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Very Impressive! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Great work, @don Watson and I'd like to express my admiration to @Birchbark again for all the effort he put into the designing. God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nice! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Very, very nice, Paul, You really made the deer look proud and elegant. I usually just resort to using masking tape to hold intricate pieces until the glue sets. Simple but, effective. God Bless! Spirithorse

Congratulations, Ike! God Bless! Spirithorse

Welcome to the forum, Matt, Enjoy yourself and please show us some projects as time allows. God Bless! Spirithorse

Looks great! Congratulations on conquering the spiral blades. I have made a couple attempts and quickly gave up. (Like you really wanted to know that, right?) God Bless! Spirithorse

Hi, Tom, As you can see from the many answers you have already gotten, there are a LOT of variables. Another variable not mentioned is the temperature. If the painters' tape was cold when applied or colder after application, that's another possible source of the problem. I try to keep the painters' tape at room temp in the house before applying and I also warm my can of 3M77 before applying it in the garage. I really liked Wilson142 's "Works For Me' answer. Another quick point I wanted to make is, if you are going to stain this project now, Perhaps you should take a piece of the same material with similar grain lift or slivering and put some stain on that to see what effects you get. I have noticed on some projects that small dents in the wood that were imperceptible to the naked eye show up like a sore thumb when it is stained. I can only imagine the same thing happening to wood with lifted wood grain. I just don't want to think you could possible damage your project after working so hard on it. God Bless! Spirithorse

Beautiful! A true work of art done with love. Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Congratulations on the sales! Very well cut and I really like the finish on the fist image. God Bless! Spirithorse

Nicely done! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Atta boy, Gordster! I hope you are making a good profit on all your time. Those really look nice! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Great work, Kevin, I think you see the general feeling here that you just have to set a price and tell her you will take no less or you can't cut any more for her. Good work! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Nice work! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

Looking good! How did you do the stars, please? God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nicely done! That must have been a good friend for you to do so much work and the friend should be proud of your work. Excellent job! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

LOL Well, isn't that a fine how do you do? Thanks for sharing your laugh with us. God Bless! Spirithorse

Hi, Frank , I prefer the painted version but, as fredfret said, maybe not as dark. God Bless! Spirithorse

Congratulations on an excellent show. Thanks for posting your patterns also. God Bless! Spirithorse

Congratulations on your sales! I agree with the others that commented on a nice set up, well displayed. God Bless! Spirithorse

Greetings! I found a few sites that advertise free mechanical toys. I hope you find something here that will help. http://re.trotoys.com/article/12-great-mechanical-toy-plans/ https://www.howtobuild101.com/toypigeon.html http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/wooden_toys.php God Bless! Spirithorse

Hello @Tammi201. I originally posted here asking how your craft show went and then I re-visited your other posts and realized you already told us how well you did. I replied to that post but, I'll repeat myself here and say Congratulations on a successful show and thanks for sharing your patterns.. God Bless! Spirithorse

Very nice, Charlie, I thought it would be hanging on a Pallet Wood Christmas tree. The pallet wood project looks great! Of course, so does the Christmas pattern! Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

While on the discussion of heat, I thought maybe these little snippets may help some people for just a GENERAL idea of what is actually needed. GAS HEAT How many BTUs Do I Need? As a rule of thumb, you need between 40 to 45 BTUs to heat one square foot of your home. If your home is 2,000 square feet in size, you need a heating system that generates between 80,000 and 90,000 BTUs. ELECTRIC HEAT How to pick the right wattage to heat your room cadetheat.com/blog/right-wattage-heater If you’re using a Cadet heater for a little extra warmth in a room that’s already heated by a some other form of heat, you can use less wattage. In other words, a 1,500-watt heater will be great for a 250-square-foot room with central heat. If that same room had no other source of heat, you’d need a 2,000-watt heater. I have also heard it said many times that there just seems to be that little intangible between Gas heat and Electric heat where people insist that a room heated to 72 degrees by gas just seems warmer and cozier than a room heated to the same 72 degrees by electric heat. Please, don't shoot the messenger! Just passing on some tid bits. God Bless! Spirithorse