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  1. dman
    Beautiful work. Thanks. I'm trying it tomorrow.
  2. dman
    Did you angle the table? Use a backer board?
  3. dman
    Wow! I'd love to learn how you did the mice! Please contqct me if you don't mind. BEAUTIFUL! temp@dmasterman.com
  4. dman
    I use the 2nd link extensively. I have several. Needs a caul jig if used on corners that are not 90 degrees -- but so do most clamps.
  5. dman

    BDay gift

    dman replied to dman's topic in General Scroll Sawing

    The design came from a book Creating Wooden Boxes on the Scroll Saw, by The Best of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts. Sue Chrestensen wrote the article and credited Lora Irish for the design. She used the design to make a keepsake box, but I made it into a wall hanging. My son-in-law didn't need a box, but he was into that kind of art. I used maple for the wings, oak for the body and walnut for the leaves on the head. the pattern said to scroll saw the thing from a single piece of wood, but it was worth the extra trouble to fit the 3 woods together. It was mounted on 1/4" ply -- HD called it underlayment ply, but I picked a few nice sheets from the pile. It's a 100 mile trip to HD for me, but a 6 hr drive to get Baltic Birch that I would have prefered. The frame was made from scraps -- probably poplar. A bit of red and white acrylic paint finished it off. A Flying Dutchman PS5 was on the saw, so I used it without any trouble. Hope this helps!
  6. dman
    This BD gift is a.bit of intarsia.
  7. dman
    One has to be extremely strong to bend it like that...
  8. dman
    I used a ps5, 17tpi (Flying Dutchman) for the bows and 1"+ walnut box. The bows are purpleheart, holly, and maple.The ribbons are purpleheart and maple. the lid and bottom are from the same piece of wood as the box.
  9. dman
    One more. This is past the deadline -- I just finished it. Blame it on Dejoy & the USPS??
  10. dman
    The first for my wife, the 2nd for my grand neice, and the 3rd for my sister-in-law
  11. dman
    Thanks. I just bought the scroll saw in Feb and am very glad I did. I gave one of these two to a friend who just retired from the post office. She respects elk.
  12. dman
    Spring is when the elk leave our property and head for the back woods, so I made two boxes with elk images. The boxes were made by stack cutting walnut and poplar, then mixing the cut pieces up a bit. The elk images were cut on an angle so they would fit into each other without a gap due to the thickness of the blade -- a new technique for me!.
  13. dman
    It says above: I saw one by Robert Ardizzoni. Glad you like it! My wife sure did. With the necklace...
  14. dman
    Just shellac! I probably should have finished it with a bit more jewelry
  15. dman
    It's a beautiful spring day in WA! My first stab at Intarsia -- a box with a rose on the lid. I saw one by Robert Ardizzoni and thought it would be a nice mother's day present for my wife. It's made from walnut and maple. She has a bit of trouble getting the lid to sit properly, as it is hardly symmetrical!
  16. dman
    Nice! I like the brain -- for a grandkid in a dorm?
  17. dman
    None are for sale. I just made the site to show our daughter, who lives on the other side of the country, what she is up to.. Marcia just does it for the fun and the challenge. Almost every new item is more interesting than the last! She said she gets her patterns from Etsy, filtering her search to animals & pets. Most of the good ones are from either Russia or Germany, evidently. I hope this helps.
  18. dman
    I thought I'd combine an inlay with a bit of scroll-sawing -- this is the result. The design was repurposed from a Steve Good pattern, and the inlay was inspired by my wife's new crocheting product — a red squirrel (https://irresistiblecreatures.com/) which is also below.
  19. dman
    In the past few weeks, three projects have been completed -- one was a scroll-saw bench, one a portrait of my daughter and her husband, and a non-scrolled chest of drawers. The chest is for my wife's yarn, as she crochets and knits things that are a bit odd (https://irresistiblecreatures.com/).
  20. dman
    Can you point me to a bench that has legroom? I'm about to build one for my new scroll saw and am searching for a good plan. I was attracted to this design, as it had drawers. But, as you say, no legroom! Now I'm just standing...
  21. dman
    I recently purchased a scroll saw and was awed by some of the wonderful works people created. Some were from photographs of people, wild animals et. al. So, i decided to give it a try. My sister sent be an adorable picture of her grandchild -- I used it as a trial piece. It worked out fairly well, so I framed it and sent it to her. She just received it and was thrilled. The mom instantly recognized her daughter. It made my quarantined day! The original is also included.
  22. dman
    Thanks! I found it and have a great printout. I used Photoshop, as I have it, and it worked well. No cartoon filter, but between the filter gallery / colored pencil filter with the Threshhold adjustment layer, I have a pretty serviceable pic. I need to learn how to modify the eyes so they don't fall out -- I'm new at all of this! It gave me a great way to do lips, which I couldn't get right sketching by hand. Thanks for your help.
  23. dman
    Did you use a program to convert the photos into line art? I would like to make an image of my niece similar to the one you did of the boy.. How did you get the image? Thanks!
  24. dman
    I don't have many for comparison, as I just bought my 1st scroll saw a few weeks ago. I made a butterfly and 3-d basket to get used to things, and just am finishing my 3rd thing, a fretwork box. So here's my entire repertoire... I'm amazed at the artistry I see at this sight! Glad I was directed here!
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