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  1. Old Joe
    I haven’t quite finished this portrait of Gollum from the Lord Of The Rings,(a Charles Dearing pattern). My backboard has a huge knot in it and I sanded the black off to try to make it look like a pool of water to go with his fish. I haven’t glued it up yet, as I can’t decide whether to leave the knot as is, or black it out. Opinions?
  2. Old Joe
    Both are fantastic! Hat’s off to you.
  3. Old Joe
    Merry Christmas, Scrollers! My cat loving wife loved this one.
  4. Old Joe
    You did a nice job on this. I did it a couple of months ago using Zebrawood and Padauk, but I had to do it twice as when I first stack cut them I used too small of a blade and it flexed a little resulting in an imperfect fit and I didn’t have the patience for the required sanding to make it work.. The second time I cut them individually and they fit perfectly. Again, nice job.
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    Amazon’s prices have been crazy lately. A little over a month ago I paid $6.49 for a jar of the glitter snow. Today it is $9.25.
  6. Old Joe
    I bought Aileen’s Glitter Snow Paint from Amazon. Also, another snow by Aileen’s, Pure Snow, I think. It comes in jars that don’t go too far, and the glitter is very understated.
  7. Old Joe
    This is in answer to Frank’s question as to why I often make my scrollings smaller. Two reasons. First, I like the challenge of making them smaller without making it look muddled. Secondly, I find the portrait types that I do sell easier. I once did two almost identical portraits of Tom Petty except one was 25% smaller than the other one and the smaller one sold for 50 bucks more than the larger one. Smaller portraits don’t overwhelm a room, making them work better for some people.
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    Xmas Tree

    Old Joe replied to Foxfold's topic in Bragging Rights

    Nice cutting! I’d just use Danish Oil on it.
  10. Old Joe
    Cute.
  11. Old Joe
    I made this two layer pattern from Sue Mey for a Golden Retriever loving friend. As I often do with other people’s patterns,I shrunk it down to 60% of the original size. Stack cut front and back panels, painted the back black, then I painted the front using glitter snow paint for the white parts. I used Pegas 2/0 spirals, except for the perimeter for which I used #1 spirals. Overall height is about the same as a 12 ounce beer can. Hope you all like it.
  12. Old Joe
    I’ve tried the speaker enhancement box. Now I doubt that I ever will. I cut 3 of the skulls last year. On two of them I cut the spider on a very slight forward relief cut and they gave it the appearance of them being on the surface of the forehead.
  13. Old Joe
    I made this for my wife. Everybody comes with baggage, she came with cats and for 44 years she has pretty much always had two cats. Steve Good pattern. Made with 1/4” African Padauk and Zebrawood and a Baltic Birch backboard painted black. I tried to stack cut them first, but I used too small of a blade and it flexed just enough to not give a mirror image. It wouldn’t be worth the amount of sanding to save it, so I cut them individually with a Pegas MG#3 and it was a piece of cake. I applied several coats of semi-gloss lacquer.BTW, my wife loved it.
  14. Old Joe
    I bought my Pegas saw from Denny and now he gets most of my business for blades and other equipment, but I do have one thing I should make everyone aware of. I think he got the LED magnifier lamp he sent from the toilet seat row in the plumbing department at Home Depot. See pictures below.
  15. Old Joe
    A couple years ago I cut this Fiona pattern out of a piece of 1” Red Oak. I cut a relief cut allowing the cutting to recess forward in the outer ring. Then I cut the round piece of glass to fit inside the outer ring. If you look closely, you can see both Oak rings. And in my opinion, there are many talented scrollers, and then there is Fiona Kingdon. She is on another level that’s all her own. She uses no patterns. She makes things from what the individual piece of wood gives her and draws her works with her blades.
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    Tough Day

    Old Joe replied to Old Joe's topic in Bragging Rights

    I have learned to get along with them to a point that I depend on them too much sometimes. I wish they made even smaller ones. I bought a kit of circuit board diameter bits and open the holes as needed from the back side. Of course I do occasionally bend a blade and then sometimes they break when I clamp them in too tight.
  17. Old Joe
    Cool pattern! I would (carefully) use a a 2/0 spiral blade for the dots.
  18. Old Joe

    Tough Day

    Old Joe replied to Old Joe's topic in Bragging Rights

    Thanks, Brenda. I enjoy the challenge of cutting intricate patterns as small as I can without ending up with a muddled mess. It’s getting harder, mainly due to developing cataracts.
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    Grizzly

    Old Joe replied to New Guy's topic in Bragging Rights

    Very cool! Nice cutting and a great pattern.
  20. Old Joe
    I just finished this Mike Williams pattern. I like to cut portraits pretty small and I cut this one 9x6 inches. It made for some pretty intense scrolling, all done with Pegas 2/0 spiral blades on my Pegas saw. I hope you enjoy it. I haven’t posted on here in a while, though I scroll almost everyday. I was deeply saddened to see the news about the passing of Les. This community lost a very encouraging contributor.
  21. Old Joe
    Innovative!
  22. Old Joe
    Thanks, I really have grown almost dependent on spirals these days. Also, I stop and sand the back with 400 grit paper on a palm sander after every 20-30 cuts. I find it an easier way to deal with spiral fuzzies.
  23. Old Joe
    This was 1/4 BB with a couple of coats of Natural Danish Oil, mounted on 3/4” thick pine board stained black, with a keyhole hanger slot routed on the back. Except for the larger black area towards the top, all of the cuts were done with Pegas 0 and 2/0 spiral blades.
  24. Old Joe
    Oh, my. I am so sorry that happened to you. I have found myself getting cockier with my table saw at times lately, and beating myself up for doing so. I think I’ll put my guard back on, both figuratively and literally on after seeing this. Hope you heal cleanly.
  25. Old Joe
    This is the 2nd Merle Haggard cutting I’ve done. I like this better than the 1st one. I’m feeling haggard, too.
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