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Made this for my nieces and nephews for christmas, wood is poplar, finish is tung oil, rose and deer scene came from Microsoft word clip art. letter were also made with microsoft word, but using word art.
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Kevin, great cutting, for the backer i would suggest, my opinion, is go to the crafts section at walmart and get some felt, they have all kinds of colors, 47 cents each, or 3-4 bucks for a pack of 12 (could be more), and use some thin wood like luan 1/4 or less wood, glue the felt on it with adhesive spra, then either hot glue or wood glue it to the piece. that is what i do. or you can get some very small staples to attach beacker... just my 2 cents worth, again, great cutting.
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lol Kevin, nope no silver spoon, just a poor navy brat that been to 8 different states while growing up, my barn is pretty big, plus its 2 story, i got the wood stacked up on the wall, with shelving i made, so far i only has the scroll, router, table saw, jig saw, sander, and dremel, im looking for a lathe, drill press now.
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Kevin, alright smarty, i did an oopsie, could have sworn i uploaded the pic, well that's one for me, ok here we go
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Brett and Chance, thanks, yeah i like em, yeah i did a search on aol and i got this photo from there, it is zebrawood, the site link under the pic is elitewoodenpens.com
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used the program that steve good has onhis site (oval key) not usre of the wood, i think its zebra wood, not sure tho, but it is an exotic wood. if any one knows the name, let me know, i will start making key chains to sell,
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this is home sweet home in Spanish, we have alot of Hispanics around here that goes to the flea markets, so i decided to cater to them too, with Spanish stuff, used a router on this, propane torched inside the letters and finished with tung oil, not sure what kind of wood it is, just got a truck load of 2nds from a lumber company in Kennesaw Georgia, had all kinds of wood in the mix
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ty Marg, always appreciated when i get compliments,
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Kevin, The wood burner i have is just a walmart special type, one temp, but i have about 6-8 different tips, newest tip i bought was a detailer, i want a variable temp control burner, but thats some $$$$ there. Ive been wood burning for about 3 yrs now, first thing i ever did, didnt know anything about shading back then, so i painted them.... but it defeated its purpose, couldnt see the wood burn part. then i bought a wood burning book by Lora S. Irish, and it has helped me tremendously. Jim
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did this for a friend whose cat passed away, she sent me the pic words were added with microsoft word word art
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bear came from pattern library under puzzles, just made a lamp out of it, word art my own patterns, kitty wood burn on oak pic came from my friend, scrollin scrollin scrollin keeps them blades a goinnnn yeehaw,, sorry i am just having a ball my wife has my kodak camera at work, so i am left with this slick brand camera from the dollar store, sorry for the sad lookin pics
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i use Microsoft word, word art, i insert each letter at a time, then when all the letter are on the page, i will format each letter to take it behind text, that way it will be movable to either enlarge each letter or decrease the size, then i just play around with each letter so that it will look right, then i print it, scan it back to computer, then use gimp paint tool to fill in each letter.i take it to 200% and enlarge the brush to 19 then i start, of course smaller brush for the smaller areas, if there is more then 1 line, i will make most of the letters touch the top line, to give it strength. hope this helps some one, its harder to put in words then actually doing it
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thanks Kevin, always great to get complimented, also very appreciated, i do have alotttttt of stuff i gotsaved for craft fairs, just gotta find one thats not so expensive, we got one coming up called chiaha harvest fair, 175 bucks for like a 10 x 10 spot, so im still googling other towns fairs, hoping to do one soon, i am working on a cat memorial for a friend, her cat passed away, will post pic soon, thanks again Jim
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thanks Brett, Yeah i do pretty good at it, with that pecan wood, it was hard to do alot of detail cause of the grain wasa bit bumpy, even after alot of sanding, plus pecan wood is dark, and makes it hard for the detail to show, Thanks for the reply, as always, it is appreciated. Jim
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worked on this the last few days, wood is pecan, wood burned deer scene, pic is a bit dark, used tung oil, will have to light sand it to hopefully lightien it up some, hope yall like, oops forgot to say, pic is from Lora s Irish book great book or wood burning.
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man cave, a queen bee, and a kitty
cjswoodcrafts replied to cjswoodcrafts's topic in Bragging Rights
Hi Marg, my mom always had cats when i was growing up. they had to be put down due to illness, plus they were old, thanks for the compliment, always appreciated, the queen bee i did for my sis in law for Christmas, tell ya what, ever since i started doing scroll work, i basically got most of the family presents wrapped up, still gotta make a few more for the kids thanks again Jim -
man cave and kitty on poplar,with tung oil, the queen bee on plywood with red mahogany stain
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made this for my wife, the one we had was falling apart, made of cedar and pine, still needs some work on it to make it look nicer, but so far so good
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Did the puzzle today it is of my sis in law and her hubby on their wedding day, the sign i got the quote from a friend of mine, liked the quote decided to do it, added the animal on side for laughs, hope yall like
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VECTOR, OGES, WISCONSIN, hey yall, thanks for the replies, lol vector i made it for my wife and she just looked at me funny, wisconsin, yeah with the signs i either use eye hooks or steel string.. cant remember what they are called, but i got 2 packs of them, thanks again for the replies
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made this 2 today, the bad ass wife on duty is made from poplar, my shop my rules on sandeply, patterns i made
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Kevin, Orges, Thanks yall, it was fun making them, only tricky part was moving the router in a straight line and the curves.
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Made these 2 today, one is of pine, and other is cedar, with tung oil, can be used as a cutting board, or just a perty. words say... rockin' out in my kitchen.. wood burned
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hunter and brian thanks for the info, will get some 1/8 plywood soon, i got all the pieces cut on the project, its a golf theme tie piece.. kind of cool, gonna make 2 of them for one of my docs and my uncle Yeah i agree with luan, i tried it once making a portrait of my mom and dad, got to cutting a small area, and piece broke, but it does good for wood burning and relief carving, i made a portrait for a friend of mine daughter,,, used beeswax to finish it, came out nice thanks again for the info
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Ok, needing help with risers. how do i get wood to make risers? the patternsi got in the book i bought has them at 1/8.. is there some where to buy wood that thin, or do i just measure and cut it? and if i do cut it, whats the best way? scroll or table saw? i am thinking scroll, but gotta ask.
