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  1. Charlie E
    Time very well spent! I so love my grandkids.
  2. Charlie E
    This is my favorite pattern that I've made. I made it and cut it a little over three years ago but I gave the cutting to the car salesman who sold me my truck last year. Unlike most times, I've regretted giving it away ever since. I've left his place on the wall vacant for a year. I finally got around to cutting it again but this time I went ahead and put my son's name on the back so I won't be tempted to give it away again. About 8" X 10" in 1/2" red oak.
  3. Charlie E
    Thanks for the kind words, Dick.
  4. Charlie E
    Thank you so much. Artistic compliments mean a lot coming from you.
  5. Charlie E
    Thank you. The lyrics would have stood on their own as great poetry. Gordon was a great songwriter.
  6. Charlie E
    Thanks. Me too!
  7. Charlie E
    It's been quite a while. So many things have kept me out of the shop. I finally got some time to play around a bit. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 50 years ago this November claiming the lives of all 29 crew members. The lyric I put on this cutting may be my favorite of all time. The song says that the bell at the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral in Detroit rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald. The day after Gordon Lightfoot died, it rang 30. The cutting is done on 1/2 red oak and is about 7" x 7". The backer is some old pine that I burnt with a torch. It came from an old cabinet in a house that used to belong to my mom. We are remodeling the house for my daughter, which is mostly what is keeping me out of the shop.
  8. Charlie E
    Thank you so much. I cut this in 1/2 red oak. I agree, that would make a perfect gift for a nursing home resident. If you're having trouble he pattern let me know. I'm sure Botas wouldn't mind me sharing it for that purpose. It was free when I got it.
  9. Charlie E
    I like it! And totally agree it’s a good, forgiving project for beginners. I heard a comedian say, “I believe Bigfoot is blurry. It’s not the photographers fault.”
  10. Charlie E
    It’s been a dry week but the same band that’s hitting them will make it to us in the AM.
  11. Charlie E
    Beautiful job! I’ve never been in an Irish pub but it looks like it would be right at home in one.
  12. Charlie E
    Paul got it right. Just a little joke about Willie and marijuana.
  13. Charlie E
    It’s probably my favorite font to cut. Scroll Calligraphy. Unfortunately my OCD tendencies got the best of me and I couldn’t get used to the change in the clock after all these years of looking at it. I moved the quote to the wall next to my bedroom door so I’ll see it every morning.
  14. Charlie E
    Cool name. Now I wish we did. Much cooler than truck. You said you didn’t understand it. If you mean don’t understand what it is, some people here put something decorative in their receiver hitch, which is where you would put your trailer hitch if you had one. It serves no purpose.
  15. Charlie E
    I “decided” to add some Tolkien to my favorite clock today. “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
  16. Charlie E
    Thank you, Marg. I’m thinking of adding some flowers to the white border sides, and You belong among-The wild flowers, to the top and bottom.
  17. Charlie E
    Thank you. I love my Tacoma. I had another one and traded up to get the blind spot monitors and lane keep assist which I love on the interstate. Now I’m happy and hope to drive it till it dies.
  18. Charlie E
    Only drawback is, in Alabama, its legally probable cause to search my truck.
  19. Charlie E
    Fill it up with Hershey's Kisses and it will be perfect! I've got lot's of stuff for the Not Bragging Rights category!
  20. Charlie E
    Click on lines and look for different adjustments.
  21. Charlie E
    I had more fun playing with the program than the cutting. I stack cut three and only the top one was usable. I used some 1/4” oak plywood that I had on hand which was not a good choice. The grain ruined the shadow effects of the cut lines so I had to put several coats of paint to hide the grain. It was a learning opportunity, just not sure I want to do it again to use what I learned.
  22. Charlie E
    Thanks. Not something I want to do again. Very tedious work with a so-so outcome. But I think she'll like it hanging in her room. Her 8th birthday is in a couple of weeks.
  23. Charlie E
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  24. Charlie E
    Add me to the ones who want to do that some day. Beautiful job!
  25. Charlie E
    Very unique and well done!
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