Matt B

Some people mix equal parts of boiled linseed, polyurethane and mineral spirits. This creates a wipe on finish.

Looking over the plans, the measurements are in metric. Calls for 20mm and 40 mm wood. American 3/4 is 19mm. I have 4/4 poplar that I plan to use. Will plane to 20mm and will glue up the wood for the 40mm parts. I did not study the plans close enough to see if 3/4 and 1 1/2 would work. Probably would. There are dowel rods that are non-standard when converted from metric. I plan to use the next closest size that we can easily obtain and modify the plans to drill the correct corresponding holes. The plans are detailed, 34 pages long.

I just downloaded the plans. This will be a project with my 7 year old grandson. He is always drawing robots for me to cut and we build. This project is going to be really exciting for him.

I found this on YouTube comparing a vacuum called “Stealth” against the “Dewalt Stealth Sonic” . https://www.google.com/search?q=dewalt+stealth+sonic+vacuum&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:bce907d3,vid:Jkng2fAxZVA

Wow Grampa. That was fast. I love it. Thanks.

I am living in Texas now, but I recently lived in a Nashville suburb for three years. My next door neighbor, who become a good friend, has been in the music business his entire life. He played on Taylor Swift’s original album. He toured with many artists. He has written songs for Mel Tillis, George Jones, Billy Ray Cyrus and many others. in 1989, Mel Tillis hired my friend to write for him and moved him from Dallas to Nashville. I would like to cut a portrait of Mel Tillis as a gift to my friend. Would someone be able to convert this to a pattern? I plan to ignore the microphone. Thanks

I think I have only done one or two Steve Good patterns. This is from a few years ago.

I just purchased Baltic birch four days ago. Bought at Hardwood Lumber in Dallas,TX. I don’t have my receipt anymore so I will be approximate in the price. 1/8” is $34.00 and 1/4 is $43.00. Both 5x5. I asked where they come from and the said they buy through a broker. They know it is from the Baltic region but not from Russia.

Stack cut the white layer, 1/8” Baltic birch. The back layer is 1/2” maple that I glued and planed. After cutting, I gave them to my wife for painting. She is keeping the blue rabbit. The pink rabbit is going to one of our grand nieces. Sue Mey pattern.

Looks good.

Very nice work.

I made this for my seven year old grandson who just got a dog. Sue Mey pattern

Dave, I have the same Drum sander although it was made by SuperMax before Laguna bought the company. It is one of my favorite tools. I just looked, and at least on the 19-38 they do not have the 120v plug like you mentioned. When the company was SuperMax, they had excellent service. I have heard negative things about Laguna’s service.

I don’t want this to turn into a political post. I purchased a few sheets of Baltic Birch last week. This is from a lumber supplier in Dallas Tx. While there, I asked where Baltic Birch came from. I should have known that it came from Russia. They told me that when out of their present stock that they will not buy more from Russia but that they will get Vietnam birch instead. They said the quality of Vietnam birch is similar but that it does have some voids. Their business is cabinet makers where voids do not matter but it will for us I am sure that in the near future we will find our hobby wood in short supply

I noticed that the reindeer pattern on woodgear.ca does not have the dotted lines to help line up the pattern. Has anyone modified the pattern with dotted lines?

Great supplier. Very fast shipping.

Great supplier. Very fast shipping.

JimErn I copied this response from a Google search. I think in reality, the two are used interchangeably. Marquetry is a decorative technique where wood veneers are sawn into a pattern and then assembled like a jigsaw. Inlay is similar but instead of assembling a large panel of veneer, the decoration is inset into a recess cut into a larger panel of wood.

Based on this thread, I ordered the videos and booklets from Paul Schurch this morning. The videos are very high quality. The camera show exactly what Paul is describing as he works. The editing is proper and professional. The information in the videos are recapped in the booklets. I watched about 30 minutes of the Marquetry techniques video and so far it is very clear on how to perform the process. The way the ordering process works is that you order and pay on his website. The cost is $60.00 for the two videos and the two booklets. About five minutes after paying, you receive a link to the two videos and two booklets. You download the videos and booklets to your computer. The videos are in a zip format, so you will need to extract the videos. I have a high speed internet connection and the whole process of downloading and extracting took less than five minutes. My thoughts are the videos and the companion booklets are of a high quality and will provide the information needed to get started and to learn how to do marquetry. I would prefer to have a hands-on class, but that is not happening right now. The price of $60.00 seems appropriate based upon the high quality and the amount of information provided.

Sue Mey pattern. My wife painted. The pink/blue is scrapbook paper sandwitched between the front and backer.

I don't have an Acme Tool store near me, but they are my first choice for buying tools. acmetool.com . On Friday I ordered batteries for my Milwaukee set. Received them today. For those that don't know, Acme Tool is a tool store based in North Dakota.

dgman said it, but it is good advise, so I will second it. You need a backer board when drilling. I use an old cut off 1 x 6 or something like that as a backer when drilling. Using a drill press, just set the depth to go into the backer an 1/4 in or so. Let the drill bit do the work and don't force it into the wood.

I have a Craftsman from the 60s. Motor in the back like yours. It is a great drill press. I have drilled with a #68 bit. The chucks are probably the same in these old drill presses. The Craftsman that I have was made by Emerson.

Yes, I ordered this week from Denny too. Could have ordered from many places, but I chose to order from a good guy that is on this forum.

I cut it using 3/4" poplar. No problems with it. The ears were not a concern to me, but there are a few cuts deep into some of the bodies that had me concerned. In the end, there were no issues. The hardest part for me were the small eyes. I dropped down to a #1 MGT blade to cut the eyes. Everything else was cut with a #5.