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Excellent work Helen. I really like the Eyes popping out of the sign like that. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Excellent Cuttings and welcome to the Village. Thanks for sharing your excellent work. DW

Excellent project Steve. Thanks for showing it to us. DW

Very Very Nice Clayton. Would have to keep that one out of a direct line of a window during hunting season. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

The puzzle is out of one of the issues of the magazine Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts. I can not remember though what issue though. The finish on the puzzle is Lacquer and the base I first stained an antique oak then lacquered it. DW

Cut from 3/4 birds eye maple DW

Step 1 - Purchase a fairly large piece of 1/2 thick corian ( color of your choice ) Step 2 - Tape the surface and then glue the pattern to it. Step 3 - Very important - be very accurate on the angle that you cut the rings as the closer the rings fit the less sanding you will have to do. Corain makes a TON of baby powder looking dust when sanded so wear a mask. Step 4 - Since most Corain does not have a grain to worry about unlike wood you can be a little less precise in gluing the rings together. Since Corain is acrylic most normal glue will not glue it well. Unlike wood you are trying to melt the two pieces together chemically. Surprisingly enough this is very difficult to do but a gelled super glue does do the job quite nicely. Wash the surface that you wish to glue with alcohol to remove any oils before you try to glue it. Wear rubber gloves as you do not want the oils from you hands on the gluing surface. You will have about 20 seconds or so to align the ring when gluing it when using the gelled super glue so stage your work and be sure you are ready for this step before proceeding. Step 5 - Once glued set the bowl aside for at least 24 hrs so that the super glue has time to set totally and be the strongest it can be. Step 6 - Sanding time! You really really should wear a dust mask with this step and take your time when sanding. Corian sands easily BUT to get a real good finish on it you will have to do so much more sanding. Here is a typical sequence on the sand paper grit that I used. I started off with 80 grit to roughen out the shape, then 120 grit to define it better, then 220 grit to get it reasonable smooth, 400 grit to really get it smooth. You have a choice here to put a finish on it or not. Since Corian is a plastic and most finishes do not stick well to it. It is possible to get a mirror like finish on Corain though just by sanding using grits all the way to 6000. Yes there really is a 6000 grit sandpaper. It is generally used in aviation to polish out an imperfections in a plastic window. For most of us 400 - 600 is fine though. If it all worked out as planned and you did a good job on gluing the rings together you will not see except at very close examination the rings. For the bowl I did there were 3 rings. DW

Here are my latest projects Corian Bowl Easter Cross Wall Fish Penguin Family Easter Bunny DW

Excellent cutting. There are no mistakes only atristic modifications:) Great work! DW

Very Nice work Kevin. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

It will also kill chickens or so claims an Amish wood working friend. He has a set up to separate walnut shavings and sawdust from all the other woods because it killed all his chickens one time. Not sure what it might do to squirrels, birds or pets. DW

Excellent cuttings.. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Well Done. I like your project but you my wish to go to decaf coffee for a little while hehe. I like all of the projects. Thanks for showing us. DW

Excellent catch. I too need one of those... I just need the room to have it hehe. DW

Nice signs. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW

Excellent cuttings.. Just in time for Easter. Thanks for showing us. DW

Cut from 15/16 White Oak. About 9 inches tall. Painted with acrylic and top coated with semi gloss lacquer. DW

Good Cutting. I am sure she will love it. DW

Excellent job on the frame. I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

Great job Jim.. Like your cutting. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

Very nice work Steve. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

Excellent work Trevor. I tried that one and shattered the glass bulb each time I tried it. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

Yep. Using the techniques from Carole Rothmans book Wooden Bowls from the Scroll Saw. Lots of experimentation. No actual pattern for it I sort of made it on the fly. DW

I wanted to design and make an Alladin type lamp that I could turn into an incense burner. The lamp is about 5 inches tall and 11 inches long and 4 wide. The initial thought was to put a LED light inside with the incense and when the smoke came out of the front it would be lit and look like a genie was coming out. When building it I also had the thought of using it to be a home for an air fern or just a deco piece. What do y'all think. DW

Excellent work Cj. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW