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First keepers....not counting dozens of practice pieces! A bit crude, but with practice they will only get better!!! Any and all help much appreciated!!!!

My wood fascination, at the present, is band saw boxes. Here are some of the more recent: This is an old piece of apple wood I pulled out of the fire wood pile. It totally changed how I look at wood for boxes. When I first cut it out, I thought w/pieces of the bark showing and the worm holes from the worms that killed the tree, it was undesirable. I went on and cut it out completely....then it dawned on me... this is the totally unique character to this box. The imperfections are literally the history and "patina" of this one box. Now, as I eye ball wood for boxes, I look for the imperfections to incoorperate into the box. This box was lurking in a scrap piece of doug fir framing lumber. I ripped it in half and laminated the pieces. When I cut it out I was shocked at what I found. This is a box created out of some old oak beam I got. I left the front/back as they were, well weathered. The interior wood is beautiful. This is another from the same piece of wood. This is my latest "furniture" project. A work table for my sanders. This is just run of the mill framing studs from Lowes. I built this table w/no metal. No nails, screws, etc. All the joints are lap joints pinned w/ 3/8" dowels. The top is laminated 2x4 jointed w/ 3/8" dowels. The top is attached w/ 3/4" dowels. It is totally mobile. I love it.

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Hi everyone, Here is a pen holder I designed for several teachers. I used purple heart, maple, white oak and some other unknowns I found around the shop. One challenge was the cut around the ‘L’. Another challenge was cutting the Purple Heart - cutting pieces that thickness is not my idea of fun! The L was the school logo. Enjoy! file

(Mensa, as you know, is a national organization for people who have an IQ of 140 or higher.) Several of the Mensa members went out for lunch at a local café. When they sat down, one of them discovered that the salt shaker contained pepper & the pepper shaker was full of salt. How could they swap the contents of the two bottles without spilling any & using only the implements at hand? Clearly this was a job for Mensa minds. The group debated the problem, presented ideas & finally came up with a brilliant solution involving a napkin, a straw & an empty saucer. They called the waitress over, ready to dazzle her with their solution. "Miss," they said, "We couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker contains salt & the salt shaker…. “but before they could finish, the waitress interrupted, "Oh! sorry about that." She leaned over the table, unscrewed the caps of both bottles & switched them. There was dead silence at the Mensa table.

jerry

I used a synthetic decking material......used the same material for the backer. Used waterproof glue to put the together. Finished with Watco exterior oil.

I have been asked several times, how do you do this and how do you get such a 3D look out of a flat wood. I have also been told by several people, there is no way I can do this. So I thought I would walk everyone through the process of doing a piece of intarsia. The Current piece I started this weekend was the raccoon heads by Kathy wise. I received the pattern I ordered last week. I made 7 or 8 copies. The original pattern was put away for safe keeping. Sense everyone knows what raccoons look like I needed to decide on the woods to use that best represents those little guys. Woods Chosen were Sapele, walnut, Aspen, Butternut, Peruvian Walnut (for black) and Alder for the Tree. I took 1 copy as the working pattern and put it on the bench and covered with wax paper. Cut up the other patterns to get all the pieces out and applied the parts to the wood to get ready to cut following grain direction & colors. This photo is about 8 hours of laying out & cutting. Once a piece is cut , I remove the pattern and place it on my working copy. Repeat the process till everything is cut. One thing to remember is mark the back side of the pieces ( I will explain during shaping) Now it is time to start adding the depth or 3D look to the piece, you have to image this tree is in front of you with the 3 raccoons looking out of a knot hole. What is closer to you and what is farther away. Inside the knot hole would be the farthest away, than the tree, than raccoons. Knot hole was cut down to 1/2", Tree was cut down to 3/4" ,the raccoons are 1" to 1 3/4" thick. The top raccoon and the left raccoon noses would be closer to you than the heads so those areas where raised with quarter inch raisers. The right raccoon side of the face was also raised. I mainly cut all my intarsia out of 4/4 wood which allows a good range of raising and lowering. I always raise & lower by a quarter of an inch. Below are 2 photos showing the raising & lower for depth. This was maybe 2 hours yesterday. Now that the hard parts are over with It is time to start shaping. Yes I said the hard part is over. Wood selection, applying to patterns for gain direction, cutting and raising & lower for depth is the hardest part. I will continue this after I get back in the shop this weekend (real job calling) and will show the shaping process. To shape I use a horizontal flexible drum, Foredum power carver and hand sanding. Another note on intarsia is you create a lot of fine sawdust. My shop is equipped with a whole shop dust collection system as well as an air filtration system.

This is one I have been working on. It is a pattern posted here last month by Kenny Hopkins. I thought it would be fun to do because my son has a tattoo very similar to it. I have done two versions of it. The first picture is following the pattern. Second is my modified version Comments welcome.

Just a couple of pictures of a pool table type clock I made about 10 years ago.. just ran across some old pictures and thought I'd share this one..

First ASU Red Wolves prototype Plaque made !

After I cut this pattern, I started to wonder what it would look like if I "Freed" the pattern from the outside coin. I don't know if it is better or not, but I like it. I pictured the before and after. (I tried a marathon session to try to finish most of this in one session, so the cutting started getting a little sloppy as I fatigued and started to hurt. If I ever do it again, I'll cut it over days instead of hours. There are 62 cuts in the initial design and cut on an Eisenhower. This is somewhat of an optical illusion, your eye might immediately see flowers inside of circles, but if you looks closely, the whole pattern is just interwoven circles.

Two for the wife and one for me. Not the Onder leopard that she wanted but he no longer had it and I could not make the pic I had work. Managed to make this one work and of course she painted it. Paul (Scrappile) posted his cutting of Burrowing Owls, pattern by Charles Hand, and I foolishly showed it to the wife. Guess what, and here is my cutting. Jan will paint one when she takes a break from quilting. The Native American was posted by Janavski last week and I had to cut, still figuring out correct size for his Queen pattern. Jeff

I saw this on Lumberjocks (no pun intended) by Vinnie, but I changed the middle section from a smaller tree to a cross. I've sold quite a few and given lots away. People seem to like them. They are cut on a slight angle so the pieces interlock when pushed forward from the middle. I also like staining the different sections different shades. Sorry for the roughness of the pattern. I saw a little straighter than I draw.

I've enjoyed making several variations on this for friends. First one is on oak pallet wood. The second is pallet wood also but I'm not sure what kind. The third is heart pine from my wife's great grandfathers barn. I got the birds from a clip art pic and the words are Daydreamer font from Microsoft word.

I would not pat $250 for a used Saw no matter what brand it is.especially if it had rust. for any used saw $100 is enough.. $250 for a Deallt is 1/2 retail. If any thing goes rong with it and you can't fix it it will cost you $80 to $250 to have it done. Make him an offer of $100 for the saw and $50 for the sander if he says no pull the offer of the Saw off. see what hapens. IKE

The spindle sander looks like a Performax that I bought new from the store for about $90. I see that it is listed at $130 on the website. https://www.menards.com/main/tools-hardware/power-tools-accessories/sanders/performax-reg-3-5-amp-corded-oscillating-spindle-sander/90225/p-1444431613968.htm

Can only state whats been stated. Someone is looking for in-experienced and a thick wallet. Makes me wonder what the bearings are like. Just my thoughts.

If the saw is running well, I would not take it apart. The Hegner saws are well built and run for years. I would put a couple of drops of oil on it and start making sawdust. I have a 1996 Hegner, and just a couple drops of oil once in awhile. It runs perfectly. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I'm posting a how to do intarsia in the work in progress section if anyone is interested on a current project that I started Brian

Since I'm new I thought I'd show my favorite two pieces. Both were gifts for my pastor. Jesus is done on 100 year old barn wood. Peace is maple on mahogany. Not sure of the origin of the Jesus portrait pattern. I found it on Pinterest. Peace I bought from Sue Mey.

As many have stated and heard, Pegas blades are amazing and I finally got around to really trying them. Up until now I've been using Olson Mach Speed #3 for cutting my puzzles from 3/4" poplar. The #3 Pegas Modified Geometry was noticeably thinner and that's why I held off on trying them. I was worried about blade "flex" which happens when using thin blades in thick/hard wood causing the puzzle pieces to not slide in and out from both directions. Last week I tried the #5 Pegas MG blade and it cut very smooth and I liked it, but the puzzle pieces were slightly looser than I like so I went back to the Olson Mach Speed #3. Today however I felt adventurous and gave the Pegas MG #3 a shot and am happy to report that I had no issues and the Pegas blades slice through poplar like butter. I'm beginning to think the Pegas blades may in fact save wear and tear on my saw in that they cut so smooth and so aggressively I'm not putting any added pressure on the piece as I'm feeding it. Who knows, I may get more than 1 year from a DeWalt now. ;-) For any of my puzzle zombie followers out there, give the Pegas blades a shot, #3 and #5 to see which one you prefer. Oh, and the Pegas blades cut amazingly "straight"... I'm having to relearn how to cut I'm so used to cutting at an "angle" for a straight line. Break time over, back to cutting. Iggy

Or a cuckoo clock with the horses coming out instead of a bird and the weights could be Bud cans. There's always time for beer.

the table being that rusty makes me wonder what any electrical connections and the inside of the motor look like. duct tape around the top by the tension lever isnt a valued option on that saw either.

Sander could also be a PowerTec. Good sander. New on Amazon $110.00.

I think that the Hegner is pretty user friendly. With a little research here on the forum you could be up and running pretty quickly.

I started with a Dewalt about two and a half years ago............became addicted...........scrolled about six hours a day. With that amount of scrolling a Dewalt will last about nine months. A great saw if you are not going to do production with it. After going through tw Dewalts I broke down and bought a Hegner. Great saw................The blade that came with the scroll saw you bought was probably not made for what you were cutting. How thick were the corbels you were cutting?

I might offer him $50 for the spindle sander. They come in handy. But the saw, I'd wait for a better one. Ray

I had my car worked on by a guy from where I work, it's his hobby/after work job and he's pretty good at it and cheaper then a normal garage. So I made him this as a thank you tip, Found it on pinterest so the pattern maker is unknown. (Werkstatt = workshop).

Looks pretty rough.

The saw may be worth about $250. The table looks a little rusty. I don't know anything about the spindle sander.

Scott, I have used nothing but Flying Dutchman FDUR blades for most of time i have been in this hobby and still use them .....but on a whim, after reading what several of the Village people have said about them, I got a gross of the mg#3 and #5........I must say i find myself reaching for them a lot !.....I may have a new go to blade soon...works for me !

Rattle can Deft lacquer for me. Semi-gloss or Satin. The bonus is the marble after the can is empty!

Awesome job on both Paul, but I definitely prefer the second one. Jeff

Great job!! My favorite are the first and third....great pieces of wood! Looking at them again.....def the third is my fav!!

Nice change. You could take that a lot of directions and have lots of variations, too.

Nice job. I think I like the colors. Yes, I like the colors.

I tried the Pegas blsse once and I can't tell any differenc between them and the Olson's match 3 blade. As far as cutting artreight I didn't noticed i just foollow the lines and don't worry about the lead off. IKE

it has the upgraded knurled quick clamp on the blade clamp. The bellows and dust blower are missing. Not a deal breaker, but could save you a few bucks. The bellows tend to get cracks and wear out long before anything else, most of us just ignore it and get an aquarium pump.

Excellent artistic endeavors by both you and the wife. Always scares me when I think of the number of separate cuts I'll have to make on a project. If I thought about it before hand, probably wouldn't attempt anything of such quality that you have achieved.

Beautiful boxes. Thanks for sharing. Bandsaw boxes are on my want to try list.

Stunning work on all. You must be one patient person! Thanks for sharing.

Amen! I have tried any number of products on wood used outside over the last 55 years and found all of them lacking for the long haul. Any wood left out in the elements with a finish applied is going to require continual maintenance. Take treated wood decks for example. With treated wood decks you have yourself a part time job for as long as you own it. JMHO

very nice.. You go the extra mile and it shows Dick heppnerguy

Thanks Bob. Didn't sound like anything I posted, however, my memory is so bad that I don't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. jerry

I'd be lost without the village. All the great tips and patterns that the pattern maker do for us is a treasure in itself.

I agree 100 %. The village is a great place to learn and share. And as Kevin said, we get to see other ways of doing things.

Hope it works out favorably!