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    Hey Travis, appreciate the reply, and compliment, that was my first cut of a portrait, I really like it, still trying to fit in that pattern of allison i made, Thanks again Jim
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    hey all, these are my newests, first portrait, these are going to my brother's sister in law, thought i share with everyone Jim
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    yeah Paul, I am with everyone else on this, great job, great clean up too, i know you cant wait to give it to them to see their faces, i always enjoy that part. TC Jim
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    Thank you Travis, appreciate the compliment, yeah i use a propane torch on alot of my wood burns, and relief carvings, my first time doing a scroll piece, customer wanted it to look oldish. Delivered it today, they loved it, photos just dont do it justice.. will post pic on my site soon thanks again Jim
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    good deal paul Can't wait to see finished pics, I am still learning bout scrolling, and i am taking it all in. Jim
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    This is what i did for my brother's brother in law, his birthday is in a couple weeks, the frame is from arpop it i changed the lettering to I'd rather be playing pool Red felt on backer, I;m pretty proud of myself with this one.
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    Hey Paul My 2 cents is what others have told me, 1 is use masking tape or painters tape, to cover the wood first then spray the adhesive then pattern when done cutting just undo the tape and the pattern will come up with it. 2 is get some mineral spirits, bout 6 bucks at walmart not sure of the size bottle, but when u spray adhesive to wood, then pattern, cut, soak the left over pattern with mineral spirits, let stand 3-5 minutes, then rub off. Best spray adhesive to use is 3m, ( my opinion). i do the tape first then pattern, for the more detailed pieces, and use carbon paper (i bought from ebay) for the less detailed, just trace around pattern, and voila its on wood. Hope i helped some, i am still a newbie, but passing along advice i got Jim
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    Kepy cool, yeah i like his patterns, ive done a few, tried to email him but couldnt find a contact email link, even dled a few patterns from folks on this forum, have yet to cut em. not enough hours in the day..lol
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    Nitay, yes very muxh that does help me, as with everyone elses comments, i do appreciate all the efforts yall are doing to educamacate (heehee) me. Yall have been great ever since i have found this forum. Thanks again to everyone Jim
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    thanks to everyone, for the advice, Will take what ive read and use the information Thanks again Jim
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    nitay, granpa, marshall, thanks for all the advice, will be printing these off today, if can get this printer working yall are great Jim
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    Granpa and Nitay, Thanks for the reply, Sad thing is this was my 2nd protrait ive started, first one was a pattern made by frieke of my father in law, I really do appreciate the advice and will follow the advice, need to print these off tg today is payday, buy ink. Gonna take another crack at it again in a day or 2, i think what messed me up yesterday is i used packaging tape to cover the wood and then spray adhesive to glue pattern on, thinking of just using carbon paper, may take longer, but when i glue it, pieces of the paper would come undone, and flap around like a fish when getting close to being finished on that one area. today is another day and its gonna be a good one, Thanks again Jim
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    Hi all, i have been trying to do a portrait of my step daughter, when i got to the small areas like nostil lines, etc i keep messing up, ive tried a stright blade and a spiral, then i got to the mouth and the piece broke. I am about to give up on doing portraits and just do misc cuts. i see these patterns i have dled and i see some really thin lines, how do yall do them, even my smallest blade wich is about the size just big enuf for the blade to go into. and it still drills outside the line. Am i just being inpatient or doing something wrong? Help please Jim
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    Hey Dan, Thanks for the feed back, Will cut out allison in the next day or 2, gotta buy more ink tomorrow, Will work on the lighthouse when i have the time thanks again Jim
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    Hiy a travis Thanks for the advice, Thatll be no problem with the lighthouse, i want it to look right, and your right, the light house should be the main focus. will post pic when i can Thanks again Jim
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    Ok, i did some cleaning up on them patterns, lighthouse one looks decent now, allison looks ok, what can i do to make her look better? thanks
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    Hey all, i got 2 patterns i have been working on for well quite some time, i like them, I don't see any islands (floaters) but i need some more eyes to check for me one is a lighthouse scene i got from an old calender and other is Allison Iraheta from 2009 American Idol Thanks Jim Ok i see when i clicked on photo and the pic was bigger, there was alot of white spots on black black spots on white, didnt see that til now
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    hey Marshall, Thanks, I am proud of them crosses, they came out really well. I am so glad i found this forum, Yall have been great, Thanks again Marshall Jim
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    ty JR, appreciate the reply and feedback Jim
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    Thank you Marshall. I do appreciate all the feed backs, I am my own worst critic, so its good to hear nice comments.
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    Thank you Ron
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    Hey all, got a few pics to show off, the sign was an order, got done with it today 4/25/10 got a close up of the top and bottom seperatley, and i wall decor sign for a co worker friend of my wifes. Photos came from http://fssp-arpop.blogspot.com the duck scene came from Ellenburg, sorry, i had cropped the photo and cut the first name out. i found the pattern makers name its Christina Ellenburg Feed backs are welcomed Jim
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    Having trouble with uploading photos? are you on dial up and getting an error message?well i found a program that is free to use, which will reduce the size of a photo to kbs my camera (kodak easyshare) puts out photos of over 1mbs, using the program which all you have to do is go to where you have the photo you want to upload and right click on it, go down til you see the photo hover over it and click reduce. another window will appear,click photo (qualite moyenne) then clcik ok. after a few seconds the reduced photo will appear. The download site is http://www.brothersoft.com/photoredukto-download-86387.html Thank you to Travis for going to the trouble of why i couldn't upload pics on this forum, he suggested i reduce the size of photos, so i went to googlin. Hope this helps someone Jim
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    Thank you travis, now to get more local orders....that'll be a hoot.lol
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    Hey all, These are my first local order for as a memorial for a 14 yr old boy that drowned while trying to save anothers life that was in a jeep, that some how ended up in a river. Customer picked up on April 22 and she said i did an excellent job, she wanted it pretty much raw, except the wording which i wood burned and routed the sides To travis... Thank you for your help!!! it is appreciated. jim
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