Jump to content

Wichman

Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    1,943

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    48

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Wichman

  1. Wichman
    Just sharing a new (that I know of) idea for dealing with lots of ornaments. Plastic coat hangers, with notches cut into the top of the hanger rail. For storage I cut notches ( SS #2 Olsen spiral, if I had them I use a #5 ) every 1/2", for dipping I'll only go 5 ornaments per hanger. For storage I have the hooks of the wire ornament hangers in line with each other, for dipping I have them at right angles. I can get 25 ornaments per hanger for storage. I picked up some "miracle" hanger thingies. With the first package of 18 thingies I can store 525 ornaments easily. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up an inexpensive garment bag and see if I can transport the ornaments across town with it, hopefully without any damage.
  2. Wichman
    From what I can see, the top of the square hinge pin needs to be flush with the top of the retainer washer that sits atop the unit. If you glue those two pieces together first, let the glue cure, and then assemble the box upside-down, finishing by glueing the bottom of the square pin to the bottom of the box. Using this method will reduce the chance of glueing the box shut, and will provide a retention mechanism.
  3. Wichman
    Welcome to the village from SE Idaho
  4. Wichman
    How are you producing your patterns? If you are able, change the fill to a light gray and the lines ("stroke") to red. The contrast helps to see the line.
  5. Wichman
    Wow, less than a year and I've got it done!
  6. Wichman
    While it would be fairly simple to make a jig for the cutting of the slots; spiral blades, an oversized auxiliary table, a fence rigged at an angle across the table, and square dowels (as many as needed) the width that matches the pattern and an adjustable stop system for the length of the slot(s) to be cut. But cutting one of these would be mind numbingly boring (for me). I made a fence for my Hegner several years ago to prove ( pictures ) a point, so I know it can be done.
  7. Wichman
    You need to make one, fill it with cookies, take a picture of it and caption the picture; "come to the dark side, we have cookies" This is a cross over between the burnt edges of the laser cut and the dark side of the Sith.
  8. Wichman
    Welcome to the village from SE Idaho What scroll saw did you get?
  9. Wichman
    I use a needle awl ( 1/16" shaft, from an xacto knife set ), a bead reamer, or a bead reamer Dremel bit depending on the project and how many holes there are. I'm using the needle awl on the current project, 1/16" basswood with #71 holes ( .026" ).
  10. Wichman
    Pictures of the dragon cup wrap:
  11. Wichman
    RJ, Here is one I did last year. I still need to work on the contrast between the segments, glued back together with polyurethane glue. I'm thinking of glow in the dark paint for the moon.
  12. Wichman
    No, just segmentation with stains.
  13. Wichman
    The third project, a test to see how far I can push myself and the material. This will be a decorative coffee cup wrap. 1/8" basswood cut with 2/0 FD Polar blades, speed reduced to 800 for control. The tail is 14 1/2" long and should wrap around the cup 2 times. This is a decorative piece and is intended to be for a cool display only, far to fragile to actually use.
  14. Wichman
    Second project, a smallish plaque with a coyote howling at the moon. Forget to add info on the first project, I switched back to the long stroke on the Hegner, I just couldn't get it to cut the 7/16 plywood on the short stroke. For this project the plaque was 1/8" plywood so I switched back to the short stroke. I used 2/0 FD Polar blades and reduced the speed to 1000, my usual speed is 1400. This one's going on the back burner as well, I need temps in the 60's to be able to stain outside and let most of the solvent evaporate before bringing it back in to allow the stain to cure fully.
  15. Wichman
    Welcome to the village from SE Idaho .
  16. Wichman
    Finished cutting, now on to painting and staining. I'll put this on the back burner untill the weather warms up a bit more.
  17. Wichman
    Currently on the saw, and almost done, this is a combination of two patterns. The bear and mountains are from a pattern by Robb Barr with scroll saw adaptation by Patty Beach, the paw prints are from a different bear pattern by Patty Beach. 7/16" plywood plaque 9 layers thick. FD Polar #1 blades mostly.
  18. Wichman
    Fidget birds, a new species. I like it
  19. Wichman
    Welcome to the village from SE Idaho
  20. Wichman
    Welcome to the village from SE Idaho. Hang in there, I started 40 years ago, before dirt was invented. You have resources available now that I only dreamed of. Steve Good has several YouTube videos showing beginning techniques: https://youtube.com/@sdgood?si=AgfPJJ4vDQdhsTXR
  21. Wichman
    In my opinion the frame and Leppard piece just don't work together. It's similar to using a chrome frame on a Remington western. The contrast between the very nice and straight frame vs the live edge is just too jarring for me. If it were mine I would lightly trace the live edge and reduce the size all around the backer about 1/4". Then use a screw in sawtooth hanger. You can determine the weight center of the piece by gently holding it between your thumb and forefinger, slide the piece back and forth, you should feel when it's about centered.
  22. Wichman

    Cat box

    Wichman replied to preprius's topic in Bragging Rights

    Excellent grain match
  23. Wichman

    Hello!

    Wichman replied to NathGA's topic in Introductions

    Welcome to the village from SE Idaho
  24. Wichman
    Yes, yes you can
  25. Wichman
    What types of hole saws have you tried? carbon steel, carbide tooth, carbide grit, cobalt tooth, wingtip, carbide wingtip?
×
×
  • Create New...