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I don't see any increase in the price of hardwoods at least nothing like construction lumber, 2x4, 2x6, plywood, etc, simply because hardwoods are not used for construction! Now the cabinet companies will or already have, raised their price because they can say the wood price increased for hardwoods also which it hasn't! Personally I don't thank it will as what I have ordered this year is still the same price as last year! The construction lumber has increased in price at one time, 4 times what it was priced at in 2019 and is still about 3 times as much! This is just my opinion, take it for what it is worth! Erv

Steve is very late on doing a pattern for the Super Bowl winners, he usually has them available the next day. I thank his health is slowing him down somewhat from what I have read on his regular site. Erv

The plunge router, be it Dremel or others, is the way to go if you are cutting large, 11" x 14", or larger fretwork designs. The drill press can be altered to drill large pieces if you are or know a welding expert and have the steel pipes necessary to extend the "throat" opening! It has been years since I have seen the dimensions to do that with and have no idea who had the plans to do this! It is much easier to use the small routers anyway! Erv

This is amazing Jerry as I have a book, The Boy Mechanic that was published originally in 1913 and through out the years upto the book I have that my mother gave to me as a Christmas present in 1952! The book was published by Popular Mechanics Company. This is a big book with over 300 pages with everything you could possibly thank of to build or work with! Now than on page 135 is the start of an 18 inch model of the Overland Stagecoach and the plans and complete directions to build this model is the exact plans being offered by Woodworking Wood toy plans over on pinterest! A few years ago I had the blueprints enlarged from the 1/8 inch to the 1/2 inch size which will make for the 18 inch model! Just having this part done was a trying time for the print shop but they did get it printed and laminated with clear plastic to preserve them. I rather doubt that I will ever attempt to start on it although it would make a beautiful model. My only concern is that this being the exact set of blueprints and being from Hi Sibley and being in the book from Popular Mechanics would be the copyrite rulings and if pinterest has or received the permission to publish this set of plans? Something to thank about! Erv

This is a beautiful hunk of wood and until you got it cleaned and sanded and a bit of water on it, I would have said it was in the Mahogany family! The reason I say this is that a few years back I was given some dark wood that was about 2 inch's thick and 4 inch's wide and was tongue and grooved and there was still a few of the old square nails in the wood. These nails were no longer being made for commercial use I believe in 1914! I am assuming that this wood came out of some manufacturing building and not from some gym or church or such. I had no idea what kind of wood it was until like yourself I did a little cleaning and sanding and it revealed a dark reddish grain which looked like Mahogany. I give it a test on the scroll saw and it was Mahogany which is the only wood that I have run across that I have a reaction to! The dust will have me sneezing and my eyes running like a facet! I always have a mask on when ever I am at the saw but I had to see if I was right about the wood. It looks like we both have some very old wood and I can't wait to see what you come up with as a gift to the person that give this to you! Erv

That works much better than the nail, string tied to a pencil and looped over the nail and hope it is the right length! Erv

I have cut this pattern many times and in various thickness of different woods and they sell very well at craft shows! If you want to continue cutting that thickness, 1 3/4 inch, you will need to use at least a #7 or larger blade and DO NOT force the wood into the blade, let the blade do the cutting on its own! It is so easy to want to get the cutting done quicker and this is where the problem will surface, the blade will bow and you get a tapered cut! Barb has the best idea for a deeper box, cut 2 of thinner stock and glue them together and finish sanding outside and the inside! Erv

This member posted this request on the cafe site and was given basically the same info but he/she never responded back , yea or nah! Erv

I don't know Steve personale and I didn't begin this great hobby with his patterns until I happened to run across his site sometime around 2006 or so. Since than I have cut many of his patterns and have also requested if he could make up different patterns and he always answered back if he could or not! Here's hoping that he can ,with the help of the doctors , maintain his health for many more years. Erv

For a first time with spirals you did a great job, no excuses necessary! As for cutting long straight lines, if you want to practice, take a scrap piece of bb ply, 1/8 or 1/4inch, and a ruler and draw a lot of lines of different lengths and go to it! Try the 2 different ways, pulling the wood towards you and pushing the wood away from you and see which one you achieve the straightest cut with . True, cutting straight lines with spirals is the most difficult cut to do with a spiral, just let your left hand know what your right hand is going to do! lol. Erv

The Wooden Teddy Bear does charge shipping on orders placed at the home address on all of the orders including blades! If you order from Mikes Workshop, which WTB owns, there is no shipping charge on blades, drill bits, anything that shows on that site and the time to receive the order is very good! I used to kid Mike about his having a direct route with the post office about the amazing time to receive the order once he received it! Erv

I am with Kevin, I found an old electric clock at a thrift store and connected to the foot pedal so that it starts and stops with the saw. Mostly about the only items that I will record the cutting time on are the larger patterns with many, many pilot holes drilled to start the cutting! There are always many customers that want to know how long it took to cut out the items! It's true, that just gives the cutting time and not the full amount of time from selecting the pattern to the final finish and bagging for storing but than who counts time! lol. Erv

I own one of Dewalt's "portable" table saws and the blades I use the most often are 60 tooth, and 80 tooth. I buy these blades from Lowe's and they are not that expensive and I don't use that saw very often, only to cut to length or width. Erv

Ditto on removing the hold down piece! It is more of a hindrance than a help! Unless the laws have been changed in other countries, the U.S. is the only country that requires that this hold down part has to be added to the saw whether it is manufactured here or overseas. It is supposedly a safety item required by Osha! Anyway we have to use our hands to hold down the material and move it around to cut so the hold down is not needed! This is just my 2 cents worth! Erv

I am in total agreement with the majority about not using a 3/0 blade while cutting a single thickness of 1/8 inch bb ply! Also the opening of the hole in the table top is another consideration as to the tear out. Than again as has been stated, it could be a poor quality of bb ply. Search the web or depending where your home is, look up various blade sellers for smaller size, 2/0, 1/0 and work with those. Also you have stated you have not tried stack cutting, this is very easy to do and for a sample cutting just take a couple of small pieces of 1/8 inch bb put some 2 sided tape on 2 sides, press together put a pattern on as you usually do, drill the necessary holes, feed the blade through, select the speed you are comfortable with and start cutting. This works great for cutting ornaments and if you do craft shows, a great way to cut the one pattern and have multiple item to sell or as gifts if not into craft shows. Erv

I agree with Scott, use a brush and "paint" the oil on! You can control the amount and still be able to get into the more difficult areas and not have the finish collect in those areas and not dry probably. This way you can also apply the finish twice just to be sure you have it all done. Erv

Thanks Don for posting your pattern! I will take a copy and thank you! Erv

Now that box would be hard to let go of either selling or as a gift! That would become a heir loom in short time! Beautiful in all ways: inlays and combination of dark and light woods! Exceptional ! Erv

Are you sure this is a Steve Good pattern? I have went through all of the categories that should have this pattern and it is not there! It is not in the signs, plaques, animals, misc., funnies, new patterns, wordart, I cannot find it! I really want to cut this for our granddaughter and husband as they have 4 dogs and the doorbell drives them nuts! Erv

This is interesting and I will be needing some white wood to do some swans! The big box stores here used to carry aspen but no longer so will give this a try! Trackman, I have the same problem, my sense of smell has long gone and it has to be a very strong odor for me to detect! My wife, on the other hand can detect the faintness of any scent! She gets upset with me when she wants to try a new perfume as she likes one with low scent that I cannot smell! Erv

The pattern is from foreststreetdesign.com, but I purchased mine from Scroller. Erv

That roof is supposed to be a one piece of walnut, that I used, about 6 inch wide, 1/2 inch thick and to be cut using a bandsaw. I cut enough sections, 1/2 wide, 8 inchs long and cut them to 1/8 inch thick and glued them up and did some sanding to archive the curve. Even the plans says that cutting this curve using a bandsaw is a trying thing to do! Erv

I did forget to mention that the 13 pages of patterns and information is from foreststreetdesigns.com. Erv

This is a project I started back in March just after this virus situation hit us and all of the craft shows upcoming was cancelled. I didn't thank I would be this long in completing it but I did take my time as there wasn't any rush. There was a lot of items that required the use of a lathe and a band saw, both of which i do not have so a little bit of working around some of those problems took some time! The tires was one of the items requiring a lathe but the scroll saw took care of that, the only thing that I couldn't do was a lighter small ring of wood that simulates the rim was to be cut and inlaid where the "lug" nuts are. It could also be painted while the wheel was still on the lathe. As you see the "rim" is black. There was a few other things that was over come by using the tools I had on hand! All of the wood that is painted either pine, ceder fencing, or poplar. All comments welcome. Erv