flarud
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Nice! Much more detailed than the one that I cut
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Welcome to the "Cool" side! Pun intended. I've had a/c in my shop for several years. Bought a new, bigger unit last year.. much better now. My shop is 12' x 22' but I only cool 12' x 14' of it. I have the walls and ceiling insulated half-ass and a thick clear shower curtain separating the cool side from the non-cooled side. You may laugh but it works very well. I also have an oscillating 18" fan going. I can get the cool side down to 65°! Makes it much easier to work when you are comfortable. I see the open gable vents in your shed,, do you get lots of wasps in there? On the "hot" side of my shop I installed a 4' wide corrugated metal roll up door. I'm guessing that's how wasps get in my shop. My paddle that I made to lay patterns on when I spray the backside of them with 3M77 doubles as a big wasp swatter!
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Nice! How many times did you blink while cutting it? LoL
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Wow, really cool looking!
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Thanks everyone! Now that I have several pieces completed with a spiral I may attempt a portrait of my Dad who passed away in 2013. Mahendra made me an awesome pattern of him a while back.
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He made me a lot of money in my 401K, lets see if he can make me a little more money tomorrow at a market. LOL. I stacked cut 2, 1/8" BB ply with a 2/0 FD spiral. I'm starting to feel comfortable now with spirals, took a while though! I used 1/4" BB ply as the backers. Finished size is 11" x 14". Haven't set up at a market for a couple of years. Taking some pens and key chains made on the lathe and some scrollsaw items. Also some other items that I have been making. Btw, I posted this for your enjoyment and thoughts as a scrollsaw piece, not as a political piece.
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More so in person than the pics so.
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Thanks! Gotta make a wooden saw tooth hanger for it and glue it on. The backer is too thin to screw or nail a metal saw tooth to it.
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Thank you, sir!
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Thanks Brenda! Reminds me of high school, our mascot was a Tiger and our colors were orange and black.
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I made one of these a few months back and sold it to a guy at work. I'm making items for an upcoming market and thought that I would make another one. On this one I added a little hangover on the backer board and painted it black along with the outside edge of the front piece. Front is 1/2" BB ply, backer is 1/8" BB ply. Cut entirely with a spiral, I'm starting to get the hang of the spirals I think. I'll post a pic of the 1st one I made also, you will be able to see the difference that the black "hangover" makes. Well, after posting I realize that the second one was laying on something black when I took the pic so you can't see that there isn't a black hangover on it. I was also able to save the pattern this time and added it to my door. New one First one
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My wife had one similar in her house when we were teenagers and dating. Her Dad would tell me to have her home by a certain time, we were always late.. I blamed it on the clock!
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What To Do With Saw Dust From Dust Collector, LOL
flarud replied to kmmcrafts's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I'm sure Covid has a lot to do with it for several reasons. One being the mills were closed for a while. Another being people didn't go to work and needed something to do at home,, lots of renovations, tree houses, fences, etc. were taking place using up what was available. I also read somewhere, not sure how true it was.. about 17 years ago a beetle devastated millions of trees in Canada and the affects are being felt now. I throw my sawdust over my fence,, I'll ask my neighbor what he does with it next time I see him! -
You are welcome! That grain is awesome. I also put a saw tooth hanger on the back of mine in case the customer wants to hang it on a wall.
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Looks good! I made a sign to hang outside of my shop a few years ago and also used some poly on it. It didn't last long.... this Florida sun will eat anything! I sanded it down a bit and then used some varnish and it has lasted a couple of years now.
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I've looked at that pattern many times! I love it. Right back at ya!
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I use coated picture hanging wire. Depending on the thickness and weight of the piece, I use a #8 screw with a 1" fender washer on it, screw them in part way on both sides, wrap some picture hanging wire around them, screw them in the rest of the way.
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Thanks!
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A Sue Mey pattern. I have made about 6 of these. This is one that has been hanging out in the shop for several months so I decided to finish it up yesterday. 1/2" Walnut and 1/8" BBP. Cut with a FD UR1 with Arm-r-seal from General Finish as the clear coat.
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Thank you very much Marg!
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I'm very happy with the pattern cut, but not the frames. I'll keep working on them.
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Thanks! I also put a saw tooth picture hanger on it as well. Customer can choose.
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Thanks Scrap!
