Tips on cut the Paul Meisel child Nativity Puzzle

[NC Scroller]

There are two great children nativity puzzles by Paul Meisel in the Winter 2017 issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking. The magazine called for using 2 x 12. I did not have a 2 x 12 but had access to some 2 x 10. Anyway if you copy the patterns at 97% it reduces it enough (roughly 1/4") to just fit on a 2 x 10.

BTW I checked at my local Lowes and the shortest 2 x 12's they sold were 10'. The shortest 2 x 10's they had are 8'.  Figure each puzzle will take a linear foot of wood.

[hawkeye10]

44 minutes ago, NC Scroller said:

There are two great children nativity puzzles by Paul Meisel in the Winter 2017 issue of Scrollsaw Woodworking. The magazine called for using 2 x 12. I did not have a 2 x 12 but had access to some 2 x 10. Anyway if you copy the patterns at 97% it reduces it enough (roughly 1/4") to just fit on a 2 x 10.

BTW I checked at my local Lowes and the shortest 2 x 12's they sold were 10'. The shortest 2 x 10's they had are 8'.  Figure each puzzle will take a linear foot of wood.

Good mourning Scott.

What about gluing two boards together? If you have a good straight edge it would be very hard to tell where the glue joint is.

[JOE_M]

Is that issue on newsstands yet, or just early delivery to subscribers?

[NC Scroller]

21 minutes ago, JOE_M said:

Is that issue on newsstands yet, or just early delivery to subscribers?

Out two weeks ago for subscribers.  I think it is roughly a month later it will be on the newsstands. 

[NC Scroller]

2 hours ago, hawkeye10 said:

Good mourning Scott.

What about gluing two boards together? If you have a good straight edge it would be very hard to tell where the glue joint is.

Yes you could edge glue a couple 2  x 6's or 2 x 4's if you had to but 2X lumber is fairly cheap so the effort to joint and glue the lumber would not really be worth it to me.

[rjweb]

yes this issue is at lowes, saw it the other day, so should be at all the new stands and barnes and noble, RJ

[JOE_M]

47 minutes ago, rjweb said:

yes this issue is at lowes, saw it the other day, so should be at all the new stands and barnes and noble, RJ

Thanks. My only "newsstands" are HD and Lowes. We lost our last real bookstore over a year ago (and Horror Freight just moved into their old building.)

My Lowes had the Summer issue still out on Monday when I was in there, I'll look again next time I run into town.

[amazingkevin]

7 hours ago, JOE_M said:

Thanks. My only "newsstands" are HD and Lowes. We lost our last real bookstore over a year ago (and Horror Freight just moved into their old building.)

My Lowes had the Summer issue still out on Monday when I was in there, I'll look again next time I run into town.

The depot an lowes hid there mags or don't carry scroll saw mags any more i look for the every time i go and when i ask i don't get the answer i want.

[rjweb]

Here in Texas they seem to always carry them up by the cashiers where they have the other magazines, RJ