Frank Pellow

You can get good ones here: http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=63682&cat=2,42194,67373 I can claim they are good because I have them. The ones you purchase at a "dollar" store are junk.

Great Tip! I'm going to go and make myself some right now.

Well Done, both of you! My grandson Ethan, has been doing woodworking with me since he was two (he is now 15) and that is very rewarding for both of us.

This particular (copycat) Styx group does.

This is another of Steve Good's "stickman" series of patterns. As you should know by now, both my wife and I like these A LOT and I am making many of the sets. This will be the first set that we keep ourselves. Here is a photo: I made a couple changes to Steve's pattern: I changed the sex of the group's singer I inserted the group's name onto the drums Also, unlike Steve, I painted the figures.

Thanks for the explanation of why sanding mops can be of use. The piece you show in illustration is certainly not my thing but it does serve well in this explanatory role.

I don't care. I will stick with Mike's Workshop.

Susan, I think that you are referring to me and I'm glad that my feedback was of use to you. Cheers, Frank Pellow

Yes, speaking from Canada, that's where I get mine. And, I should add that Mike's Workshop service is great!

I glued the rised squares the board using Gorilla Clear Grip glue. This worked very well even though one of the surfaces was painted, even though I only applied glue to one of the surfaces to be joined, and even though I did not apply much pressure. A test is that I can lift the whole board holding onto only one of the squares. Here is a photo taken when I was starting to apply the squares and making certain that they were square to the underlying board: Here is a phot taken when the board was half assembled: e The above photo also shows the six pieces that I have completed so far. The reaminder are all cut but not yet assembled or painted.

Susan that's excellent! Below are a few observations and comments. They are in no particular order, just as they occur to me. - I found only three videos, not 4. - The sound level is quite inconsistent. - I like the fact that you showed how this hobby can be done using a really cheap saw - I've lived and worked in the USA, in the United Kingdom, and in Canada, and in none of those places was 8 foot by 4 foot Baltic birch plywood common. It almost always came in 5 foot by five foot sheets. - Your first project is very good for a beginner. - You are giving lots of good practical advice. For instance using two hands and how to cut a straight line. - You show the guard at the very start and mention that people will usually dispense with it once they gain experience. When you start the actual cutting without the guard in the next video, I think it would be good to mention the guard again. - Near the start of the second video, I noticed the text Peginner on the screen Please let us know when there are more videos to review. NEXT DAY ADDITION: I found the fourth video and I notice that, already, the quality of both the picture and the sound is improving. You have provided very good and practical advice on staining the work.

I never even heard of sanding mops until I noticed this thread. I'm not sure whether or not I would have a use for one, so now I'm off to do some research. I can tell you that I'm pretty sure that if I decide that one would be of use to me, I won't spend my time making one -I will buy it.

I did not prime before using the spray paint on the raised squares. I guess that it turns out that that spray paint was the primer for the Tremclad brush-applied paint. And, I thank you for the tip. So far, I have only painted two of the chess pieces. I will apply a primer coat before spray-painting the rest of then.

This is taking longer than I expected it to. It's not so much the scrolling, rather it's everything else. I decided yesterday that the 64 rising chess board squares that I had spray painted were not good enough. The reason for this was that the spray painted top surfaces were of inconsistent quality. So, today, I sanded them then painted them by hand. Here is a photo: By the way, in the left background are two spray panted pawns (one green, one black). They seem to be OK which is just as well because I don't fancy hand painting all the chess pieces.

I've now sanded then spray painted about half of the raised squares for the board. The attached photo shows how they will be assembled.

A perfect solution to the problem!

Welcome Sherry! I was not here when you moved away. I have many hobbies and other interests and responsibilities and, frequently, take a break from some of them (even the responsibilities). For instance, I did a lot of stained glass work, but the last piece I made was 18 months ago. I may or may not ever get back to that hobby.

I have thrown away a few scroll saw projects and have repaired many more with glue. Most often, after I discard something, I start the same project over again (and with better knowledge) but sometimes I abandon it altogether. In the above photo, I am cutting the outside of the side of the box and things are going well. This is the back side of the box shown after I attempted to cut the inside of the side. It wandered because I could not get the blade tight enough. That was because my fingers would not fit properly into the space above the material and the upper blade clamp. Attached are two photos of maple leaf shapes box that I was making a couple of weeks ago and gave up on: In the above photo, I am cutting the outside of the side of the box and things are going well. This is the back side of the box shown after I attempted to cut the inside of the side. It wandered because I could not get the blade tight enough. That was because my fingers would not fit properly into the space above the material and the upper blade clamp.

OK, I have made a start on this. As much as I like the chess pieces, what I find really unique about this is the "rising" chess board, Therefore, that is where I started. I did not use my scroll saw for this. Rather, I cut 64 squares of 6mm thick Baltic birch plywood on my table saw and I cut 16 pieces each of 1/2 inch high dowels, 3/4 inch high dowels, 1 inch high dowels and 1.25 inch high dowels using one of my bandsaws. Here is a photo of the bandsaw part way through this task: Next, I had to glue the squares to the dowels. That's a lot of sanding, gluing, and clamping:

Clever! And, I very much like the video.

Yes Marg, I saw it but, since I have never seen Dancing With Stars, it is not something that I can easily relate to and I won't be using that pattern. I've now made both Baseball and Dog Walking. My next two will be the Chess Set and the Rock Band.

This is the second Steve Good Stick(wo)man project that I have tackled. It will not be the last. Both my wife and I find them really appealing. I made a change to Steve's pattern for one of the dogs. Steve had the fire hydrant but did not have a dog taking advantage of it. Our daughter Kristel walks dogs every day and I am sure that her dogs are tempted by both cats and hyrdants. She will be getting this as a joke birthday present later this month. Everything is cut out of Baltic birch plywood the stained using Samen stains.

I also have the Rigid spindle/belt sander and I highly recommend it.

Good! That worked. I have made a few changes in the 10 years since the time of the shop tour that I included in the previous post. The major changes are listed below: (1) When I started doing a LOT more scroll sawing about 2.5 years ago, I moved the my scroll saw out of the shed and down to the area of our basement where my tools used to reside: (2) In 2012, I replaced the Delta Planer and the Delta Jointer with a Hammer A3 Combo Jointer/Planer. This was a tremendous improvement! Not only did I save space but the machine is a dream to use. In use as a jointer: In use as a planer: Changeover (takes about a minute): (3) Last year, I replaced my router table with a Hammer F3 Shaper. The shaper weighs about 800 pounds, so it was quite a task get the shaper around the house, through the garden, and up a ramp into my woodworking shed. I'm happy the say that I can always call upon good friends and good neighbours to help me with tasks like this. He are a couple of photos of the move: (4) About a year and a half ago, I added an overhead guard and dust control to my General 650 table saw: (5) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (6) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm going to attempt to post a PDF file that contains a tour of my woodworking shed that I made about ten years ago. If that works, I will then post some new photos showing the changes that I have made. I designed and built the stand-alone building myself and it was my first retirement project. Tour of Frank's Woodworking Shed - November 2008.pdf To encourage you to take the tour, I'm displaying five photos from that tour below: Tour of Frank's Woodworking Shed - November 2008.pdf