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Thanks, Dave and rjR. The camera really didn’t capture the richness of the African Rosewood. The grain and overall color is really nice.
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Thanks. That’s just the scrolling section, approximately 15-20% of the the total floor space.
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I also have an air cleaner, a Grizzly which I believe to be the same as a Wen, a box fan with a furnace filter to my right, but additionally I have another box fan to my left blowing dust from left to right. If I wear a brand new 3M dust mask I get virtually nothing on it. Before I went to this set up I would scroll Padouk and have red dust in my nose hair if I didn’t wear a mask. Now? Nothing.
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I have had a few Dead Heads suggest that I should scroll something with a “3 Finger Jerry” theme. I figured since I have been on a box kick that I’d give it a try. So there you have it; I made an image based from an X-ray of a Dead guy’s hand. The box top and base are African Rosewood, the sides cherry. (For those that may not know, the late Jerry Garcia, guitarist for the Grateful Dead band, lost most of a finger when he was a kid due to a hatchet accident with his brother and was often referred to as “3 Finger Jerry”)
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BTW- The Zig Zag Man was one of the most popular tattoo designs from the 1960s. The folk story goes that in the 19th century during a battle of Sevastopol, a French soldier also known as Zouave, had the misfortune of having his clay pipe broken by a flying bullet. Needing a smoke he decided to try rolling his tobacco in a piece of paper torn from the bag that his gunpowder came in. This worked but it was in 1894 that the Braunstein Brothers figured out the process of interleaving papers in a zig zag manner and putting them in a convenient paper booklet that took the market by storm.
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Thank you, everyone, for you nice comments and encouragement.
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The sides of each box are made up of three 1/2” rings, each one comprised of 60 “pegs” scrolled on the inside and outside, i.e. 120 cuts on each ring. The wood was Sapele, sometimes called African Mahogany. I have started on two more boxes so you can see one of the rings. The newer ones are cherry, and I stack cut two at a time.
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I don’t have a dog in that fight. I am enjoying doing the scrolling. I am working on two more boxes on a request that’s theme is based on an x-ray of a dead guy’s hand. Have cash, will scroll.
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Great job. Frame looks fantastic.
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Though not really my thing, I have been getting requests for “medicine” boxes. I am amazed at how many folks in MD have gotten RXs for legal weed. Whatever floats your boat. Anyway, I made two more boxes yesterday. The one with the leaf is made with a Purple Heart top backed with African Rosewood, Sapele sides and Purple Heart base. The other one is taken from a Mr. Zig Zag tattoo. (Zig Zag rolling papers were popular in the 60s and 70s). The top is Zebrawood, backed with Purple Heart stained black, Sapele sides and Zebrawood base. I had originally planned to back the top in oiled Purple Heart, but it just looked muddled, thus the black stain.
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Good choice, I like it as you did it.
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I made this one today. Steve Good has this box with a Kokopelli, but I put a different, slightly more intricate one on the top. Top and base are Zebrawood, with a piece of Bloodwood under the top. Side walls are 1/2” Cherry. Pretty easy project, but the three sidewall rings have 60 “pegs” each, so when you cut them you have 120 total loops to cut on each ring. Monotonous. If I do this again I will make two of them and stack cut two rings at a time.
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I really like this! Is that your design?
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I like it, Alex. Are you oiling the center piece with a light, but not natural, Danish oil?
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I check the zero setting on my DW788 at least once a week. I do an occasional relief cut and sometimes when I reset to zero it is off a hair. If you stack cut, a “hair” off can make for kindling. I have tried various techniques to square it up and have found that a small machinist square that Steve Good recommended works best. I got it on Amazon for about $6.00. Kevin, that is definitely inlay that you did there. I am experimenting with different angles and you will get totally different results depending on what direction you tilt the saw and whether you cut clockwise, or counterclockwise. I made a guide to hang by my saw to refer to, as I could never remember the different directions.
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I seriously clean up, vacuum, and return tools to their respective places every day before I quit for the day. Oily rags go into a metal can. Dust is my enemy, both from a finishing perspective, and as a health issue.
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Well, I guess you’ll have time to work on some designs. Hope your recovery goes well!
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It wouldn’t have cost me much more for the building itself to go 16x24, but the transport fees would’ve been dramatically more due to highway permitting. When you get over 12’ wide you have to pay for an oversized load and for escorts. I would just build it myself if I went over 12.’ Also, I built/dug the gravel pad myself to save money. Concrete would have cost me a lot more, not to mention that the city considers it being on gravel as being a temporary structure, so it doesn’t get taxed on my property taxes. Sheds Unlimited in Lancaster, PA did a great job and they did it delivered for less than $500 more than it would’ve cost me to build it myself.
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I got that stool for next to nothing in an antique shop in Frederick,MD. It was in real bad shape. I spent a few hours patching it up and it is now solid as new.
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This post will have a few pics. Hope you all won’t be too bored. I had an Amish company build and deliver the basic structure itself. I had them build it 6” taller than their standard height, with insulated doors and windows, and with closed cell insulation. It is 12’ x 24’ and a 5000 BTU window AC keeps it plenty comfortable in summer and a 110v oil radiator keeps it warm in winter. The interior was just the exposed spray foam and I covered the walls with OSB plywood and the ceiling with Luan plywood. I trimmed it out with whatever 1x4’s I had had around and ripped them down to 1x3 and used the cuts to trim corners. I call my trim work “tree house” carpentry, but I wanted a rustic look. All of my tool racks and cabinets are hanging on French cleats to allow for modular changes with the exception of the peg boards , which will ultimately be replaced. One regret? I wish I had made it bigger. Thanks for looking.
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Fun stuff, Kevin. I don’t know how far I would have gotten in the scrolling world without Steve Good.
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I decided to make one of Alex Fox’s baskets with a Kokopelli inlay. The basket itself is Baltic Birch, the inlay is from a scrap piece of lacewood. I think it really makes this basket more interesting.
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I buy B/BB grade Baltic Birch ply in 5x5 sheets at a local Exotic Lumber store. They stock virtually all thicknesses. 1/4” 5’x5’ runs $30 a sheet. Baltic Birch has more layers than the cheap Birch sold at the box stores.
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Bee on Honeycomb ...my final Fiona Kingdon pattern
Old Joe replied to Scrolling Steve's topic in Bragging Rights
Fiona is amazing. She sees a knot in a board, and just starts scrolling, next thing you know there is a fish being pulled out a pond by an osprey. No pattern, she “sees” things differently than most of us and draws with her saw blade. Nice job on the Honey Bee!
