heppnerguy

Glad you decided to stop over here. Now that you are not being forces to hurry those names out, you can sit down take a deep breath, put some coffee next to you and relax as you start cutting some new and fun patterns from our free pattern library. Welcome to THE VILLAGE Dick heppnerguy

First of all I want to thank both you and your wife for your service. Second I wish to welcome you to our world wide family here in The Village. look around a lot here, you will find many things that should interest you and keep you enthused about getting that saw and going to work on it. Hope you enjoy the friendly and helpful people that make up this site. Log on often and get to know us all better Dick heppnerguy

Always enjoyable when someone from the other side of the big pond, decides we are a good place to investigate. There are a lot of folks here from all parts of the world and you can explore all our nooks and crannies and find a lot of good information and free patterns to try out, any time you wish. The secret here is to log on often and very soon you will feel right at home here. so I send my greetings from Southern Arizona, where a lot of cactus and palm trees grow. Dick heppnerguy

Nice to have you in our family. No problem making new friends here as everyone is so helpful and friendly. All you need to do now is keep logging on, comment on others posts and post your work for all of us to enjoy and comment on too. We have a lot of areas to explore here and hope you take to time to do a self guided tour of it all. Dick heppnerguy

Greg, I would like to welcome you to our world wide family. I have seen and reacted to a couple of your posts and I am so glad to see this introduction here today. I am already aware that you are already active and that will really help you to become comfortable with the people here, as it is a very helpful and warm group of people here in The Village. Hope to see you around for a long time and keep up the wonderful work Dick heppnerguy

nice piece.. It looks like your efforts just may turn the tide a little and perhaps we will see more NEW scrolling ideas develop from the influence of that UK gal. Good one Dick heppnerguy

I had a nice phone conversation with Paul, (Scrappile) and he told me about her. Paul posted me her link and I was immediately awe struck, just like everyone here is. Like Rocky said, some people seem to have all the talent. I am so pumped, just looking at her wonderful work. It is truly a notch up from anything I have seen before. Dick heppnerguy

Came out, perfect. Really nice job. A great pattern to cut also and you nailed it Dick heppnerguy

Really great one, once again.. I HAVE to cut this one. One of my favorite planes. If the pattern is available, It will be on a piece of wood on my saw soon. You can count on that Dick heppnerguy

you are back in rhythm indeed. Looks like you are ready for another profitable year ahead., Dick heppnerguy

Can't wait to see it Dick heppnerguy

Very, very nicely done. Anxious to see your B25 piece.. Hey I will pray for you that the surgery goes well and the recovery is quick Dick heppnerguy

looks really good. Love this little piece Dick heppnerguy

Super nice piece. You did marvelously on this Dick heppnerguy

great job perfect for your husband's interests. My neighbor also builds and fly RC planes Dick heppnerguy

love this one Dick heppnerguy

looks great Dick heppnerguy

Where is Wyatt Earp? I have a photograph of the real Doc Holliday too, if you would like to see it. The Western stars sure mean a lot to the ones that were lucky enough to have lived when they were on television, way back then. You are becoming the Old time Western star guy, here In The Village. Dick heppnerguy

Challenging for any scroller. They keep you focused for sure. But for anyone afraid to tackle this type of pattern, all you have to do is remember is it all 'one hole at a time'. This is a fabulous example of patience and care. Beautiful piece. You do not have to enjoy anything Lord of the Rings to enjoy this cut Dick heppnerguy

I liked that pattern too but so far I have never gotten to a point to cut it. Nicely done. It should bring a smile to a lot of people's faces. Dick heppnerguy

Another nice piece by you and your framing is always an interesting part of your work. I love the challenges though. Dick heppnerguy

Randy, I still have yet to try a cutting a coin. I believe I have your tutorial on my computer so, some day, maybe some day, I will give this a go. Oh, Randy, I want to thank you for all the advice and helpful comments that you have given me through the years. I always enjoyed them and your ability to say and be honest with all of them Dick heppnerguy

NO NO. Do not give up on intarsia. You did a really fine job on your snake project. Make sure the first several pieces are not a difficult one to do. Trying something really hard at the beginning of anything, will almost always leave a person feeling defeated. I would suggest keeping your projects with no more then 35 pieces. That way you will have a feeling of accomplishment and success. I too, often get anxious when I am cutting something that takes a long time and then I start to rush to get it finished and that usually leads to some disappointment. So take it easy. have fun. Meflick has some wonderful suggestions for you. The book you posted is a good one to start with. You will find the pieces are probably 35 or less, each. So take your time, feel good about your shaping efforts, glue them together carefully, when you are finishing it, again take you time. Pretend you are making it as a special gift that will be seen by many, knowing they all will know YOU made it. Go for it and continue to post your work. I am also one who is rarely ever completely happy with most of the things I cut, for one reason or another, just because I know every little mistake in it. Have fun and don't try to advance too quickly. It will always be a learning experience. I know, I have been at it for nearly 12 years and I still consider myself a mediocre Intarsia and scroller craftsman. That is OK thought because for most, I enjoy making what I make and love giving a lot of them as gifts. Dick heppnerguy

Nice pattern and you did a swell job cutting it. I like all the veins in it. It sure makes it stand out well. I am an Oregonian by birth and I was actually born in Tillamook but grew up in the Portland area. I currently have a cousin that lives in Florence. Keep up the good work. Dick heppnerguy

a good pattern. I like the size of the wood you put it on too. Nice recognizable pattern. Dick heppnerguy