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I suspect that the bark holds better when the wood is cut in winter when the sap is flowing the least. There is less moisture in the wood to begin with. I cut the maple during a cold spell in Late December or January. I noticed that when the same maple is cut in May, after months of drying, the bark has begun to pull away from the wood. I have been cutting my slices on the table saw, but it is hard to get uniform thicknesses and not have the piece scored up between the fence and the blade. So I have been cutting without the fence. Using a new 80 tooth carbide blade, the slices are pretty smooth. But I can only slice up to about 3.75 inch pieces on my ten inch table saw. I looked into a miter saw, but can't cut slices as large on the 10 inch miter saw as I can on the 10 inch table saw. The slices can be made into ornaments. We let kids decorate them with rubber stamps and markers. Some we scroll saw, some get pictures with a wood burning pencil, etc. Then we use a rustic twine like jute to attach a loop for hanging. the ornament. My Lion's club started selling the slices last December and sold several dozen blanks during a 3 hour wreath sale. This year the sale is expanded and we already have inquiries from people who want to buy them by the dozen. I have about 200 cut so far, about 3/16 inch thick. We also sold about 40 larger slices. around 9 inches in diameter and 3/4 inch thick. Just rough cut with the chain saw. Not sure what folks do with them. As for the smaller slices, we will also be offerring them as coasters, Thanks for the idea.

Round these pasts it is Osage orange or monkey balls. Heard it called hedge apple but never bodoc.

Btw, what's bodoc

I found that harvesting maple branches for "tree slices" holds Tha bark pretty well if cut in dead of winter and allowed to dry for six months in the barn. Then at least six months later, I cut the slices. I don't get those nasty splits either.

looks like you spilled puffed rice on the floor,,,,,, a while ago.

For what she sells, the camper takes up too much space. Nice having the shelter, especially if it has sides as shelter from cold breezes. I have seen umbrella pop up shelters that would be easier to store and set up shop. I set up at historical reenactments for years. Selling items for reenactors meant using as much space as possible with out any clutter look. Some items need to be highlighted. A back round that contests and makes her carvings stand out would be better.

I just tried cutting out a puzzle and I thought perhaps my blade was too fine. Very slow going, but a nice smooth cut. Using an Olson 9. I was cutting 5/8 inch Elm. Maybe my wood is too thick.

It is a first rate job. I think sometimes the backround or style obscures the letters. I have seen several very complicated pieces that I must stare at for more \Han a few seconds before I see the letters or picture. I do like it very much. VIEL DANK for posting it.

Just curious. I am the type that must study things a dozen times before actually attempting it. Some wooden kiddie puzzles that I see on line look as if the corners were rounded off by running them past an round over cutter on a router table. I have cut a dozen or so half inch pieces of elm, oak and cherry to use for stock. Rounding the edges slightly with a 3/16 or 5/32 ogee would seem to be a nice smooth edge for tots.

I collected some old magazines and catalogs from the 1870s to 1890's. I believe anything that old, pictures, fonts, etc is fair game if I copy it myself for use. Trademarked Names, insignias etc may be a different matter. Trademarks are protected separately from copyright. So if I copy a 1874 ad for a product from a defunct company , it is different from copying an 1874 ad from an existing company for instance Remington.

My wood lathe is mounted on a heavy duty one ton dolly and rolls around slick as can be.

Is it difficult to cut antler and or bone on a scroll saw and does one type blade work better than others? I was given some spatulated (flat) parts of some caribou and fallow deer antlers and I can cut perfect circles with a wet diamond coated hole saw. When buffed out it shines like ivory. I can cut the circle in two along the porous central pith and get two nice round pieces to work with. Then I can cut a design in the antler as an earing or broach, etc.

Only ebay problem, if you can call it that was a delayed shipment by a seller. The seller's sister notified me that the seller was in a car accident and that shipments might be delayed a bit. Turned into two weeks and seller sent me a note asking if I wanted a refund or the goods adding that she would refund shipping fees. Told her to keep it.

I can't remember the term in copyright, but there is a phenomenon in which people copy a style or significant parts of a work as sort of an unconsious effort. I am aware of two such "copying incidents with music. For instance, the Beatles' song "My Sweet Lord" turned out to be about 85% identical to a 1960's hit "He's so Fine" Also the song "You're the reason God made Oklahoma" is substanitally similar to the old standard "Rocky Top" the major change was the tempo. There have been numerous instances of such similar songs. Anybody familiar with Protestant Church hymnals knows there are dozens of hymns set to the same basic music. If we consider that there is a basic musical scale of 8 notes and about 5 choices of note lengths and rests, there is a statistically large but finite number of tunes possible. Around 1970, I had the idea of having a computer run all the possible combinations of notes and rests for about 6 measures each. Then copyright the computer run. Hence forth no one would have been able to write a song that had not already been copyrighted. I recently looked at silhouettes of snow men for an idea. There are literally thousands and dozens of them are so similar that it would be impossible to tell if they were copied. I have looked at designs for nativity scenes that are like silhouettes. The outline of a human being kneeling is really pretty uniform for men and for women. Does that mean they were copied from the human form or from another design. Map makers use subtle fictitious features on their maps to tell if someone copied their maps. One map publisher has my driveway labled as a public road named Tommy's Lane. It also shows a small pond on the neighbor's property which has never existed. (it would be at the very top of a steep hill) VHS Movies had something called copy guard to prevent pirating. Not sure what peculiar feature could be incorporated in a scroll pattern to catch copy thieves.

I am new to scrolling. My incredibly frugal PA Dutch heritage makes me cringe at the thought of paying for a pattern. But I have purchased patterns where the idea is so good that purchase is less trouble than coming up with my own design. I was blessed with a fair imagination and I can design my own simple patterns for many things. In fact, I used to cut out animal sillohuettes on a band saw completely freehand without patterns. Now they were nothing special and primarily used for targets for my kids' toy cross bow that fired suction cup darts. But once I drew the outline to scale on paper, I could cut several out easily without the bother of tracing or using a pattern. For puzzles etc, I do use patterns so everything stays more uniform.. But normally they are my own design. At this point, I am not doing anything complicated,and that is not what I am after.

Kudos on wanting to donate for charity. Some of us do, but certainly not enough of the public in general. I am not aware of how those royalty free places operate. I avoid them, except to perhaps look for some inspiration. There are folks who can copy an image, reverse it, thin a part here and expand a part there, without really changing the over all look and it becomes next to impossible to tell if it was copied from somewhere. I prefer to make my own design whenever I can. Even to the point of downloading a live picture in color and then drawing over it to establish the pattern. Now there are programs to do that for you. In practical life. THEY will probably never know, and for charity, probably won't care. If THEY complain about it, a court or jury probably won't care given the circumstances. Just to be safe, make a few minor alterations and cut the pattern. I was recently looking at silhouettes of snowmen for an idea I had. There are literally so many similar ones, I have no idea how anyone could tell if their design was copied. After seeing so many of the style I was interested in, , I simply did mine free hand. Copying the very simple general style I liked and using features from several designs. It is mine to do with as I please. . I will cut a hard pattern and the pattern, out of masonite, can be traced onto pieces of 2x6 be cut out make yard decorations .

I have had to move three times as an adult. The things misplaced in the move and not rediscovered for years is just amazing. I was cleaning out a shed last fall and found a box of tools that I forgot about completely. My lathe knives and some calipers, etc. I gave the lathe to my brother during a move in 1987. My old dunlap jig saw was given away during that same move. I found my folder of patterns half charred after my shop burned 18 months ago. I hate the urgent rush to pack and move, and then no matter how organized one tries to be, well meaning helpers scatter the boxes to the 4 corners and attic.

For many years I was into shooting flintlock rifles competitively. One thing the trafitional muzzle loading crowd is into, .. is making their own gear and accessories. They learn leatherworking to make their own moccasins, their own leather pouches, knife sheaths, etc. Wood work to the extent they may carve a stock from a plank to build a gun, metal work to finish the barrel. lock etc. Some even learn to sew to make their own uniforms and historical clothing. A few make their own tents, camp beds, tables etc. They take pride in trying to be as self sufficient in obtaining their "kit" as their forefathers. I have used a metal lathe to make musket parts, turn a barrel and fit metal pieces. My interest in wood lathes kicked up again when I wanted to make an authentic style "holtzhammer" (mallet) and "ladestuck" (loading stick) for my Boeller salute pistol. The loads were traditionally carried in wooden containers similar to the 12 apostles used by early matchlock fusiliers. So I made my wooden hammer and loading stick. I am working up to making my powder charge containers on the lathe. Boeller salute guns are used to salute the coming of Christmas and in parts of Germany are fired on Christmas eve at sunset and again at midnight. (Search you tube for Weihnachtschiessen) The traditional German Christmas decorations of the time used fretwork (scrolling) in making their traditional Schwibbogen and from the area my family came from a miniature Christmas village scene called a Putz pronounced like the English word puts in He "puts" the gun on the table. (not the Yiddish word dirty minds) Anyway, that is the wierd circle that brought me to scolling and this site.

The lathe is definitely the cheap part. Turning has changed dramatically since I did it as a side business in College in the 1970s. Carbide tools and chucks did not exist back then. nor did variable speed drives. As much as I despise the quality of some Harbor Freight tools, don't overlook their woodlathes. The small mini lathe for $125.00 is the same thing Woodcraft sold until recently for $400.00 Their next size lathe is sold by Jet and Grizzly, also for several times the HF price. I got the 12 x 35 model on the stand for $240.00 last January. Variabvle drive, etc. A good chuck will be half the cost of the lathe. and a set of carbide tools can be as much as the lathe. (I still have my lathe knives from my college days, but I have purchased many more at yard sales and auctions.) I got a name brand English 2 inch spindle gouge for $2 at a yard sale. I purchased a used HF 12 x 36 lathe on Craigslist a month ago with a chuck for $75.00 and paid the guy $5 for the set of 4 craftsman knives. The lathes can truthfully only handle stock about 8 inches in diameter, but I am not tuning porch posts or 7 ft. bed posts. Watch some of the older lathes from Delta, Craftsman etc. They may have odd spindle threads which make fitting a chuck very difficult. 3/4 x 16 and 1x8 are easy to find chucks for. I encountered a nice lathe with a 1x14 for $50.00 last winter but fitting a chuck or finding a face plate would have been impossible, The only alternative would have been to pay to have a custom part made. . Years ago, I was taught to sharpen free hand on an Arkansas oil stone, and I did that for years with good results but you need to understand the angles needed. . A system makes it easy for a beginner. I now use a wen wet stone machine I bought at a yard sale. I can set the angle and slow grind a very fine edge. There are several good YOUTUBE videos about turning and sharpening. My favorites are Rick Turns and Capt Eddy Castelain. But others are as good.

I am a Lions Club member. I have been unable to find a patteern for the Lions International emblem I can find generic lions, just not the circle with the two lion heads. I suppose I can start designing one by altering a back and white image of the emblem. Just hoped one already exists that can be shared.

With the thousands of patterns out there. I rarely find one that suits my use. I alter them and draw some freehand. Certainly not the ornate fretwork of most patterns. But fit my purposes. .

I took note that patterns seem to be generic and religious. But Darwin historically was a devout Christian who wrote in Origin of Species, that evolution was "guided by the hand of the creator." The rift between Darwin and creationists is more like the antagonism between Protestants and Catholics. Not really atheist at all. That said, scrolling patterns do seem to have a void of some "issues." A few months back, I even stumbled upon a pattern that could only be described as porn. I realize we are to avoid some subjects here and I may have stepped on the boundary. But I agrees, about @ lack of some subject patterns.

I made extra college money by turning wooden bowls on dad's lathe, using exotic wood cut offs from a furniture factory my uncle worked at. I used an old bolt head and files and grinder to make a branding iron. I burned my mark into the bottom of each piece. Fast forward 40 years and my wife and I were antiquing in Columbia Pa. Two familiar looking teak bowls caught my eye. Shop owner told me the bowls were made in a small factory in town that closed in the 1950's. Very collectible and easy to tell because of the company mark. Flipped the bowls over and there was my mark. I showed my wife, (she has two I made and marked with the same brand) we both had a good chuckle.

It amazing that nearly every bearing ever made is still available at a local bearing shop I needed front wheel bearings for a rare Italian motorcycle. The sole remaining dealer in the mid Atlantic told me it would take 6 months to have them sent from Italy. I took the bearings to a bearing shop and they measured them and fixed me up with new bearings in less than 5 minutes, AND for abut 10 percent of the dealer price.

There are several grades of steel wool. One of the finest usually available is 0000. It can clean off fine rust without scratching or damaging the main surface. Gunsmith use it to restore old guns because it cleans the metal of rust without marring the old patina. But it must be 0000 not 000 or coarser. Coaster will scratch the surface badly.