Dragonkort

lol well these are inside plants....my spider plants go crazy every year with babies....usuly i have to take and root the babies before i can pot them in soil...but since i was layed up the last 2 years iv got a lot more babies then usural and a lot of them are ready to be potted now. now air plants....i have not been able to find air plants in years.....a magazine i get had some for sale but the darn things were dead when i got them....ritia's also been looking for air plants for years....and yes i to have some patterns for air plant containers...i just dont have any air plants lol spent all day today repotting to...i have 3 more plants to do and then i'll be done....should be able to finish it up tomarrow....my sister brother and nephew will take one each what im going to do with the rest of them heaven only knows!! the inclose front pouch has lots of windos for sunlight but its not heated....spike said we can put one of the electric heaters in there if we have to until i can find homes for them and now sheba is dmanding hr dinner so id best be off lol

well this has nothing to do with woodworking, but im taking a break and decided to drop a line. lol today i am doing plants...poor spike had to go to town and get me a few bags of potting soil because a lot of my plants have babies in them and need pots of there own. lol this is both a good thing and a bad thing...you see i just cant let any living thing die including plants....and now that i have developed a bit of a green thumb after years of pratice i have a lot of plants and a lot of baby plants...which means im running out of room to put the darn things lol poor spike mentioned to me just before heading off to get the potting soil he didnt mind having plants in the house but he really dosnt want to be living in a forest lol problem is iv pretty much run out of people to give plants too..ritia is moving and dosnt want any more plants to have to move to her new place and she has been trying to get rid of some of the plants she has....all from shoots of plants iv given her over the years..lol a few years ago we had a flowerest in town and i would just give her plants when the plants started getting out of hand.....she however retired so is no longer taking plants. lol i asked norma if shed like to have a plant but she said no because evey plant shes ever tried to keep winds up dying on her....i'll check with my brother and my sister and see if they can take one or two off my hands....but there not really plant people either and every plant iv given my brother has died so dont know if he will want to try again....humm maybe my nephew and his family might want one or two...there living in the back apartment from my moms house now that i no longer live there.....i can tell them just where the best light for the plants will be as my plants thrived when i live there.... i was hoping to get some crafting done today but the plants are takaing up my day today....sometimes being old can be a real pain in the ahhh huuummm!!! lol it takes me 3 times longer to do everything i want to do if not longer...mumble grumble lol but i guess it beats the alterintive lol i still have some dirt left and plants to be transplanted but iv run out of room to put them lol maybe spike will have some ideas when he gets home. lol in the mean time im going to call my sister and brother and see if theyd like adopt a plant or two.lol now that iv vented i guess id best get back to work lol have a great day every body

breathtaking...and so realistic...like the way you did that with the reflection

truly beautiful...humm perhaps you could donate some of them to the churches around where you live...just a thought

beautiful work and your friends will love it.... sorry for your loss.. my prayers for all of you

beautiful!!! you did a great job!!

again i agree with everyone else it breath taking and your friends will simply love it!!! i like the trees to...they look more realistic i think when there not what we would call perfect.my friend here is always telling me im my own worse cricit...i think that could be said of all of us....we see inperfections and the mastakes we've made that no on else does....you did a great job !!!

beautiful......simply beautiful!!! and thank you for allowing us to use the patterns!! when i get a new printer ( ours wont work anymore after connor knot it down,,,,i usuly stack cut my fret work and i believe these would be nice gifts for the different churches here in our little village....i made a bookcase just a small one years ago and i carved some reglious pictures in the side i'll take some pictures of it soon and put it up

lol i wouldnt say nothing stops me....i had to finally go on disablity because of the headaces and migrines....I worked for over a decaid in constent non stop pain that even perscription meds wouldnt even dull the pain...and it was suppose to make me to sleepy to work....it didnt....and yes i worked anyway....but it was like i had no choice i HAD to work if i wanted to keep my kids...so off to work i went...after the girls graduated from high school and spike came i was having trouble finding a job in the little towns around here as my formor bosses always told them i was a great worker when i was there....couldnt falut them for that....after spike came he got me on disablity.....it didnt take long as i had tons of paperwork from drs and hospitals and ER rooms documenting the reason i had to go to them as well as documents from formor empolers stating why i was let go...life was easer then because i didnt have to go to work and try not to look like i wasnt in angoney,,,,and spike worked until he retired i was still in anogy all the time but at least i was able to lie down in the dark with icepacks....its been almost a year now since the bowtox and im pretty much pain free most of the time as long as i watch my diet and still take all the percautions iv been told over the years to help stop the migrines and pain....i pray costently that the bowtox will countue to work for me until the day i die as i dont know if theres any thing else that can be done should the bowtox become ineffective... but anyway like i said iv been able to do a few little things here and then and hopefuly after tomarrow i can start doing more and get some things done....im also doing some sewing to making some toys and barbie doll cloths.. and making more plarn while im watching tv....but as usual i can only work for so long at a time and without the bowtoxthe time get shorter and shorter....oh well such is life!! lol as i work and get things done i will put them on line....it just takes me forever anymore....which is why i bought the 3d printer and cnc machines....should i ever get them to work!!lol have a great day

well i havent been on much lately because the nero dr posponed my appoment for the bowtox shots about a week in a half later then i was suppose to get them. Which means my head has been giving me fits , but at least they havent been as bad .... so for the most part iv been laying low staying in the dark and not doing much of anything. I did manage to get a few things started though... the first 2 pictures are the dragon house sign traced on paper...i goofed and put the same side up. i put the dragon pattern on both sides...and that was a bugger to do to!!! lol as i had to find a way to trace the pattern on the back after the sign was cut out.. i wound up cutting the pattern into several different pieces and then trying to trace the pattern onto the wood.....i have both the front and back of the sign with the traced detail lines on them....iv decided to add the numbers later so they can be changed if i ever have to move from this house. im thinking of lowering the inside of the sign a little bit on both sides so i can tack the numbers on im also making a basket with the fake wood flooring...i have the 2 long sides cut out and am working on the ends now..hopefuly they'll come out alright....im planning on painting the edges of the baskit gold. and last but not least im getting some of the letter openers filed and sanded down to make the blades.i'll paint the dragon house sign after i do a little bit of carving on it and i'll paint the handles of the letters open when im done with the blades.. its going to take some time as i cant do anything for more then 10-15 minutes at a time and then rest for about half an hour to an hour until after i get my bowtox shots because if i work any longer then that my head starts to pound....as much as i hate the shots im so glad i go in to get them tomarrow!!!! then i should be good to go for another 3 months...well now i have to get off this computer as the light is beginning to hurt my eyes and my head is telling me its going to have a fit if i stay on much longer.hhhope everybody has a great day and i'll try to read some of the posts later on today

fantastic its a beautiful proud grandpa peice!!!

i love those!! and now i have another use for wine corks!!! those are great!!!

that is just awsome!! its fantastic and beautiful!!! a wounderful keepsake

just beautiful! and very reallistic!!!

really nice piece and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

totaly fantastic!!! CONGRADULATIONS!!! you defently desirve your blue ribbins!!

they both look great to me to!!! i have never been able to make good frames so i sort of cheat...i take the picture and trace around it then transfer it to some wood then i cut the middle out and wa la!! lol a frame is born lol not as good as the ones made the right way but better then no frame at all lol thats what i did with the botched wizzard project....cut out the middle that didnt look right and kept the outer frame. lol now all i have to do is find something that size to make to fit into the 4 frames lol

I havnt been on much lately but I have been busy...I got a stacked cut picture frame done and im trying to decide what I want to do with large round piece...I used the fake flooring for these....I have a fret basket stacked and ready to cut out from the flooring as well...I spent the weekend getting a lot of different crafts projects ready to start....I have several barbe cloths cut out and ready to sew as well as a few other sewing projects and im finishing the plarn mat...just crocheting around the edges now and that will be done then I got out several of my scroll saw books out and started tracing patterns that I want to cut out...spike took the top off the wood bin for me and I found a nice sized thick peace of wood that im going to use to make a box of some kind ( one of the books is on making boxes lol ) and I have more patterns to look at for more patterns of course...most of the wood iv got are small to med sized so wont be making anything to big for a while. and im goingn to try to cut out the dragon sign and then do the few inside cuts it has and hopefuly i'll be able maneuver it around so I can cut it on the scroll saw and if that dosnt work i'll get out the jig saw and see what I can do with that. and like I said I have a few other scroll books to go through im thinking i'll try to find a nice fret peace or two and cut them out and then see what it will look like with the flooring as the backer board... I had planned to do some sewing this morning while drinking my coffee and watching tv and then go in the wood shop this afternoon and do some cutting and maybe trace a few more patterns to put on wood and then this evening do some crocheting but my son called this morning. he was having trouble trying to get my grandson to log on to his computer and attend his on line schooling. He wasn't sure what was going on with the boy because connor wouldn't or maybe couldn't or didn't know how to expline what was going on to his father...all he would say was that he was stressed....I tried to talk to him on the phone but couldn't quite understand what was going on so spike and got around to drive to holt for a grandma grandson talk. connor was made to sit on the couch until I got there....because a child can not just decide hes NOT going to do his school work....after we got there I tried talking to connor to see what was going on but he got up and tried to run to his room....my son and I were no longer fooling around and dad got him and set him back in his chair and grandma grabed hold of his wrist so he couldn't just try to run away again and sent dad out of the room....then connor and grandma started to have a talk...I think most of his prolem was that he just didn't know how to tell his dad what was going and stressed was the only word he could think of to use....after explaining to connor that just saying im stressed dosnt really help grandma figure out how to help him so I TOLD him firmly that we were going to log into his classroom and start doing his school work and maybe that way we could figure out what and way he felt so stressed.... I have a t shirt that says if moma ant happy ant nobody happen if grandma ant happy run!! lol connor knows when I speak in that tone of voice shes not playing and HE IS GOING TO DO what grandma told him to do.... it didn't take very long to figure out what the problems were.... Hes having trouble maneuvering around the on line class subjects and figuring out how to get to his lessons and hand in his work...he was also worried because his teacher had told the class on the first day of school that this was a whole new way teaching school and that they would all be learning this kind of school together... he was also having trouble with finding the work he was suppose to do and finding his homework to...he couldn't really find the words to tell me what his problems were but going in to the vertical classroom together he could SHOW me his problems and we were able to talk about them and write down some of the problems he was having so dad could talk to his teacher about the problems hes having and see if they could figure out a way help him get around them and give him some kind of practice with everything so he can concentrate on his school work.... my son was being very paticent with connor but just couldn't get him to tell or show him what was going on. im so glad I could help them get to the bottom of this problem like I told john and connor grandmas had a lot of exsearince in this kind of thing as my son is ADHD as wel as dyslicx and we have recently learned hes autist. so getting my son to do his school work at home let alone at school was a bit stressing for grandma!! lol so iv had a lot of practice at trying to understand why a child is having trouble as well as finding ways to help them get around and through the problems...when we left this afternoon connor promised to got back to his vertical classes and try to tell or show dad if he has any more problems so dad can write it down so he can talk to his teacher after school and they can all work together to help slove the problems Connors having.... I also told connor he can always call grandma with his problems if he dosnt feel comfortable talkig to mom and dad about. both Connors parents are very good at working on computers as they grew up with them and johns father was a computer programmer and john was beginning to wright his own programs by the time he 8 or 9. .which caused his father and I no end of trouble after the schools set there English teachers to school to learn how to use a computer just the basics...like turning the computer on....john my son was so far ahead of everyone in the class including his teacher it was a nightmair for us, the princable ad his computer teacher!! he would do things like program the main frame computer his teacher was using so all it would show was some kind of graphics or make it appear as if they were all off line so to speak and we would constently get calls from the school because the darn boy would sabotage the tearches lessons plans. lol he also refused to make flow charts as he hadn't had to make flow charts for over like 2 years.... that class like I said was a nightmair for everyone!!! so I think connor was also a little ashamed to admit to his father that he just wasn't catching on to how manewver around the stuff on the computer....well this is long AGAIN but just figured id expline why I haven't been on much lately in case any one was woundering lol and now im off to go get something to eat!

I use both spiral and flat blades...if your having trouble staying on or near your line with the spiral blades you might want to try going slower.... I use the spirals a lot when doing fret work that has the lines very close together...but I adjust my saw speed to a speed that lets me keep control of the cutting best. I like the spirals best for some cuts as I don't have to turn the wood as much...if that makes any sense....mostly with spirals it just takes practice and remembering that the blade will cut on all sides...so you have to be more awair of how your cutting....with flat blades if you waver to left or right a bit it wont cut the wood where as with the spirals is does...iv been using both for years and am comfortable with both but it took awhile to get comfortable with the spirals.. sometimes its a bit of trail and error with your piece if your having trouble making a cut with one type of blade try switching to the other kind and see which one you find you can control best...

Well I started cutting out my dragon house sign and I ran into the problem I was afraid I was going to run into. the throat of my saw is not big enough to cut it out. im going to have to try to cut it out with the sabor saw.... there was a time when this would not be a problem but these days I simply cant stand long enough to do it, I hate cutting a countious line in stages you cant or at least I can never get the line as smooth. but i'll have to give it a try. my main concern however is cutting the spikes....im afraid the vibration will break them off. i'll try to cut them a little bit bigger then they are suppose be and wittle them down a bit with the dermal if they survice the cutting with the sabor saw...the electric hand saw...im pretty sure its called a sabor saw but figured id expline which saw just in case I have the name wrong lol I USE power tools but I concentrate on HOW to USE them not what there called lol drives most people nuts lol spikes not sure he wants to try cutting it for me as hes afraid he'll break it to. for tonight its put on hold and im not going to start cutting out the other stuff either...going to rest my back...id say don't ever get old but it beats the alternative lol

thanks gus i'll email you soon....taking a break right now and catching my breath while I read lol

thanks for the link frank and for saying you like my long posts lol im totally the opposite in person lol very quite and when I do talk people keep telling me to speak up because they cant hear me lol I shall try to find a happy meduiem and try to stay on topic more. I ask spike to order it for me as hes the one with the pay pal account

mc-motorcycle!! lol dugh lol well I never clamed to be the sharpest tack in the box lol

beautiful! my dad and older brother played.... I know a few cords only but when the kids were little it didn't matter. lol wed put the records on and mom would play her gittar while everybody sang and danced lol...when I was a child my dad and older brother and 2 other guys from a band came over and they played while everyone talked sang and played lol ahh I wish we had cam corders back then.... 10 kids, 5 adults and 4 people a picking and a grinning.... lol and all in a small 2 bedroom trailer!! lol to say we were all crowed up in there would be an understatement lol

great cut!! it looks awesome!!! stupid question but what is MC? the inticls of the pattern maker