Jim Finn
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I used an ornament pattern to make these toys. I altered them a bit to beef them up and to turn a reindeer into a horse. 4" tall made from a 2x4. Also made some Cross/fish nick-nacks. I have made over 40 of these different items now. Each takes about nine minutes, at the saw.,
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Great job Ralph. Turned out great!
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The fill command does not work well.
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Well the "fill" command does not do a great job so I used a wide line in a different color and drew it inside the arrows.
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Like this?
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I put these arrows in this photo using "Paint" . It came with my computer and I use it to open any photos or patterns. Very simple to do.
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Thanks for all the kind comments: For patterns for many of my inlays I simply do an image search for what I want, and add "Line drawings" to it. Although, this is the pattern I used for this project: I changed the color of Mickey's pants to match his shoes.
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Marg; The link in your post does not work for me.
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Thank you for all the kind comments; All my boxes and inlays are made using 3/8" wood. I resaw this myself from rough boards. Any thickness will work but then all the angles change so I just always use 3/8" wood. I use 3/8" because almost all my boxes are made using cedar and cedar is a weak wood. Planing cedar thinner than 3/8" often tears the wood to pieces so I stick to 3/8" even when using walnut . I have a Hegner dedicated to doing inlay so I keep that saw angle set for inlay. I have another saw for straight through cuts, on other items, like toy making.
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Yes 1/16" hole is large, but because I am using #5 blades tilted at a 2.2 degrees the hole must be larger than the blade. I drill this 1/16" hole with a mini drill press and a dremel type rotary tool at 6.6 degrees. I drill the hole just inside the pattern and it then comes out of the upper wood just outside the lower wood , in the waste part. This hole does occasionally show up a little, so before gluing the inlay in place, I sand off this hole and after glueing it in place and sanding it I fill that slight gap, and any others with a mixture of sanding powder (not sawdust, it is way too coarse) and white glue and squeege it into the voids using a credit or gift card.
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Clockwise or counterclockwise gets too confusing. I keep it simple. With table tilted up on the right, and the wood to be inlaid into the base wood, on the bottom, I just keep the image or lettering to the right of the blade. Sounds simple huh? lol well it is, once you get used to it.
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One of our local universities invites us each year for a Christmas event for children. We (our club) makes and distributes toys to the kids at this Christmas event. They also ask us to provide a door prize for them. They do pay the club for this and it is our only fundraiser for the year. This years event is themed "Mickey Mouse Christmas" so I made this cedar box for them. It measures 8 1/2" x 11"x 3". The inlaid woods are Walnut, Bois d'arc,. Pine, basswood and Bubinga .
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I resaw all my wood to 3/8". I drill the 1/16" entry holes at a 6.5 degree angle. The scroll saw is set to a 2 degree off of 90 degree cut.
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Double Bevel inlay (or marquetry) is simply cutting the lettering, or the image, on two different colored woods that are stacked so you cut them both at the same time. Having the scroll saw table slightly tipped so one side is lower than the other cuts the wood on an angle so that one piece fits tightly to the cut out on the other. I find it quite easy to do. This is the very first inlay I did. I sold it! One best be proficient in using a scroll saw first.
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I made eight of these to order and after delivering them I received an order for five more. Double bevel inlay of maple into walnut.
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We just made up the pattern after consulting a, chairs for children, sizing chart. These chairs are going to be decorated by local artists so we made them with lots of area, for decorative painting, on the sides. It took the seven of us about three hours to assemble the pieces, that I had cut out already. We learned a bit about what works well and what does not, in assembling these chairs. Today I remade/ tweaked the plywood patterns a bit to make it easier to assemble them in the future. Last time they asked for these chairs was 2006. {Lost the pattern)
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Update: Seven of our club members finished all thirty-two of the chairs, Saturday. Ronald McDonald house will be coming to pick them up on Tuesday.
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Very nice! How tall is this?
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Thank you for the kind comments: I first saw a sign like this in a Doctor's reception /waiting room. I have made three of these and have already sold one of them.
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My latest project:
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Our woodworking club has been asked to make chairs for children by Ronald McDonald house here in Lubbock. They will have local artists decorate these chairs and then offer them for auction as a fund raiser. These are the first two. They want thirty of them. Two different sizes. Made of 1/2” baltic birch plywood and are twenty inches tall. These are cut out using a jig saw and a scroll saw. Only twenty-eight more to make. Total cost of materials is $6.33 per chair.
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Color me surprised - DeWalt replacement
Jim Finn replied to Iguanadon's topic in General Scroll Sawing
The only time I have had breakage issues with my Hegners was when I was using Flying Dutchman blades. This is also true when using my Jet saw. Olsen precision ground blades are a lot stronger. I still use some flying dutchman blades though. Even with those cheaper blades I can usually do four or five inlays per blade. (PS) I use all my blades until the break) -
I used to do over 25 sales a year but now only do one out of town sale/festival and still do about 20 sales a season. Over the nine years I have been doing this I have found that two day events are not for me. The second day's sales were about 20% of the first day's sales total. Over the years, I have shifted my offerings from one type of item to another. I am growing tired of setting up and tearing down my display so I am about to open a website and try selling on line. I will still do some local sales but possibly not as many.
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RJ; Oh I sure will let you know when it is ready.. I understand the more people that visit a site the more it moves up in the priority of a search engine.
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