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Decided that I had too many projects sitting around, taped up and pilot holes drilled, waiting for a blade, and I'd keep putting another cool project on top of the stack to work on next. They were doing nothing but catching dust, so I put all the other projects on hold and started cutting these. Two are Sam Custodio patterns (the round 2nd Amendment and the round trivet/optical illusion), the word-within-word is one of mine. Found some fragile spots (center of the "P" and "R", and the "o" in storms) while sanding. The "o" glued back okay, but the "R" didn't want to glue straight no matter what I did. 3/4" whiteboard on all three patterns, really soft wood so it wasn't really a surprise to have a couple of breaks. Just be careful while sanding, or use harder wood. Or both. #3 and #5 Pegas MG blades. Not a bad way to spend a weekend.
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Nice! Those were also the reason behind all the little "porg" (or however its spelled) birds on Luke Skywalker's island in The Force Awakens....those things were everywhere on the island, and instead of editing them out of the film, they found it easier to "convert" the puffin's into those alien bird guys.
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Gorgeous!! Mind if I ask, where you found the pattern? Or if you can post it?
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Yep, can't recall the name of it, but I found it scrolling through the Nature section of the Pattern Library. Lemme rummage through there, see if I can find it again... Edit: Found it. "Flaming Eagle" by Wild Bill, way back on page 14 of the "Animals" section.
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Yep, found that out myself! I started looking at the interior cuts and realized there weren't all that many....20 or so? The exterior, though....now, that part was FUN! Great cornering practice.
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3/8 ply, I believe (dragged it out of the scrap bin). The frame is 10x12, I believe, and made from the scrap pieces that come between layers of wood at Lowes, they toss 'em in a dumpster and let me rummage. I like the knotty, beat-up, rustic look of that wood, but its pretty green (literally, its greenish in color) so each piece goes through several sanding cycles from 80grit up to 320grit to get it smoothed up a bit and take the surface layer of crud off. Still ends up with a light greenish tint, but it takes a stain really well, and for the price, I can't complain.
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This one was fairly quick, although after I drilled all the pilot holes, I realized how MUCH of that pattern is "exterior" line. It took me about as long to cut around the outside as it did to cut all the inside cuts...and the head is about the only place with a relatively straight line in the pattern!
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Cut this one over the weekend. Not sure where I found it, its been sitting on my "to-do" pile, taped and glued and drilled, for quite some time. I'm telling myself I'm gonna work through that pile before I cut anything new. I hope. LOL
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The top glass would get my vote. Kinda bubbly, puts me in mind of the way light plays off waves/ripples on the surface of water and shines below.
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That phrase, "if looks could kill".....yeah. Gluestick wasn't the problem. Applying the glue wasn't the problem. Watching the pattern peel up and start flapping around like a politician in a compromising situation.....yeah. I may have used some of my golf-words.
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I started off with a Dremel 57-2. The on-switch was on the side, behind the sander attachment and motor. So I had to reach under the project, around a shaft sticking out of the base (which would spin when powered on), and around the motor. Great little saw, otherwise, for how old it was and what its capabilities were. I learned a LOT about scrolling with that lil' guy (still have it, too!). -
Well....cuts down on the available time to engage in such, anyway.
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Did another one. Tried gluing up the sides separately this time, instead of creasing down the middle and folding it over the edge of the wood. On the plus side, it allowed me to center the cuts on the face so that the top and bottom edges were equal. On the ...middle? neither-good-nor-bad... side, I had to make sure the ends were lined up. On the downside, to avoid having a bunch of spray glue all over my fingers, I used one of my daughter's gluesticks....which does NOT hold worth a [[expletive]]. Stain is Minwax "Dark Walnut".
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"Ethnocentric", from dafont.com
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Agreed.
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I have one as well, get lots of comments/thumbs-up/laughs from it when I'm out and about. Thought it would make a cool compound cut. Found another great one on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Carpenters-Shirt-Paper-Scissor-Carpentry/dp/B07PD3TV2S/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38O6XME98CWD8&dchild=1&keywords=rock+paper+scissors+table+saw+t-shirt&qid=1598969966&sprefix=rock+paper+scissors+table+saw+t%2Caps%2C206&sr=8-1
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Pattern is posted. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/39903-sawdust-four-patterns-two-wordart-two-compound/
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After a fairly craptacular weekend, I needed to create something that didn't fall apart or...worse. Cut most of this Sunday afternoon/evening, and finished up this afternoon after work. 2x4 ripped down to 1.5x1.5, used several #3 and #5 Pegas MG blades. Stained "Weathered Oak", but depending on how it looks once dried, I may re-stain it Provincial. Dunno what I'm going to do with it. Just needed something to go right-ish.
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Love it!!! (pun fully intended...but also, I love it)
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Makes sense. I tend to just cut for my own peace of mind, rather than with an eye to selling a project. Once I had glued the pattern down and drilled the pilot holes, that's when the diamond shape hit me. Yeah, I'm slow sometimes. LOL So that just means that I may need to cut another one...
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Just finished this up. Been a long week or so, had a business trip (office move in Louisiana, a 6-hour drive each way with a two-night stay in what used to be a decent hotel chain) and a couple of other projects pop up in the middle. Lots of little cuts, lots of angles, so I went through about four or five Pegas #1MG blades. The pattern is by Seyit, I found it in the Pattern Library. Used some scrap 1/2" ply I had on hand at the time. Not planning on framing this one (the scrap I had fit the pattern, but....not really enough space around all sides for a frame). I've stained it a natural stain, and will put two small eyebolts at the top and just run a piece of twine for the rustic look. If I do this pattern again, I'll be cutting the pattern so that there's enough space for the frame to be added in a diamond shape, instead of square. The pattern just seems to want the diamond. All in all, a fun cut!
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Take a look in the floor tile section at your local hardware store. They sell plastic spacers, little "X" shapes. The arms are all the same thickness, so if you want 3/8 gap, just jab a couple of those between the frame and the wood all the way around and boom, you're centered! Nicely cut!
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Read stories of many a '38 pilot who made it to the cantina that night simply because they had an extra engine.
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