heppnerguy

I love it when I see someone like you challenge themselves to do something new to them. You certainly did yourself proud. As you have found, working with spirals is a different experience on a scroll saw but it also offers the opportunity to do some detail work that are often end up with broken pieces and spirals allow one to cut close fret work like this one without that problem. A lot of people try it and then shy away but when one becomes determined to master it, the reward are worth the efforts. VERY NICE PROJECT. I have no doubt that you will be blowing a lot of people away with your skills, time and time again Dick heppnerguy

The day you could learn something from me would be the same day President Trump is going to hire me for a White House staff position Dick heppnerguy

As per usual, your work is always a master piece. I marvel at your skills. I remember when you started, seems like yesterday. You always have done really nice and precise work. So glad you post it so I can drool over it all Dick heppnerguy

cute as can be.. Should sell well in the Florida elderly communities. they seem to really like Flamingos Dick heppnerguy

I cut it from a piece of wood 1/4 inch thick and then replaced the cutouts back into from where I cut them. Before I did that I glued an 1/8th inch backer board to the original board. All pieces are then inserted and glued to the backer board. Not sure that is the best way to do it, but I am tryin to figure all these things out. I just put a few dabs of glue in spots and we will see it that works or not for glueing the outline piece on.. I struggled with how to do that too. Probably did it incorrectly Dick heppnerguy

Here is my next attempt to learn the method I want to do more of. Getting my lines smaller, but I have found this method is the most difficult one, for me, that I have tried so far. Even the Eiffel Tower and the Tower clock were less stressful for me. One of the reasons I wish to learn this method is because I want to do cartoon plaques for my great grandkids for Christmas. What I learned from cutting this one is I need to increase the pattern size quite a bit. Several of the pieces really needed to be at least 50% larger because I lost of lot of the size I would normally have by having to cut on the inside of all the black lines and making the actual painted pieces really small, as a result. I drew this pattern on inscape and used a maple board I had so that it would not have fuzzies and to lessen the chance of chip out. Overall, I like it but made a few mistakes. That is part of the learning process for an old guy like me. I will wait to start the next one and give myself a break. Dick heppnerguy

When my wife asked me to do something and it is not my desire to do so, at the time. She will remind me at a later date, I just reply that she does not need to remind me every 6 months. I have not forgotten, That's when they go get the shovel and start digging for herself. That always works and I get on it right away. I like your elephant project a lot. Nicely cut and finished with a great wood choice too Dick heppnerguy

Like is mentioned above. Start with the smaller inside cuts and work outside cuts last. that way the smaller inside cuts have more support when cutting. We all have wood pieces that break out on us from time to time. Just think of it as more practice opportunity as your start to recut another one. Blade suggestions are good here. Use smaller blades and let the blade do the cutting. Don't force the corners with pressure on the piece by the blade. Slow down on the curves. Also I would use a smaller drill bit so that the wood on the bottom of the piece does not tare out into the finished project. Dick heppnerguy

I also have one somewhere that needs a new blade and I have never used it. Looks like a good one to look up as I know I would really use it, now. Thanks for posting your new tool. A great reminder for me Dick heppnerguy

Welcome to The Village family. Glad to see you are open to asking questions. I can't add much to what has already been said. Remember to stay with the rather simple patterns to start with and this will help you to not have decorative firewood as a result. As you feel really successful with the patterns you are cutting, then and only then, challenge yourself to a more difficult pattern. Dick heppnerguy

Welcome from Arizona. You are doing a fine job. Keep making sawdust and displaying your projects. Looks like you have a pretty good handle on things. Dick heppnerguy

I was sort of awe struck when I saw the demo video that Steve Good did. I did not know that anyone had even thought to make a bandsaw that was capable of using such a small blade. I have to say that Pegas Company is quite innovative. Their products are on the spendy side for me, but they all seem to be well engineered. I would give this saw high marks for probably quality but I, personally will not be in the market for one. Dick heppnerguy

good idea and nice useful projects. I really enjoy making things for people as gifts. They always seem to be so appreciated. Dick heppnerguy

You surprised me when I saw your post. We have a lot of members in Europe but I am not aware of anyone from Korea ever joining up here. I am glad you found us and decided to do so. Please take a good look around at all the wonderful things that we offer here. There are a lot of patterns that you may download and cut for free. I hope you log on often so we all can get to know one another. With that said.... Welcome to The Village and our family from Arizona. Dick heppnerguy

Crupier is truly the master at this. I found it to be a lot more difficult then I imagined it would be. I am working on another one now and I hope I get through it ok. I find it more difficult then anything else I have done in the shop but if I don't give up, I may be able to do it satisfactorily at some point in time. As I get older I find some things a little more difficult to learn. So I will post the next one, if I manage to get it done and then I will have something to compare my first ones to. Dick heppnerguy

good for you, Kevin. OH, I hope the storm missed you this time. Dick heppnerguy

your work space definitely shouts "YOU". . Nice to share your talents with your co workers Dick heppnerguy

It is a #3. I am now cutting a pattern I made with a #1 line Dick heppnerguy

your right in what you say. Making the lines thicker is quite easy in Inkscape. All you have to do is click on the 'edit path by nodes' tool. That is the one directly under the 'select' key and then when you click on the line with that tool selected, you will see a number to the right of the 'fill stroke' at the bottom of the page. Right click on the number and a window will appear where you and click on any larger number and the line will increase by that much. Dick heppnerguy

I am also experimenting with the right blade for me so that I will be able to cut an even thinner line. That is the one of the goals in this learning experience for me. I have not yet found the blade I need to be able to cut the line on both sides, evenly. When I have that figured out, I will try thinner lines until I reach the size line I am after Dick heppnerguy

Neither.. I cut on both sides of the black lines so that they end up like a skeleton and the pieces just slide back in place, inside the black skeleton. If that does not explain it well enough, let me know, as I can take a photo of the black part for you to see, and then it will be self explanatory Dick heppnerguy

Some of you may remember the 'experimental venture' plaque I posted a few days ago and how I was trying to learn something a little different for me. It did bring up a few interesting comments and some comments about exactly what it was I was trying to do. So the subject of 'segmentation' was brought up and that is exactly what these three items in these photos are. The ones with the black lines are the ones that I am trying to learn to do. I find for some applications they are perfect but for others I prefer without the lines. The two flower examples are to show the differences. Keep in mind that none of these are meant to be 'kept or finished' items. Neither of the flowers are finished and even glued. I was not striving for a finished item but only to show examples so you may understand better, what it is that I am trying to learn. In the last example, there are a couple of things one can do to add some interest, of which I did only one of. That is, to raise a part of it. In this example the flower is raised and stands above the leaves. The other thing one can do with this type of segmentation, (which is the normal way segmentation is done ) is to also shape the entire piece, so that is turns out to be more like intarsia but all cut from one piece of wood. I did not choose to shape any of it because that was not the purpose of this experiment. The example with the black lines limits it to exactly what you see, as far as I understand the process and does not give an opportunity for shaping the item. The lined piece can be of value for cartoon characters and some sign plaques. Please keep in mind the poor workmanship and lack of finish is because I did this just to show the differences in what it is I am trying to learn and these will just be throw away items, so I did not make any more effort on them. I hope this helps to explain a little better what it is I am working towards. Any comments about the two types of segmentation would be really appreciated. My wife told me, she prefers the last one, if I was to have shaped and finished it. But also added, 'for cartoon items, I definitely prefer the one with the lines Dick heppnerguy

I have the same thing with trying not to go to the shop and take away too much 'wife' time. Dick heppnerguy

Wow you have been one busy guy. Lots of interesting things here Dick heppnerguy

as always, a great pattern once more Dick heppnerguy