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  1. don in brooklin on
    I just love this pattern from Steve as I used to make as the hostess gift till I ran out of friends. I also made with one extra layer and a thicker top and bottom and divided the interior to make a pencil holder. Used cheap pine and was a great gift.
  2. don in brooklin on
    Lee Valley also has free shipping at this time. The veritas tools are first rate and Lee Valley will stand behind their tools 100%. Interesting and I may look at for drilling holes in the middle of big projects. Thanks for posting
  3. don in brooklin on
    I have done a number of scroll projects that I put in the bragging section - Happy Easter, Bear Walk, and more Bear Walk. But different for me in this time of isolation, I dusted off the lathe and participated in some club projects. Wig Stands for Cancer Patients - have done lots of these in the past and have got 3 done for this drive. Have wood for 2 more. Also, I am going to donate 5 pens for Health Care Workers. Haven't done a pen in a couple years. These are slim lines with a RN in clips.
  4. don in brooklin on
    I made this bear for my daughter who lives right in the same neighbourhood as us. She is a nurse and I thought this would be appropriate to put in their window, It is a free Intarsia pattern from Judy Gale Roberts https://intarsia.com/pages/download-free-intarsia-patterns I did it segmented style as I don't have any white wood and at the speed I do Intarsia I wanted to get done before the isolation period ends.
  5. don in brooklin on
    Blade recommendations are usually what the person is used to. When I first started I bought the assortment pack from Mikes Workshop https://mikesworkshop.com/collections/blades/products/assortment-pack Since then I have been a die hard Ultra Reverse fan. I have tried others like the Pegas MGT but always come back to the UR.
  6. don in brooklin on
    With the isolation going on I have lots of time to do new things. 4 layer Happy Easter sign - design and the cutting by me, background painting by me the cute bunnies by my wife. If doing again I would make a couple of changes. Size 10 x 20
  7. don in brooklin on
    I saw a post about Teddy Bear walks and all of a sudden in our neighbourhood I started to see bears in window. I decided I need a bear too and so I made one in wood. This is a Steve Good design for the a bearbox that I enlarged to an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet. Started yesterday morning and had ready for last night.
  8. don in brooklin on
    Travis you might want to check out https://www.simplywoodencreations.com/ That is Russ Clarity, They get together a couple of times a week and is available on lots of different streams. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube I think the base is ZOOM The weekly show is Saturday at 8PM EST. Never a good time for me. But I do look at some on YouTube after the fact. You need to have a moderator to keep things on track.
  9. don in brooklin on
    Since I have a lot of shop time do to the social isolation protocols and no real pressing projects, I have been experimenting in the shop. I did the pile of bears but wanted to little bears to be proud of the bigger bears. I cut the little bears first and then put the board through the planner pattern side down. Just a little different. Thanks to Iggy for the pattern.
  10. don in brooklin on
    Welcome fellow Canuck. I am from Brooklin Ontario just east of Toronto. Love you intarsia they are all cute.
  11. don in brooklin on
    The tension on the EX-21 is not applied from the back. See link for explanation https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/37709-a-couple-of-blade-questions/#comment-417328
  12. don in brooklin on
    I had the same issue with the clear shelf liner on BB. I do a lot of ornaments and as you say I had a really tough time on intricate work. I did find that if I cover the bb a coat of shellac first it fixed some of the issues. Applying shellac to BB also helps when using blue painters tape with the pull up of fibers. I had a complete roll and I did end up using on a number of projects like the puzzle dogs and other wood projects. I never would use on close cut fretwork. My roll is gone and I will buy another in Walmart as it does come in handy at times.
  13. don in brooklin on
    For some reason this font (Dollie script) puts little white marks when it joins the letters. That was the white marks I revered to. (Yellow Arrow) Ralph cut all the centers of the connected letters correctly. (blue arrow). These are really small depending on the size.
  14. don in brooklin on
    Ralph you did a great job in cutting and I really like the background.. Your granddaughter should be happy. Don PS: the white spots were the little white spot in the script of the font not the middle of the letters. You nailed it.
  15. don in brooklin on
    The font is Dollie Script available on Dafont.com
  16. don in brooklin on
    If it is only going to be indoors and painted you could use MDF. If the purse is heavy you might need 3/3 or 1/2. I would use wood spacers. I think the "F" is Garamond. If you only have a picture it might pixelate too much. You could take the F in the PDF and use the poster feature in Acrobat too expand. The F is 7.5 inches so 350% gives about 24 inches. f.pdf
  17. don in brooklin on
    This has been discussed a few times here. When you download a font. Save to a folder on your computer. (I made a new folder called Fonts in my Scrool patterns font) Most fonts come in a zip file. Find downloaded font and click on it. You must extract to disk. It will create a new folder. Go to that folder and right click on font. Must install FOR ALL USERS. Open Inkscape and see if there. If not restart computer and try again. Not there cry a bit.
  18. don in brooklin on
    I use FD UR nearly exclusively. Have cut 1/4 oak with #3 and #5 successfully. I have tried the other fads but always go back to what I know. Blades to a scroller is like balls to a golfer - mine go straighter, don't break, slice when I want them to, last longer and are cheaper. It is what you get used to.
  19. don in brooklin on
    I submitted this to Steve and his reply was - I have transformed other patterns from Steve and he always likes it. In fact Steve encourages it. dw
  20. don in brooklin on
    I added some shading to beaver. It was tough to get image.
  21. don in brooklin on
    For those who get Steve Goods emails you know that he is having a contest for $100 from Bear Woods. This is my entry from the land of the beaver. I will probably get disqualified as I did not follow the rules exactly but this was fun to do.
  22. don in brooklin on
    I add tape to the bottom stop the burning and have been using both #3 and #5 Flying Dutchman Ultra reverse on cherry.
  23. don in brooklin on
    I used to teach Scrolling 101 at our club and one of the tips I gave the beginners was - once the pattern is removed no one know where the line was. Therefore, if you come off the line just ease it back on so it looks smooth. I try and stay on the line but sometimes at my age the line sometimes the lines moves. Not my fault. LOL
  24. don in brooklin on
    WOW. That is absolutely beautiful. Never seen such detail. Thanks for posting.
  25. don in brooklin on
    That is what I do too. I use Acrobat Reader DC and the poster feature as I like the cut marks to glue the pages back together.
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