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travis i have used this solution before and it is the way that I believe most people make puzzles, if they are not free cutting them. When I ran accross this feature on GIMP, I thought it was the answer to not having to go through all of this hassle, we are used to. It turns out that it does have a few problem and if the lines were vector lines then it really would not be a big problem at all. The darkened areas are easy enough to wing because there is not any lines that show if you are off a little bit. The jagged curves and the lack of proper resizing may be something that can be manipulated some how by someone who understand the program. I am not he, for sure..Thanks for the tip anyway, It will help some, I am sure. Dick heppenrguy

Keith, nice ornament, filled with thought and love. also the very first piece that I can remember seeing you make...nice to see that you also own a saw in which to make some of your wonderful created pattern that you so geerously share with all of us Dick heppenrguy

You do such an admirable job with your cuttings it is no wonder you keep yourself so busy.. I few hours in the shop and whamo newly created things that everyone loves. Dick heppnerguy

Larry, glad to see that you jumped feet first and gave this inlay stuff a shot. I was amazed that i could do it too. I think with all the good directions that Jim shared with us, makes one feel that he too might be able accomplish that which seems impossible. You did it. I too am going to do more of it come the first of the year. Nice job,, I like it a lot. Dick heppnerguy

I have been looking to do one of these bowls for some time. Now with the look see at yours, it inspires me to get with it. who wouldn't like one of these? Very nicely done. love it Dick heppnerguy

It is so good that people pass on experiences like this to the rest of us. Thank you. I have purchased from them a couple of times too, but have not gotten anything I did not like. the shipping often eats up what seems like such a good deal but that is life. I am still searching for someone close to me where I can but some exotic wood without the shipping . maybe i will find that souce before too long.. Dick heppnerguy

very cute little pieces Dick heppnerguy

one beautiful piece of dedicated skills and efforts. Nicely done Dick heppnerguy

not only is your work exicuted well, as usual for you, but I like your ideas a lot too. Dick heppnerguy

Bill, One of the nices ornaments that I have ever seen..I really like it Dick heppnerguy

you are amazing. All of your work is not only well cut and finished but also very pleasing just ot look at Dick heppnerguy

I liked the idea of having the puzzle pattern on the photo so that I did not have to mess with the extra puzzle pattern. I thought this would be the solution to that. Another thing that is annoying to me and Travis probably can tell me how to correct this too,,,, but GIMP make the lines a series of short straight lines to make a curve, instead of the nice straight curved lines that Inkscape produces, if I remember correctly, that is because Inkscape is a Vector program and GIMP is not. Is there a way to reformate a photo with the GIMP puzzle pattern and make it into a vector line art ? Dick heppnerguy

Your advise about doing inlay is so good. I was pretty darn accurate by following it that I amazed myself. I just copied and printed the above direction and I will post it in my shop as a quick refference fo the next inlay that I attempt. Thanks, once more , Jim for helping the rest of us with our inlay efforts, you are the best Dick heppnerguy

This type of problem usually comes about because one is using too small of a blade or one that is not agressive enough or not enough tention on the blade or the blade may be dull. On harder wood, like oak, a new sharp blade is required in order to not have the blade wonder. 1/2 hour of usage should be a good standard/ this is just my thoughts on this, others may disagree. I guess we will see

wow that is some interesting information.. I didn't even know this type of information was available.. You can see that I probably live in my own little world. Dick heppnerguy

A great box. I like the fret work boxes.. they are very impressive. Dick heppnerguy

I like it. It looks very nice. your exicution is wonderful. They will surely be exciting to the ones that find them when they open their gifts from you and your wife, Dick heppnerguy

nice cutting job. The wood looks like mahagany to me.. i have never been able to get nice clean looking cuts with spiral blades. I tend to ignore them for that reason Dick heppnerguy

I had to look at that one again. I would not have guessed that this pattern would be so beautiful. very Nice. Dick heppnerguy

I never was very enthused about cutting puzzles but since I started do that, and I am still only in the very beginning of cutting them with less than dozen of them cut, I have discovered that the puzzles are really well accepted by the ones I have given them too and it was a favorite present during an early gift exchange last week, It was not that the puzzles skills were so fabulous but rather the subject matter ws exciting. This puzzle was of my son playing 'guitar Hero' with his 3 year old granddaughter. I cut it with only a few , large pieces, so that my great granddaughter could help make it with her grandfather. the secret to a loved puzzle is using the gifte person, one of their family members, it is of a wedding or birthday or one with Santa.. the subject makes the puzzle of prize or a closet space taker.. I have found that I prefer to free hand cut my puzzles but I was excited about finding the patten cut on the photo in GIMP It might help others find out how the right photo choice within the puzzle makes the soul of another person, light up Dick heppnerguy

It is good to know that the companies are standing behind their products. I have the Delta products that I have owned always have seemed to be reliable. Keep us posted on what you think after a few months of usage, Dick heppnerguy

I am glad the question was asked because,even though I have used a router a few times, there is such a look time that passes between uses that I am always uncertain about whether I can even do it again. this is a good read for me.. Dick heppnerguy

Just taking a moment to thank the wonderful people who took their valuable time and graciously made a dog pattern for me from the 'pattern request' forum. I cut the image and posted the results in my pattern request forum entry of a couple of days ago, I will be mailing the finished product to my friend in the morning. Dick heppnerguy

I found the same problem.. I also found that if I added more pieces then the outside ones we screwed up and printed tabs part way to the outside.. Did you also run into this ? sometimes, as I added more pieces I also found it printed the pointed tabs both directions so that they instead became a figure 8 piece in itself.. has anyone else ran across this problem ? Is there a way to correct it if you did ? Dick heppnerguy

go for it....looks like it is going to be a great piece. Don't forget to post the finished project, I too would like to see it Dick heppnerguy