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  1. John B
    The size of the cat rocker is 150 x 150mm (Aprox 6" x 6") The hippos are slightly bigger being 160 x 160mm. All are within those sizes. The apple and worm is 175 x 135mm and the Motor bikes are 230 x 100mm. they all are 28mm thick. Hope this helps
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    Neat, especially considering it's your own take on a design.
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    Gooooooooooooooood Morniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing Vietnam! Nice cuttings Charlie and no mistaking who they are off.
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    Thanks Charlie The secret Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh is a chewed twig, but dry the chewed end before using When we had rental house, many years ago, I did my annual inspection and the tenants had painted the lounge-room walls. I'm sure they used a straw broom. They also used it to fly around looking for new accommodation
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    Looking good Kevin
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    JU-52

    John B replied to munzieb's topic in Bragging Rights

    Good job. I bet the concentration was intense when cutting all those straight lines.
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    If that isn't a labour of love, I don't know what is Dick. Super
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    G'day Bruce, I do the exact same as @Rolf. Before I cut the pieces, I run either a 3mm (1/8") or a 6mm (1/4") round over around the outside edges on my router table. I then cut the puzzle into pieces and use a 180g Mac Mop on a drill press to relieve all of the edges. I then re-assemble the puzzle and give the faces a sand with a ROS using 240g followed by 360g paper. My router table is home made. One thing to be cautious of, is as I use pine, the router bits must be sharp and you have to get your speed of moving the piece correct to reduce tear out on back grain. This can be taken care of with the Mac Mop. Thanks @Rolf
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    That's the other-siders mate, Those that live in that largely unexplored region, East of the WA border.
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    Typical me, a day late, I hope you had a great 4th in the US.
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    Must be something to do with John's I had never heard of it either, But.............................. then again it could be because we don't have snow
  12. John B
    Thanks heaps Marg, I think that some of my standard ones are. The Whale, Elephants, Chook and Duck. Some I have made from a simple colouring book pic and others I have found on the net (motor Bike and Worm). The Rockers are all patterns supplied by Barb.
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    Thanks heaps, Barb, Rod and Brenda. I usually paint the colours by hand, however, I decided to give my airbrush a shot this time, but it was not as successful as I had hoped. I did the red and some black with it. I reverted to the good old brush. I use normal household water based acrylics in either a flat or satin, then cover with clear gloss lacquer, cutting back with 320g paper between coats. The same is done with the most colour, 2 coats and cut back between. I have 90% of my colours in 1 litre, some in 4 litre tins as I used to make hundreds of toys. Now I find that if I want a new colour I will get a sample pot.
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    Thanks Rolf, I appreciate it mate. These are for sale. My Daughter set up a facebook page where she posts pic of my stuff and I make a few sales, only to locals so there is no postage involved. The majority I sell at local markets, every couple of months or so.
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    The 1st 8 pics are new ones. I have made for the 1st time. I posted a movie of some of the rockers. The hearts are glued in, as I feel they are a little small for nippers. Also a pic of them all together, shrink wrapped and ready to go. All cut from radiata pine 25 - 30mm thick. 2 coats of clear gloss lacquer. Used Olson PG#7 for cutting exterior and PG#5 for inside cuts. Veining with FD#3 Spiral Also tried Olson Mach#7 They cut like a hot knife through butter, but do not leave as smooth a finish as the others.
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    China Rose

    John B replied to FrankEV's topic in Bragging Rights

    this one is an absolute pearler Frank. The scrolling, colours, back ground and frame all came together on this.
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    Absolutely beautiful. Just tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many holes for me.
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    Celtic Cross

    John B replied to Hawk's topic in Bragging Rights

    Sweet
  19. John B
    A beaut twist on the gnomes. I don't follow footy here but I do love your "little People"
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    I agree, That turned out really nice. Something to be proud of.
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    Took me a bit of searching to find out what "Mineral Sprits" is in Oz language. I believe it is called "White Spirits" here. It is used mainly for dry cleaning and recommended for removing stickers or scroll saw Patterns . it is one chemical I don't have in the shed, May have to get some to make the collection complete
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    Thanks. Radiata Pine.
  23. John B
    That's really neat Danny. The wooden Teddy Bear has quite a few mate https://woodenteddybear.com/search?page=1&q=tribal*&type=product
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    Thanks Dan. I find that a little colour helps heaps in sales, especially with toys. I rather enjoy painting them too, so that doesn't hurt
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    Thanks Barb, Actually thanks to you for the Patterns I use Googly eyes/wobble eyes/joggle eyes etc. These ones are 12mm. I use a forstner bit to drill a hole about 2mm deep@ 12mm and then super glue the eyes in. I have a selection of colours and sizes https://www.amazon.com/Decora-Eyelash-Self-adhesive-Scrapbooking-Accessories/dp/B00YG7XZNM?th=1
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