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Sorry to hear that

This happened several years ago now so it is all better. I will see if I can find the picture and attach it to the original post

I do not know what they are called but they have or at least use to have for photo albums little corner tabs that glues in place you could get those or even fab your own

Hey Cherie welcome to the village glad to see you made the move over here

Well what I do when ever I have to cut a circle I call the local squirrel into the shop and let it cut it for me. While it is cutting the circle I prep for some squirrel stew

Thanks everyone for the kind words, now are you ready for this guess what I used to cut it? Nope thats not it..... I used a 2/0 spiral blade. It is a little loose but I wanted it to be a little loose since it is for some young hands. I really need to get some proper blades to cut future puzzles though.

It took be about an hour to cut it, and thank you for the kind words.

Well here is the first puzzle I have made. Made it for my Grandsons Birthday, It might be a little too hard for him right now but I have faith that he will be able to get it done. For those of you who gave me advise I thank you.

Ok so my Grandson's birthday is coming up soon and I want to make him a couple of puzzles for his birthday and I have a question or two. 1. What are you using to adhear the picture to the wood? Spray glue, regular white glue, hodge podge (spelled right?) 2. What, if anything, do you finish the puzzle with? 3. Is photo stock ok to use, the type that you print pictures with? Thanks in advance for your answers

Can you show us some pictures of the end result?

Ed Sr. Welcome to the Village. I think you will find us to be a friendly crowd. Now I will tell you one thing about us scrollers, we believe that it didn't happen unless there is a picture so please post pictures of your work. Also the other thing to remember about scroll work, in most cases (depends on the type of work) it really don't matter if you stay in the lines or not, because you are the only one who knows where the lines were. Enjoy yourself with your new used saw.

Don't know as I have never used it, but based on what I have read it would look like it can take 8-12 hours to dry and it looks like it is suppose to be thin covering. So maybe 1/8" is to thick?? Let us know what you find out.

Glad I could help out

Otho thank you for asking this very important question before doing. The first part of the question about the sports logo's you would be correct about, that is a no no you are not to use sports logo's with out written permission of the owners of those logo's The second part of that question about changing the logo is iffy at best, one also needs to remember that even team names tends to be a registered Trade Mark which also makes it a no no to use. The patterns posted here do not fall in the public domain. They are posted by the designer for the public to use free of charge but the designer still holds the copyright to them. As far as using the patterns to cut an item and to sell that cut item. In most cases it is ok to do so but you need to read what is on the pattern. For example you will find that some patterns have "For personal use only" or something like that written on the pattern. In this case (the typical intent) the designer is saying you can use the pattern to make a cutting but you may not sell that item, but you may give the cutting away as a gift. If you have any questions about a pattern and its use, contact the designer for clarification. For example a number of my early patterns I have for personal use only on them not really understanding what I was doing. But if someone contacts me about one of them asking for permission to sell the finished product I tend to give them the ok. As far as posting patterns that you did not make, anywhere, is also not a good idea as most designers would take offence to that. You can contact the designer and ask for permission to do so, but in many cases thay are going to tell you no. With me it will be a case by case basis. The best thing to do is simply make cuttings and post pictures of your cuttings and place a statement along the lines that you can cut a variety of different subjects, that if they don't see something they want all they have to do is ask. I hope this answers your questions, and remember when ever you have a question about a pattern ask the designer or post your question here. Again thanks for asking before taking action, much respect earned from me for asking your question.

I have stack cut using sprial blades as well. You will just want to slow your feed rate down and you should have no problems.

I just finished this box for a friend. her boyfriend and her are in the SCA, and he is being knighted. This is for his knighting. No screws, no metal, with the exception of the clay I pressed into the scroll work, the box is 100% wood, including the hinges. This took alot more work than I thought it would. Let me know what you think about the oven back clay pressed into the scroll work.

What you can do, if you have 2 forster bits of the same size is take one, preferably the older one of the 2 and cut/grind the tip off so it is smooth. Then start the hole with the unmodified forstner bit, after drilling the majority of the hole out, change to the modified bit. The hole that you just drilled will keep the modified bit straight. But you have to be willing to sacrafice a bit or pick up a cheap one from harbor freight or someplace like them so it won't hurt so bad when you modify the bit. No I have not done this, but it was in a wood working mag as an editors suggestion.

When ever you spray something, specially something with a lot of "figure" like a scroll saw bowl, you have got to ensure you spray from all sides and angles. You were correct in using light coats and making sure it was dry before spraying again. What I will do, most often, is hang the item from the rafters of my shop so it hangs about eye level (size permitting). I then start spraying it. This helps me ensure that I get every surface covered evenly. Hope this helps you out some.

Lets see, why do I scroll? I guess I can't just answer because I can, can I? LOL Well my answer is that I love woodworking period, regardless of what type it is. Building furniture is expensive (which is my favorite woodworking) so I turn to the scroll saw to keep me in the shop as much as time allows, which is not much. But when I can get into the shop scrolling allows me to stay rooted in woodworking, it also relaxes me, and it allows me to make a few gifts from time to time for my family.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. @ Helen...I actually had that same concern. They are actually stronger than they look. I will probably never make another set of these unless something were to happen to the set my son kept for himself, but I do like the resin idea, although I might actually go with a bake clay fill to bring in the GEO colors.

Well my son is into this ting called GEO Caching. It is where you go out and find a GEO Cache using a GPS that other people have hidden. Any way he wanted to set up his own Cache and I told him I would make a first find gift for him and made 2 sets of Geo Cache coasters, a set for him to keep and a set to place in his cache which he designed with a borrowers (the movie) theme. I really like the way they came out specially since they were the first coasters I have ever made. I used cork for the backing. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Comments always welcome.

Here is an article I threw together awhile ago on how I make picture frames. You will see in the article the simple picture frame jig I made and one of the ways I clamp it to keep everything together nice and tight. You can also lay the clamps across the jig from end to end. You can see in the pictures that it is a very eaasy build and it works very well (at least for me) and can handle a large varity of frame sizes. You will see in one of the pictures that I have like a million brads in the jig, I had just gotten a brad nailer and was playing with it and went a little overboard

It all depends on the tool you are getting, there are some tools I would recommend in a heart beat and others I would tell you to run from. I have thought about getting the sander that you are talking about, but it looks like changin the belt will be a PIA.

I use a very simple Double "L" method, I am geating ready to leave the house but as soon as I get home I will post a picture of how I do mine.

You can not beat Mikes service, at least IMHO you can't.