RabidAlien

Awesome!!! I'm no expert or anything, but the time or two I've been forced to make cuts from a photo (no plans available), I'll print them out however large I need them, then go over with a Sharpie where I want the cuts to actually be so I'm not guessing which fuzzy, pixelated grey line I'm supposed to actually be cutting on.

Sorry to hear about your loss. That is a beautiful tribute, though!

Nice layout, Munzieb!!! I have two of those 4' LED light fixtures, one with warm and one with cold LED bulbs. I think for a workspace environment, I like the colder light better. Seems to give sharper contrasts. Either way, the instant-on of the LED makes the price well worth it over the conventional florescent bulbs.

AWESOME!!!

"Cracked", or "quacked"? ::ducks and runs:: Awesome mallard, too!!!

Not fancy or anything, its half of the garage (the other half has become our pantry/storeroom). But its mine, and its where I turn perfectly good pieces of lumber into sawdust, mis-cuts, and foul language. My half of the garage: Needed some extra space, so I slapped together some extra shelving from some recycled pallets. Hard to see from this pic, but there's a Y2K Jack-n-the-Box antenna ball on the end of the radio antenna. Jack's been with me through a lot, so he stays, despite what my wife says. Need to clean up the scraps there at the end of the bench. Fan is set up to blow dust off the scrollwork, I moved the scroll saw out of the way but didn't put up the fan. No biggie, I'm about to go start some sawdust again tonight. Anyone need some weathered fence slats?

Awesome!!!! Where do you get your patterns, might I ask? (sorry if someone already asked and this has been addressed on another page...I haven't finished scrolling (har) through all the comments yet)

LOL Awesome!!

Thanks, Bob! I hope to save up my allowance and get a better scrollsaw that'll allow smaller, tighter holes (and circular blades!) at some point.

Okay, now THAT is AWESOME!!!!

I'm always "challenged". Unfortunately, my scrollsaw is older and only takes the 3" pin-type blades. One day I'll get to try spirals!

Awesome!!

Kirk here, 44 long years old, and am firmly convinced that Stitch is the greatest thing Disney ever created (new StarWars movies included...and I'm a big sci-fi fan!). I mean, c'mon, who doesn't love a psychotic little six-limbed alien? So....RabidAlien emerged. Kinda as a nifty way for my introverted butt to hide while my chatty fingers keep typing. If we ever met in person, I'd be the one hiding in the back of the room, reading a book or looking really uncomfortable and trying to find an exit. Jack of all trades, master of absolutely nothing.

"Layered". Knew it had to be something simple and logical like that. LOL Thanks y'all!

Thanks everyone!

Thanks, Blaughn! And a quick ::salute:: from a Navy submarine guy!

Thanks y'all! I know there's a couple of spots under the "S"'s in "Kiss" that are missing, but I've got an older scroll saw that takes pin-type blades. I'm using a trick where I pop out the pin on the top of the blade and use a section from a paperclip to hold it in place (the hint I borrowed it from used a safety pin, but I had a paperclip handy, so...), which allows me to drill a size or two smaller hole (plus, an older, broken blade has been saved and will be utilized for drilling the smallest holes I have a bit for and then widening out a channel to thread a blade through...or so my theory goes...). But so far I don't have the ability to make that small a cut without the pilot hole obliterating the space and mooching into what's supposed to remain as wood. I've tried it before, and it doesn't look good. Heh...my list is pretty much his website and all of "tribal tattoo" search results on Pinterest.

No problem! I don't have a lot of spare cash lying around right now just screaming for me to go out and buy all the files and chisels and new hardware I'd like to have, so I have to come up with innovative ideas...although I did find that one on the Interwebs somewhere, so I can't really take credit for it. But hey, it works! Hadn't thought of that! I did pick up a guillotine-style paper-cutter a while back, wonder if I could use that to split them?

This weekend was full of honey-doos, most of which involved sitting around my wife's recently-deceased aunt's house waiting for people to show up to buy furniture, then helping dismantle said furniture and try to maneuver it out of doorways that were not designed to have anything bigger than a doll's furniture pass through them. I swear we violated several laws of physics trying to get the sofa out, so my sincerest apologies if I inadvertently unleashed any Elder Beings upon this earth. Unless they hit DC first. Still, between that, cleaning up branches from a downed tree in the back yard, and various other chores, I managed to get in a couple of hours' worth of turning lumber into sawdust. Decided to do a quick Steve Good pattern (www.scrollsawworkship.blogspot.com), and used BLO for the first time (man...they're SERIOUS about keeping those cans closed in the stores! Had to break out some adjustable pliers to get the thing off the first time). Not the most intricate pattern, but one that I can sit back and smile and be glad I did. Its only been drying about an hour, so still have 23 to go before I can call it done, but I'm pleasantly happy with how its turning out. Subtle, enhancing the colors of the wood, instead of staining them a completely different shade. If all goes well, I may have found my new go-to finish.

New, I found an easier alternative to home-made strips with Popsicle sticks. Next time you're in Walmart or Target, swing by the makeup section. I picked up a bag of 15-20 nail files for $2. They have two different grits, one on each side of each board. The boards are cardboard-ish, so they're not going to stand up to a lot of pressure, but they're good enough to take the fuzz off the bottom of a project. And at $2-for-20, if one breaks, they're cheap enough that my frugal butt isn't worried about tossing them.

"Simple", says he. FRIGGIN AWESOME, says I!

Thanks, Kevin! Not sure about the "born natural" part, my parents swore I was hatched. I'm more of a "jack of all trades, master of none" kinda guy. Scrollin' sure is fun, though!

Is it just me, or did anyone else watch that video and about halfway through think "man....I could cut each gear 12" diameter and make a HUGE one! Hmm...how to make a frame for it...." No? Just me? Still epic! I love gear-work, and may have to give this a shot.

Ouch. Any idea how painful it is when your jaw unhinges and hits the edge of your desk? Thankfully I managed to grab it before it made it all the way to the floor and one of the dogs licked it. THIS IS AWESOME!!!! I know I don't have drill bits or blades or Dremel attachments small enough to do all of those little hashmarks, I would've just written that off as "solid" area and cut the outer circle around that. Now that my jaw's attached....I love the idea of using the coloring book as a template. I still shake my head at the thought of "adult coloring books" (remembering them as a kid, they were all cartoon-related back then), but to find an actual use for them...that's brilliant!

Always been a fan of old maps, and they ALWAYS have the coolest compass drawn on them. This is awesome! Reminds me of something a cartographer in the 1700's would've drawn in.