heppnerguy

Looks like you have all teh tools that you need but a little more space would be nice to work in. It must be fairly adiquet because you manage to get a lot of beautiful work done in it.. thanks for sharing .

I see that the 16 inch Excalibur is on special for $574.99 reg $749. you can find a dealer at www.general.ca . I don't kknow anything about this saw but I am going to ask someone here to give me a run down. Lots of knowledge to pick from here on SSV

That is an interesting take on this. I will give it a try and see.. great idea if it works. thanks Jim

I really don't know the answer to your question.. but when she shows her head at my house I will try to remember to ash her then I will let you know

Don't worry about a thing, Kevin. My wife says I am very trying too.

nothing hits the spot more than an old car you once owned or better yet, one you have restored yourself...This will truly be prized by him

I am lucky.. I make things for my wife and she hangs them up. when I tell her it must be time to take them down and change her decor, she just says, No, I like them, I will find room for them, don't worry about it. So, just make sure you make things "for her" then you are OK at least if works for me

Nice job. I like the whole idea. hope you get your saw fixed rapidly. what a bummer time for that to happen. What kind of saw do you have?

Thanks guys.. I found it to be a little distracting but I guess if I was spending my money for something, I would at least want it to be on something I really wanted. I would not want anyone to buy something they really didn't like. The lesson here might be, "being willing to not force a sale on someone, just might be the best thing. People are entitled to not like something others make. If I was in a store where I can see the finished product, I may 1. like it and buy it 2. like it and think they want too much money for it and still not buy it 3. not like it and not buy it 4. Like it and buy it no matter the cost." I have to understand that people are more important than any of my woodworking. So perhaps I need to just be gracious and thank them for their interest and perhaps, down the road somewhere, they will see something they would like to buy. Thanks everyone for your supportive words. It gave me time to think it over a little. Who knows, maybe another cattleman might just see my work and want one of the brand pieces for themselves. It is a rather unique and different thing that I have never seen anyone else do.

I once made an overlayed plywood table that slid into place and was easy to remove..It worked OK but wasn't worth the effort to me so I abandon it. I wanted to raise the table area in hopes of cutting with a different part of my blades thus getting a longer blade life..Like I said before, it wasn't worth it to me. . I have seen where other people have waxed the top of the saw or sprayed something on it to make it easier to slide their work on it. I have never felt a need to that myself, The table seems to work great for me.

I like the added touch too.. why don't I ever think of such simple additions ?

No Roly. I used bb ply wood at 1/8th inch. It is strong and easy to cut.. I usually stack cut ornaments but I really don't think I have use for many more of these this year. this was a special request..I think that I will make 3D ornaments to put on the outside of each Christmas gift. I will start on those this week

The photos I posted were the beginning stages of my project. After I finished them I had taken care of the finish and fixed the spaces that were needed to get it to come together. They look much nicer in the final stages and still she did not like them..

Well after all my efforts and going two hundred miles to get the wood she wanted me to use and all the time making these.. She informed me that she doesn't like the end results. I did the best I knew how with the rather nothing I had to work with. A little discouraging.. Now what do I do with something that means nothing to anyone else? I guess I rack it up to experience and take the loss. Luckily this hobby is not real expensive to do and the monetary loss is small. Just don't like that is took so much of my much needed shop time to do other things I need to do.

Homer, That is what made it so challenging because I knew that I really couldn't mess with it \, only try my best to make something attractive enough to hang on a wall. I had to rack my pea brain a little to come up with something

You should bood to go for a few months with all that money on hand....

I finally got around to banging out a few Christmas Ornaments today. I feel a little pressured to get gifts made and it is still a couple of months away. I guess I will probably be Ok if I diligently pursue this task..

kind of like stack cutting....never would have given it a thought ....hope to be able to remember this when I am attempting to cut more than one 3D item of the same pattern... thanks for being so innovating and for sharing this idea with us

If I don't get things caught up soon, I will end up being the only person with Christmas stuff to make. got to get the requests out of the way and get on with the family things. Roly you are a master and an inspiration to many

nice original ornaments. you did a nice job cutting them. I have a request for ornament too. I guess I better get at it before Christmas passes my by..

Very nicely done. I have painted a few items. I like the ones that are done really well. I have not discovered how to get the effects that I have been trying to achieve, but you seem to understand it well. Maybe some day I too, can get the results I wish to obtain Fabulous

great logo signs they are top notch..

hey Doc, cute piece I think I might try one myself.

Great imagination.. some times the requests that you never even dreamed of doing, end up to be the most rewarding. I like the way you keep coming up with such great ideas.

another great job by my favorite intarsianist. Hey and I made up a new word on top of that. Homer and Carol, You never stop amazing me. an inspiration for all. heppnerguy