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The opening is for the toy characters of the show (geo, milli, and bot) to be able to ride in it. One of my unfinished business is to make a divider ("chairs") within that space for them to not jostle all around when played with. Another thing to do is to add a spacer to back wheels so they don't rub on the body when spinning. I found that to be a problem with the front wheels when I got those situated, so I added spacers for those, but with her birthday being yesterday I had to rush it a little bit for shark car to have come for her birthday (and stayed because he enjoyed it so much! ). I'll post another photo with them in there when it's decked out all the way. They are the plastic characters that came with another umi zoomi toy. There isn't a "scale"shark car available for purchase so I made this, as is what she asked for. Looking back, her birthday was baby shark themed, so I should've painted it as a "baby shark car" to mesh the two together. But she did indeed love it! Thank you for asking. I hope y'all are well, and the best for everyone that has (and hasn't) read this thread!

Hi all, I just finished this shark car, from team umi zoomi (my daughters favorite show), for her 2nd birthday present. It still needs some work, mostly minor, but this was the first project I've made tilting the cutting table on my saw and I learned alot doing so! I used screw eye hooks and cotter pins for the tail. Made with pine board. Also my first project using my dremel tool for alot of the shaping. I kind of liked sanding on this one. Very zen. Enjoy!

Thank you Ike! I'll give the #5 and #7 blades a try. They're the ultra-reverse toothed blades, for reference. Attached are pictures of what I'm cutting out and the splits on the ends of my board. Next will be the name letters under the wood, so hopefully the 5 and 7 will work wonders for me. The splits are where the black sharpie marks are at top and bottom of the project. I'm thinking I'll need to get the butterfly joints in before I cut away the majority of the waste, or would I be ok to do it after? I guess let it split then cut out the halves of the butterflies separately? I'll need to watch some youtubes to do figure out how to get them snug.

Hello everybody, I picked up a white oak board yesterday that's 3/4" thick. I've gotten through some of it but when cutting it seems my saw doesn't want to bite into it, and I feel like I'm forcing the wood which isn't supposed to be happening by all advice. Admittedly this is my first time cutting anything other than plywood so I figure it's just my inexperience with cutting a hard wood. I've got my saw going pretty slow (about half speed) and I've used 2/0 and 3 size Flying Dutchman blades and 10 TPI Olson (41201) blades. Turns are pretty difficult to do with the smaller blades, too. Can anyone shed some light on what I might be doing wrong? I can power through it but if I can correct something I'm doing wrong now I'd much prefer to do it right. Also, the board I picked out had a split through most of it (D'oh!) but the part I'm using isn't all the way through. I will likely need to do a butterfly joint to keep it together securely. Any tips for doing this or maybe a neat pattern-alternative to the bow-tie shape to do this would also be much appreciated! Thanks, -Chris

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone! I did purchase sand paper and, having sanded on some of these, I think a palm sander is a definite must. I hadn't thought about a crepe eraser for getting the adhesive off of the blades. I kinda thought they are pseudo-disposable and need changing regularly anyway (1-3 hours of sawing use each). I'll definitely check it out! I've ordered some Olson pinned blades and Flying Dutchman unpinned that I've been using on the broad/fine cuts respectively. I'm surprised the Flying Dutchman blades, with such small 'tines' can do the work of the much more robust looking pinned blades. I will definitely look into the plunge router attachment for the dremel. That'll have more uses than only straight hole drilling moving forward. Thank you for the suggestion! Below are my first projects (in no particular order) from patterns I've found online. The name (Miles, but it's upside down) I'd modified and printed out from MS Word. Wanted to give it a go and see how that might work for a name puzzle stool. I think letters need to be closer so I'll be tweaking that one some. I'm working on some patterns of my own for 3D dinosaurs (similar to the snowman below) and one of those family name welcome signs for my parents. I'll post my pterodactly once I've got it finalized with the cutouts sized properly for printing. Looking forward to working with you all and learning and sharing!

Hello everybody! I recently purchased a Wen scroll saw and some blades to go along with it. I've got it mounted to a 3/4" plywood board with some foam between the machine and the board. I clamp it to my work table. Been working well so far! I've cut out a name I patterned in MS Word, an ornament from Steve Good's patterns, and a Halloween decoration so far. Biggest mistake so far is forgetting the tape on the wood before gluing on the pattern (D'OH!) I purchased this tool to begin my woodworking journey while living out of an apartment and as a side-business kind of thing for some extra income. Can anybody recommend some must-have accessories/tools to accompany this hobby? Already I'm thinking about getting a drill guide in lieu of a drill press for straight hole drilling. I have a dremel that I'll use for getting the burrs off when they occur. I'm glad to be here and look forward to participating in the community! Have a great day!