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All good Denny,, it was very early in the morning when we were on I-75 near you. We go up every year,, maybe next year we can stop by.

Nice work! My wife and I drove past Dayton on our way to Kentucky about 2 weeks ago. I mentioned to her that I wanted to stop at Art Crafters but they weren't open yet when we were passing thru.

Thanks Barb!

Thank you sir!

Thanks RJ!

I think you can buy lengths of the blower tubes,, maybe extend yours and bend it however you need it? Google Loc line.

Seems like all I am making lately are memorial items for friends and family. A good friend up in Kentucky Mom passed away recently. We had trip planned to go North with Kentucky being one of the stops. I saw barbs "Wings" plaque and thought that it would be nice for her. Made from 5/8'' Maple with 1/8" BBply for the backer. Used my go to blade FD UR1. The first pic was when it was laying out to dry, second pic was hanging on my shop wall,, pics didn't turn out well. I swear I spend more time finding the correct placement for patterns than cutting! I was trying to get the birds flying into that "light", ( the lighter spots of grain)

It's open to interpretation.

This has been happening quite often lately.. old posts coming back. I guess that means new members are doing some deep archive reading.

I can smell the burnt nails from here!

Great job! I have always liked Butternut, although I have never worked with it.

And is much easier to get out of than a traditional Adirondack style! I've made about a dozen or so. My latest version doesn't have any screws holding the arms in place. I drill holes on the bottom side of the arms and use dowels and glue.. gives it a cleaner look.

Great job! I have given up on trying to use that program to make portraits! LOL

Looks pretty nice!

Nice! I bought a small square to check my blades. It wasn't square,, the square, not the blade. I guess you get what you pay for. I'm going to take your post as an open invitation to post my own jigs! LOL I have about 4 or 5 jigs just for making my Adirondack style rocking chairs. I thought that I invented this first one, but turns out I didn't. In my head, I'm still gonna say that I invented it! I call it the Bow Jig. I use it to make the curve at the top of the back slats on the chairs. It is adjustable for different sizes of "arches". I cannot find a picture of it but I'll include a pic of the back slats. I also made my own tapering jig which is also used on the back slats. I think I have 2 other jigs just for making the chairs also.

What threw me for a minute was seeing one of Rockytime's posts,, then I checked the date.

Thanks, I may have to add a small string of LED's inside the cubby to light it up a little.

Thanks Rodney

Thank you Ma'am!

Thanks! I figured if the grandson ever got into a pickle,, he could use the "Tire Knocker" and have his Papaw right there with him to help thwart off the attacker! LOL

These are not my favorite things to post - Memorials. My Brother-In-Law passed away a couple of years ago. Some of you may remember a post I made of a little wooden truck that I put some of his ashes in to give to his adult son. (I'll include a pic of it). Well for my BIL's 19 year old grandson I made this. It is made from a limb off an Oak tree. I drilled a small hole in it and put in some ashes, plugged it up and cleared over it. The plug was intentionally placed with the grain at an angle to be able to see it better. Then the heart was placed around it. My sister wanted my to put my stamp on the "Tire Knocker" but with it being round, I could not get it to stamp good enough. So I used a scrap piece from the limb and stamp it and attached with some boot lace. I decided afterwards to make the wall holder.. not sure if he will use it or if he will place it in his Jeep. My sister wanted me to stamp my logo on the front center of the wall holder,, I didn't want to, but she's the boss. The grandson called his grand dad Papaw so Don made me a pattern. To bad that I screwed up Don's pattern! I wanted the name to be a bit rustic so I used a spiral blade instead of a flat blade thinking it would give the cut a little different look. But to me it looks like a 10 year old cut out the name.

A co-worker passed away suddenly last year on my birthday of all days. I haven't worked with him directly for at least 15 years but saw him pretty much daily. In his department drivers have their own little "cubby hole" about 13"x16" that they keep papers, clipboard, etc. in. I got with his brother who is also a driver there and threw the idea of making his cubby hole into a little memorial. We could put his hat, clipboard, ID badge in it along with something little that I would make and I would seal it up with a piece of plexiglass on the front of it. His brother agreed with my idea. This is some rustic Cedar that I had. I had my wife print out some words on her Cricut to adhere to the Cedar and I put some clear over it all. The bottom words are hard to read in picture but presents itself well in person.

I really liked that pattern when I saw he posted it in the Clock thread. If I remember correctly he posted two. I did a quick search for that pattern back then and came up blank. Great job on yours!

Looks good! I love Bigfoot! My wife is a non-believer and I am always teasing her about Bigfoot. I have several patterns but to date have only cut one.

That's pretty neat! Here is another that has shelves across the board. https://www.etsy.com/listing/952352918/black-walnut-board-with-traditional?click_key=936256b7762f1e840f37e8a3464244397d45fc1e%3A952352918&click_sum=877462d9&elp_to_elp_for_all_recs=1&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_bot-2&sts=1&listing_id=952352918&listing_slug=black-walnut-board-with-traditional