Bilgefisher

I really enjoy when folks restore old toys. Something about bringing back to life an item that once gave joy to kids. You did an excellent job.

Many of us struggle with English and its our native tongue. Words are hard. You are doing fine. The puzzle is great. It has a unique look that my wife would enjoy.

the cuts on the bells look very neat and smooth. They look great.

Thank you. I don't think I had the skillset either. Still trying to get it to work properly. The gears have been a challenge. His work is certainly next level. I've watched it several times, and I am still amazed how realistic the movement is. My wife said the same thing. If my daughter ever gets tired of it, we will put it on wheels for events. The display counter we finished over a long weekend. The marble machine probably took me 100+ hours. Cutting was around 10-20 hours. I'm just not that proficient at cuts. Yall could likely do it in half that time. I think for next year, I'm going to dial it back a bit and get the kids involved in building their sibling's gifts.

I like all 3. My wife would love the reindeer.

This is the 3rd year my wife and I have made gifts for our kids. The first one for my son is Halo by Derek Hugger. Its a spring loaded marble machine. If you look him up on youtube, you will see how it is suppose to operate. Unfortunately I still need to work on it as it binds up and does not run as smoothly as I'd like. I tried to use walnut and oak where I could, but it often wasn't strong enough and I had to use plywood. The 2nd is a kids bakery counter for my daughter. My wife did the detail work and painting. 1/2 inch ply, and 1/8 inch plexiglass. No plans for this one just a rough cutlist we made. Thanks again everyone for a wonderful year, my family really enjoys the photos you post of your amazing works of art.

I always like 3d scroll saw work. I really like the butterfly. Was it difficult to paint the internals?

Thank you. I never knew these existed and my daughter is always leaving her eyeglasses all over the place. Time to start a new project.

Well done on the cut and wood selection. Reminds me of crater lake here in Colorado.

Wooden toys are my favorite type of scrollsaw work. Well done on this, it looks great and thanks for a new source of patterns.

I really like this. Great choice of wood. It looks like parchment paper.

I agree with the others, I really like the grain. Well done.

Thank you. They have both enjoyed them so far. I love the suggestion of the date on those. Knowing my memory, I'll need to do that before I sleep.

My wife and I made the kid's Christmas toys again this year. My son is 10 and daughter is 8. I do the scroll work and assembly and she does the painting, craft and detail work. The truck and helicopter came from toymaking plans. The doll high chair is a Steve Good pattern increased to 300% size. The washer dryer is modeled after the american girl doll version. Good friends gave her the American girl dolls a few years back and its been fun to make the items that are a bit out of our price point. The fun part about the truck/trailer/helicopter is I used my father-in-law's (he passed 10 years ago) craftsman scroll saw and the oak for the truck came out of some old shelves from their house that were to far gone for anything else. Wife repurposed the lower half for a butler pantry. They have had those shelves for over 40 years. All my wife's brothers were in town for the first Christmas together since he passed. Wood used for the truck was walnut, maple and oak sizes ranging from 1/8 inch to 1.5 inch. 1/2 inch plywood for the chair and washer/dryer. I struggled with the 1.5 inch maple interior cuts on the scrollsaw. I'm not really sure how to do interior cuts on thick hardwoods without bending the blade. Side note: I've been following everyone's brag posts for a few years now. Yall are amazing. Your talent and skill is often results in me sharing your uploads to family and friends.