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My new creation.

In a recent post I referred to Paul (Fab4) as Rav4. Dang, I must have been thinking about Toyotas. See what old age does to a person? I hang my head in shame.

Made this to set on my sound board at church. Used walnut, Purple Heart and oak.

Fresh off the saw. I made these for my granddaughter. She loved playing with our fridge magnets so I thought I'd give her something for home. After the paint dries I'll put a few coats of poly on them. These are from Steve Good, I just changed the font and size. Here's a photo of Dixie at the "playground".

Steve Good pattern 1/4" BBPLY # 1 Blade

The pttern is by Judy Peterson and found in SWWC Holiday Ornaments, Toys and Gifts Vol 2. It is made from Poplar approximately 7" high. I used FD Polar #5 blades and Shellac finish. Comments welcome.

Heres my effort...

I used a pattern from Wildwood Designs. The back is 1/4" maple plywood and the letters are walnut. I started with some rough cut walnut jointed one side and thickness planed it to a uniform thickness. I resawed it to a little over 8" and did the final thickening on the drum sander. I cut 3 layers to make 3 of the project. As some had suggested earlier I kept a journal of the time I spent cutting it, it was a total of 47 hours and 18 minutes not counting the time to prepare the wood or make the frame. They will have glass put into the frames and then I'll call it finished. I took the picture without glass so no glare would obscure the words.

Made this yesterday for a friend,it's been about a month since my last cut, it's made from 1/2 Walnut,and thank u birch bark for the pattern

Most made today. The little ornaments yesterday.

I made this 4 years ago from a cedar hope chest someone thru out 18" tall 5/8's thick.you should have seen my eye upon seeing it on the side of the road GOLD! I wanted to make something rare and desirable so i could buy a new dw788 or used doesn't matter Well in the mean time i aquired 9 more dw788's and still have the double star of David clock.It's very precious to me .My friend that has never had an additude problem,cursted me out or any bad thing is getting married Jan 15th.His wife to be is from Israel so this will be theirs as a wedding gift.I gave a can of satin spray minwax so he can get more or gloss from the big box store if he choses,And the name was supposed to be gray but i don't have ,it's for the er nurse so she said paint it so it will look good,so white base and red glitter paint and red glitter on top of that,

Had to redo the misspelled name and redid the hole kit an caboodle.

Greek Saint of love

Travis's tutorials are fantast. As slow as I learn it took a long time and lots of patients. If I run into a single thing that I am trying to do I will go to utube and search for it.

I just tried this in Open Office and it works, however, the kerning is global and not individual characters. I'm just now experimenting with Inkscape. Rav4 got me off to a jump start. I'm viewing the tutorial on my tablet and following along on my PC. I think eventually I may just get the hang of it. Thanks for all the suggestions offered. Regards, Les

Spend a few hours in the shop lately. Puzzle patterns from Scott K-9 from Steve Good - same pattern different wood

Lots of very nice work.

Great looking sign Paul. Jeff

He looks good whoever he is. Great pattern and cutting Terry. Marg

Fantastic work and beautiful wood. Well done. Marg

Love it. It would be right at home here at my house. Great work Paul Marg

Paul and I had the same idea but he beat me to it. They look great Roly. Hope they sell well for you. Marg

Fabulous work Monti. The gingerbread men and the star really appeal to me. Marg

Oh I so love that little box, it looks terrific. Of course I like the squirrel and the acorns too. Great work Monti. Marg

Im going to try this with office word,thanks

Good job on both pattern and cut. Well done. jim

Congrats on taking the first step in selling . I have been selling for a while and a clean organised display really helps. Greet your potential customers with a smile and hello. And don't be afraid to answer any questions they may have. Vista print seems to be the way most people go, I use a local printing house. The wife and I like to support local small businesses though. As was stated, with Christmas coming up somethings in the spirit of the Holiday should help a lot. Best of luck and please keep us posted.

Congrats on taking your 1st step..Iggy has a Great booklet,I have been selling for some time.A wide variety always helps.Christmas is around the corner,As Katie stated Vistaprint is the place to go for cards.I use them also.

Hi Perry Open Office is no different than all the other programs There is a learning curve and once you straighten out that curve, it's actually fun Everyone has their favorite program(s), you choose one, learn it and go from there The BEST PART of all this is no matter what program you choose if you're stuck on something there is always a Villager or two, or three, or four who are willing to help out All we have to do is ask Fab4

Hi Runa, congrats on your first event coming up. It just so happens, I recently wrote a booklet for just this type of thing. Take a look. I hope it's helpful. Scott Woodcraft By Scott eBook 20170928.pdf

Good advice. But what would I know? I've never sold anything.

I agree with Ray.. Unless your saw is making some very loud noises.. I'd just take it apart and grease it up.. I run my saw a lot.. and I have the original bearings in the back end of the saw.. When the saw was about 2-3 years old I started getting a slight noise from it and was getting some blade vibration.. I watch the said videos. took my saw completely apart.. while I did have some minor wear on the back bigger bearing & bushing.. I just cleaned it up and added the synthetic grease.. that was back in 2012.. back part of the saw has not been touched since.. I did end up needing new bearings and sleeves on the front portion of the saw.. while only two of the bearings and bushings was really the only bad ones with a couple others with minor wear.. I just replaced them all since I had to take the bearings to the local bearing shop so I could match them up.. I have all the pieces needed to do a full rebuild this time.. as it needs it now.. but this is a 2008 saw.. I had it apart on 2012.. and just now getting noisy again.. ( mostly from the back of the saw ) where there was some minor wear.. had I had the parts on hand back when i had the back of the saw opened up.. I'd have replaced those.. but I needed to use it asap.. so I just cleaned it up and greased it.. been running since.. I'm thinking when I take mine apart after the holidays.. I'll only need to replace the back portion of the saw and just clean / grease the front.. noise is coming from the back..

I have used vista prints for printing business cards. They usually have a deal where 500 cards are about 20 bucks. You can use their online card designer or upload your own image. I would create a social network page of your choosing and put it on the card. Since you are new at this I would start with making things that interest you. If you stack cut, you can increase your production. your lamps are beautiful. I would think they would sell well. Maybe make a Christmas/holiday versions

Thanks, I can give you some tips of how I am making them

Beautiful work as always Dave. Jeff

Looks good. Great job!

Lucky you, I made four a year or so ago and still have them! Rob

Dave, I would have the same problem in the area I live in and I do most of my sales by word of mouth and personalized items not found any where else. Make sure to advertise that all your work is done by hand/ hand made and NO LASER or NO CAD. God Bless! Spirithorse

Beautiful looking box Dave. Thanks for sharing.

Another beautiful inlay.

beautiful box

Looks like you figured it out. Beautiful job!

Impressive! well done.

Kevin I do it all the time there are so many names spelled different ways. I now ask them to write it down or email me so I get it right. Roly

Ah yes such a pretty wood and and problematic too ,so brittle to work with.lovely box!What a craftsman you are!

Dave, that is beautiful, I really like the inlay work, I take it you live in Texas, RJ

Well here is my entry. A tattoo inspired piece made from magnolia, Spanish cedar, walnut, Peruvian walnut, bubinga and aspen. The Grim Reaper

He gave me many tips for doing puzzles back when I first started scrolling.. He sure will be missed.. Prayers to his family