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Hey thanks a lot to both of you for the patterns. I'll show them both to my friend and see which one he would rather have. Great work and surprisingly fast too. On second thought, I could even take the small owls and lettering from MrsN's pattern and add them to Bob's.

D'oh! Knew I forgot something. Just big enough for a regular snapshot photo. 4x6 I think.

Boy this gave me a nice laugh, hopefully you've been able to laugh about it too by now. It's supremely irritating when we make boneheaded mistakes like this. Lord knows I've made my share, but looking back at them, or even better seeing someone else make them, I just can't help but laugh.

Hello, everyone. So a while back I used a pattern I found here to make an owl trivet for a friend. She loved it so much that her boyfriend has asked me if I could make him a "kitschy" owl picture frame for him to give her as a Christmas present. At first I considered just making that pattern larger and cutting a square in the middle to adapt it into a frame but after thinking about it I'd rather not just give her another version of the same pattern. So, is there anyone willing to try to come up with something for this? I have no artistic ability so drawing one up myself would not work. I don't have any specific details for this idea other than it be cute, involve owls of course be a picture frame. I'm sorry to make such a vague request and I understand if it's not doable. I've searched all around and I just can't find anything that I feel would really work beind adapted into a frame so I'm giving this a shot as my last chance. Thank you for your time. http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/gallery/image/1085-owl-trivet/ <-- Original trivet pattern.

What can I say that hasn't been said already? Great job, and with spirals!? I could never get the hang of those things.

Very nicely done. Lots of great fine detail there. Good looking clock. I'm sure there were some good hours put into that.

This is outside of my skill level, but I would love to know how you did the scale texturing. It looks great.

Man I love projects like this. They take a lot of time and effort but when you finish it just feels great. Great job.

Great little wallhanger there. Nice work.

Very nice work. I've never had the guts to try segmentation or intarsia. It intimidates the hell out of me. You should be proud. They came out quite well for your first attempts.

That's a great little bank. The eyes are perfect, makes it really cute. Well done, nice design.

I did. I am a little bit OCD and I can't NOT count the holes. I don't remember the number now but it was a lot. Actually I just went back and re-counted the sides and it's 22 per panel. So 66 on each end and 132 on each side. I'm not counting the top again! lol That is so true. I fret over every little thing on any piece I make and it drives me bonkers. One thing I try to tell myself repeatedly is that once I'm done cutting the pattern comes off. No one but me will ever know that there are any lines where they weren't supposed to be. Also, a note for anyone who has thought about trying something like this with lots of fretwork, don't let it intimidate you. It really isn't any more difficult than any other scrolling project. It's just more time consuming. Cutting this out of 1/2" oak was actually a lot easier than many of the projects I've done in 1/4" ply. The pattern actually called for 1/4" material but the only stock I could find in that thickness was warped and it felt like it would be a waste to plane off 2/3 of a 1x. Had to adapt the pattern a little so everything would fit right but I'm glad I did it this way. If I'd had an interior cut snap off towards the end of cutting that top I would have lost my mind. But anyway, like I said, don't let it scare you. Give it a shot sometime and just remember to take it slow and do a little at a time to save yourself from burnout or fatigue. Oh, I almost forgot to mention. This box was a gift for my mother, and of course she loved it. In fact a few of her friends have started asking her if she can get me to make some for them. To which I promptly replied, I don't think you want to pay what it would take for me to do this again. HAHA

Very nice work. I've wanted for some time to try my hand at these faux woven baskets or vases. I really like the way you alternated the woodgrains with each layer. It turned out really well.

Thanks for the compliments. I spent 12 hours cutting the lid. Stopped counting after that. I'd say it was around 20 hours of cutting total. I tried to stack cut the sides but had problems with the blade pulling and had to recut the side that was on the bottom. It was a learning experience.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I just posted a few pics in my gallery and made a little bragging thread. Have a look and let me know what you think.