tomsteve

John, thats going to be a nice project(s). thinking on the flag for the entire back- so it can be seen through the lettering- or not....hhmmmm.... im really not sure. maybe make some with the flag behind it all and some not? see which ones sell more?( i think i read something about these going to be for sale?). im thinking right now if the flag was a smaller scale i think it would be nicer- more detail of the flag showing? im also thinking gloss on the flag picture and satin on the woodwork. or vice versa.

thanks,scrappile. ya know, its really not that difficult to do a mat. main thing i remembered on this one was having the mat before building the frame. theres places online that sell custom size mats,too, and might even be a local framing shop that can do it,too. plus quite a few good videos on youtube to use as guides. one extra thing i did on these i hadnt done before is add a dust cover on the back. found out through youtube its real easy. note- i didnt make the mat on these. i would have gotten glue and fingerprints all over them!

ive been taking my time on these ones,mainly on the frames,which i seriously complicated! 4 pieces of wood with miters on the ends?nnNNNOOOoo- i gotta get thinking about fancy schmancy stuff! i should have the last one framed and ready to ship today. although a little rough mentally lately, making them for my cousins hubby,brother, and parents has given me a little time of peace and serenity.

thank you all for the kind comments.although ive been on here since ive posted this, ive been a wee scatter brained and apologize for not thankin ya'll sooner. the service was saturday and it was extremely packed with people and the family was quite busy with everyone coming and going, so i didnt feel it the appropriate time to give these to the kids. however, i had a feeling of making something for my cousins parents, brother, and hubby, so im working on a trio of angels from a jeff zaffino pattern i picked up years ago. i'll ship the ornaments with those to the hubby. thanks again for the kind comments again. now, its time for me to go complicate frames for these other angels im makin!

its been a bit of emotional time here in my family. i got news early sunday afternoon that a cousin of mine,amy, died in her sleep. an unknown aneurysm. she was 45 . an amazing mother of 3, wonderful wife to an amazing husband, loving,supportive sister of 1 brother, amazing daughter,friend, and exceptional employee- she was a pediatric physical therapist at beaumont hospital in royal oak. amy helped many children through PT along with their families over the years. she was supportive of everyone in her life and also crazy funny-always lookin at the brighter side and finding something funny to help get through tough times. im not good at words in times lime this, but kind of good at making dust,and was reminded of this pattern when thinking about what her 3 children(all pre teen) are going through and will be going through. i know it wont stop the greiving, but hope they may help them find even a little comort at some time in the future.

kevin, ya may want to take a measurement and see if the arm is level with the table. there should be a white line on the adjustment knob up top and to the back. get that facing to ya then measure distance from the arm to the table- both at the back of table and at the front. i found i dont have to get crazy accurate there- its either going to be exact or if the adjustment knob is a turn off, very noticable. one way i noticed that on mine is i couldnt get the blade all the way back in the upper clamp.

i used to work in a machine shop and used cabide tools quite a bit. then got into framing houses using carbide tipped saw blades. slow down the saw feed speed and i could cut through nails without damaging the carbides. ive also cut aluminum on my miter saw with an 80 tooth carbide tipped blade. no problems and no damage to the carbide as long as feed speed is taken into consideration.

just my opinion, but go with whats worked for a very long time on thousands of cars for spacers- aluminum. .

hope it goes good for ya! i really want that pattern,too!

very impressive 1st scrollsaw project and love the tools ya purchased,edward! asking questions is NOt a bother to anyone. i did quite a bit of learning woodworking and scrollsaw on my own,too. but also got a lot of advise along the way. i went from making big pieces of wood smaller and having them end up in the fireplace to making some nice stuff. one thing i would suggest: no matter how far along ya go, look at what youre doing with woodworking as practice. even though ive been scrolling and woodworking for a few years now, im still just practicing.

im not the smartest but i think this isnt quite true. every set of patterns i have say its ok to make copies

ive done this with a wolf i cut years ago and wanted to do again. it worked pretty good- had to do a little work with adjusting the.....ummm.... shade?(darn brain farts!).... of the lines but was able to get a good pattern to use again. or are you looking to scrollsaw an existing work into paper? if that be the case, set up to scroll as usual- apply pattern to lumber. then sandwich the paper in between 2 pieces of wood and cut.ive done that once using 90 lb paper and it worked pretty good.

scrappile, that puzzle above doubles as my marquetry skills.

JT brought up having more than one project going- my neice got ahold of me last night: "uncle tom, i have the money to remodel my bathroom. can we go look at tile and stuff?" that work by roentgen is so amazing. i think id be happy just seeing them in person. the marquetry on them alone is stunning! im in west metro detroit. winters are too long. typically early november though march i live in my shop.

welp, that dome clock was definately a fun build last winter! ive been lookin the last couple days for this winters build and hopefully something that will take a little longer. plus a little more challenging, not that the dome clock wasnt a challenge. ive done 2 clocks now- the dome clock and the workshop clock, so ive been thinkin of something different. i think ive narrowed down to this chippendale cabinet https://cherrytreetoys.com/chippendale-cabinet-plan/ or the 1800's secretary https://cherrytreetoys.com/1800s-style-secretary-cabinet-plan/ or the parlor cabinet https://cherrytreetoys.com/parlor-cabinet-plan/ buuuuut, then keep seeing the david roentgen secretary and then theres his writing desk buuuuut, i can eliminate those to absolutely amazing works of art and engineering. i love seeing this work that was done in the 1700's, but they are way beyond my abilities, and by abilities i mean patience!LOLOLO so, narrowed down to 3 choices- at this time. but the day is young. of course, i could keep it simple and make a puzzle!

what ive done and works good for me is to build a frame for the tool. take the drill press-i built a frame with swivel casters on each corner. the frame was constructed so the drill press base was still close to the ground- about an inch of clearance. i have my DP and table saw on wheeled bases with these casters http://www.surpluscenter.com/Wheels/Casters/Plate-Casters/3-x-15-16-Faultless-Swivel-Plate-Caster-w-Wheel-Brake-29896-1-4967.axd theyve worked great for me and easy to roll em when i need to. gotta be careful moving the top heavy DP,though lookin back, i see now it would have only been necessary to have one locking caster.

thanks, all, for the comments. i like a challenge once in a while- as in being given a picture and,"can you cut this out of wood?" and still dont like making frames!

been a while since ive been here! now with the holidays approaching and the winter season near, ive fired up the scrollsaw after it being dormant for a few months. first projects of the season out the door today. these were a little difficult for me, mainly cutting the letters and numbers. very tedious and time consuming doing those. still gotta find me an after holidays keep me busy for the winter project.

sherwin william A100 non tinted. thin, multiple coats for any water based/born clear finish.actually, waterbased finishes are the best for outdoor projects.theyve been on houses for years and the UV protectant is in the base, so untinted base works great. general finishes 450 is another great choice.

whoa!! not that is awesome, scrappile!

i found out today the company i got the clock movement and hands from is having a contest-grand prize a $500 gift certificate for their store. i might have a grandfather clock build in the future!

thank you,all,for the compliments! FINALLY got it in and sittin in its place. yup, nightime makes for better pics inside!!

wow, what a project! I have a thread of the construction over in the "works in progress' forum. but now I think im finished, so time for a lil bragging. ive had the plans for quite a few years. pull em out, put em back. sometimes I was intimidated, sometimes not interested, and other times I wanted to work on something, but just not this at the time. until about a month ago. the real story how the plans ended up in my shop and I got kickin on it: years ago I was asked to build a set of kitchen cabinets for a friends cottage. he had seen some of my other work and wanted cabinets constructed by me. I felt honored, but had never built cabinets.I told him I was intimidated at such a pretty big task, I really didn't have any knowledge of cabinet construction and wasn't sure if I could do it. he replied,"with that attitude, theres nothing you can do.figure out how much money ya need to start and get back with me." honestly, that statement buggered me up a bit and I was a little angry at him for sayin that. so, off to another friends to talk about it- basically tryin to find out why it buggered me up. that other friend said,"well, its pretty simple why it buggered ya up- because you know he was right- with that attitude, you cant do it. so theres a simple solution- change your attitude. the only reason ya cant do it is lack of knowledge on how to do it. ive bult cabinets. there just boxes with doors. now go get on the www and figure out how those boxes are constructed." HUH!!! so, how did that come into play with me jumpin into this? welp, when I pulled the plans out about a month ago, that friends words," with that attitude, theres nothing you can do" popped into my head and I was off to the shop! so, for ANYONE who says they cant accomplish this clock- with that attitude, you are right! but chhange your attitude and ANYTHING can be accomplished! so here it is- the clock that took a few years to change my attitude about doing. pics from my shop as where its going in the dining room- its gonna be right in front of a window and I cant get very good pics with the backlighting. maybe ill snap a few this evening,though. oh, I put some Christmas lights in temporary to help show the scrollwork a bit.

theres a thing called an interface pad used in autobody for sanding. its basically a foam pad with H&L on both sides to slap on the sander then slap the sanding disk on the other side. im wondering iffen it might help sanding fretwork. aaaaaand I can insert a link! but I also use 6" discs on my 5" sander and it works pretty good. this, I assume, if you are referring to getting rid of any fuzzies from cutting.

WOW!!!