....As you can see...

Skew, Watch your fingers.......lol I have cut 2" deep on my saw and it suppose to be capable of cutting 2-5/8". Smacked my fingers good cause I got them to close to the arm.....Definitely go with a...

Buzza and all. Wanted to point quickly that this piece is done segmented style...It was cut from one board...a very large piece of 3/4" aspen...cut puzzle style then shaped...raised/lowered and such...

A pic of the segmented squirrel with color and a shine. Only thing left to do now is get a hanger on him. ...I used the eye as the anchor piece on this one for glue up. Worked out really well...I...

Juvy, Know know if you know this but I have actually only done one actual intarisia project. All others that I have done I have done them segmented style....I shaped them as thou they are intarsia...

Just a pic to show where I'm at on the JGR "Squirrel" on a bird feeder pattern done segmented style. It is finally all shaped and ready for color.
Will start coloring today and hopefully will have...

Coldamus, Most designers at present that make the curving fret work patterns that you see for sale use a computer program that has "vector" drawing. One of the most used as I understand is Corel...

Juvy, Don't you have Acrobat Reader 7.0 on your system? You can download it from the net. You can't resize the patterns in it but can open the pdf files thru it to take a gander at them...all pages...

I don't care where I get my wood from...Wood is wood. Some of the best character pieces I have came across were from dumpster diving....Better in my hand than the burn pile....
Lin

Thank you lady for the smile today.....Makes yu wonder if they pay attention to where they are shipping or even what they are shippping....lol
Lin

My reasoning for buying the two-way/crown tooth blades was because I had this bright idea that I would get twice the use out of the blade...ya know...run it till it was dull then flip it over and use...

I gotta say it...I had the same issue when trying those blades....I put them back in the package and havn't ever used them again...Just can't seem to teach this "old Dog" new tricks....lol
BTW...I...

Smitty, I take my hat off to you..cutting those patterns. I love the looks of them but can't find the time to jump on one of them....I really like the "Family Time" pattern and another he did of a...

Ken, I tried several blades on those having different results in different woods. I found that the softer woods worked the best (I used butternut with aspen) when cutting that thick so you can get...

vinnie, glad you're back in business...even if it's a bit slower. TS can be nasty.....I myself have a fear of them and generally talk hubby into doing the cutting on ours for me.
Would really...

Brett, Looking forward to your "Cocker Spaniel" pic. I haven't cut a portrait style cutting in awhile...Seems I've been getting orders for the larger items that take me forever to get done and can't...

Dirk, I'm in the US and not far from you....As far as scrolling being seasonal...My cutting is not. I cut year round....not for shows but as the orders come in. When I buy wood...As I need it. I...

Juvy, Which is the basketball one you are refering to? The cheerleader is one I did for my grandaughter...
Skew, Over time I have found what colors look bast with what woods with this mirror...

I thought I'd pop a couple pic of some pieces I've done using the acrylic mirror. I use it as a background or a cut out either one. Come x-mas time I still sell several two-sided ornaments done...

Stevo. Like the looks of your night light...anyway we can get you to take a pic of it lit up with the lights off.....did you use rice paper behind the cow?....like a lantern is done or how is it...

Reading what everyone is up to.....I guess I'm really not very busy. And here I thought I was.
Would love to see pics of the Wedding Album....
and making a plane...WOW.
Brett....we want some...

Juvy, Not sure what the tool itself looks like but if it's made from metal...would a magnet work to hold it to the saw?
Lin

Me thinks.....I wouldn't mind being Mum when the gift shows up...
Lin

Board seems a bit slow........must mean everyone is out cutting something. What is everyone working on?
I have a "Titan's" banner in the works and finishing up a second semented eagle. The next...

This memory piece will probably be one of the most special that I got to be a part of. "Dad" came to me a couple months ago with a request to make a custom piece for his son as a graduation gift. His...

Thumbs up on both pieces. I've always cut the HD from 1/8". How hard was it to cut from the thicker stuff. I know that pattern is an intricate one....Broke a few of them in the thinner wood. Keep...

Just to relay what I have read in Diana Thompson's books. The first few books just said to use a #5 double tooth blade...In the last couple she made a switch to FD polar blades on her compounds and...

Posting a few pics from different angles of "Grandpa's Wonder Puzzle" I cut a bunch of these at x-mas time for co-workers. I gave them away taken apart in a plastic bag with a little riddle about the...

Ian, Glad you jumped in a stopped us arguing anymore about who would start a new thread...and very glad you jumped in to do the relief thing. I've done the instuctions on relief a few times and it...

LOL...we were posting at the same time and now you know that I have messed up big time with relief....I to always cut into a pieces of scrap from the wood I'm using to find angle and blade size to...

Hey girl...Mistakes....I have lots of them....but when I'm done...They become part of the piece and all is good....lol
I decided a long time ago that "fixing" on the go was just part of being a...

Ian, 25mm hard maple....tough on any blade. I have cut 3/4" hard maple using a #5R blade and went thru several blades and took forever. If you have any polar blades.....or regualr skip...

Juvy, I think you should start a new thread on "Relief" cutting and explain exactly how its done. If I have taught you a lot and done it right....I'm sure you can give as good of explanation as I...

Skew, I really like that idea....dark with a bit of light in it to compliment the piece itself....You my friend have some artist blood flowing in your veins...
Lin

Ian, As many forums as I run around on...makes you wonder how I ever get anything done....I wonder also sometimes....lol
Lin

Not real sure...I do agree that a frame might detract the onlooker from the piece but if you could do a frmae that the color was muted enough....it might wood add to the piece....This is one of those...

Juvy,I got a light house pattern to do for my sister (the easiest one)....Wishing I could get it done for x-mas this year but unless the orders back down some it won't happen this year....also got...

Ian, Glad to see you here....Really like the relief cutting on blue pine...
Lin

Some of the ones Jim is showing I know are way beyond me...right now anyway....but I have ordered......The corner cats was a maybe....Gotta go back and look now to see what I did order...there were...

And I thought trying to figure out what my 14 year old son is saying half the time was hard......You win.....
Lin

Andy, Just from listening to what others talk about on the forums...You may get your best control with the smaller blades...Have also heard that you need to let the sprials have a bit of give on the...

Gill, Your design? Not something I've seen before...neat idea. A bit curious about how you did up the backer and plexi. Are the little pieces of wood glued or how are they attached to the back of...

Gill, Yes do post the pics of your up coming projects...are these gifts for friends/family members, orders or trying something new?
Me...I'm trying to finish up the sanding on a second segmented...

Andy, Don't get wound up....I know lots of scroller that sprials are there chioce of blades to use....They can do very intrcate work with them....Thinner wood is sometimes harder for them to control...

Gill, Welcome and I don't mind looking at your art again....I still am intrigued by the layered "nativity scene"....Still have not had time to try one out...and the talbe just wipes me out...I...

Spirals.....Now that's a bad word.....I don't like them and they don't like me. Really have tried to use them on several occaions for portrait style work. Others can do it but I can't control them....