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    All of them will be heirloom pieces. Well done.
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    I like the colour one as well. I did a different lighthouse. The backer is just a thicker paper.
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    I haven't read all the comments but skimmed a lot of them. Same advice - it isn't a race. A few years ago I totally stressed about time. I stopped reading lots of posts because they were giving time estimates. Steve Good even will do that. When I stopped reading those, the enjoyment returned. I have noise cancelling headphone, tune in to some good jazz or 70's soft rock and zone out!! Enjoy the hobby - you are not in a competition.
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    The watches are beautiful. Question though, are they wearable?
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    What a stunning piece of work Don! I can't wait to see the completed piece. If you hadn't said anything about the colours, I certainly wouldn't know.
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    I think you got it Dick! Looks great.
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    Stunning!!
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    Looks great as is. As someone said, subtle is good. I think it would also look good if the pieces were darkend a bit, creating contrast that way!
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    Thanks for the info Don! I will look into that. I ordered their project ply earlier.
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    I ordered them from Garnet Hall at Sawbird.com. He is in Saskatchewan! (birth province)
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    Bill, Thanks for your input. I did stack the boards in my garage with some wood spacing it. I will go and add some weights to them. I don't have anywhere to lay them out away from temperature swings. Winters here can be as low ad -40 C and summers can be +40C.
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    Frank, I know the painting was s**t. I clearly wasn't in the right head space to cut this project. I have been having great difficulty in finding store bought poplar here in Winnipeg. Before pandemic, Lowes did carry wider & longer boards of poplar. When I went a year ago, all they had was 6" wide and short boards. Lowes was the only one of the big three that ever had the poplar. I do not own equipment, nor am I particularly interested in purchasing, to manufacture appropriately sized wood. I am in Canada, so ordering from Ochooch is not really an option. The exchange rate adds at least 30% and shipping is usually expensive.
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    No offense taken, but WOW, that was pretty harsh! There are special puzzle blades, and I do have some, but for this type of puzzle the standard is a #5. The painting is the biggest reason I was planning to scrap it. I have had so many comments about sanding the paint off and restarting, that I will consider it in the new year. I had hoped to have this for a craft sale. The wood is poplar and normally takes paint/stain very well. This is from a small mill that had cut the slab, from a trunk that had been cut a couple of years ago. He had told me it was dry. Given that the boards I purchased have now cupped, I don't think they were dry enough. I was able to get this chunk out of a flat section. I posted mostly to show others that things don't always work out!
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    Thanks Marg, I think that is what I am going to do. I know that I rushed it. I have a sale coming up next month and am worried about having stock. Hubby talked me off the edge by simply stating - "if you only have 3, then you only have 3! And then you might sell out!"
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    Looking great. I think you have it down pat!
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    Well, this is the latest off the saw and paint table. It will be heading to the bin. Not happy with it at all. There are a couple of pieces that will only fit from one direction. Yes, I pushed using a dull blade. And yes, I know I should have changed it earlier. This is also the first time that the Unicorn Spit has made the kerf narrower. I used a #5 Precision Skip on the poplar that I recently bought. I think the biggest issue is that the wood isn't a dry as it should have been. I guess it will be off to the store to buy some other wood.
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    Well done!
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    Another well done!
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    These are gifts for neices and nephews.
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    Everyone's work is amazing. It is interesting that some of the posts I see the photos and others I have to click a link.
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    https://woodcraftbyscott.com/products/puzzle-patterns-sports-musical-instruments?_pos=1&_sid=8dde64d7d&_ss=r&variant=39574086320186
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    Very nice.
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    Well done! Who was the pattern designer?
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    What is the dotted line for on those?
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    Anatolian Wood Art

    barb.j.enders commented on Kemaldo's pattern shop in Pattern Shop

    The post says free, but when I looked there were prices for everything.
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