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wow... you make some absolutely beauitful stuff...congrats

What a punch in the gut. I feel like I knew the man. Watching his videos and cutting his patterns got me started in scroll sawing hobby. I could tell from his videos he had a good heart. Very sad to receive the news.

i like that alot good one

good job Kris

that is beautiful

i like that a lot. good work

Outstanding...

About time to put this thread to bed. Thanks to the two people who responded.

Beautiful...

I know that several people that frequent this website buy wood from Ocooch hardwoods. I recently bought some walnut and cherry for some diy picture frames and was pleased with the product. I'm fixing to make another buy, but a couple of questions for y'all. ( 1 ) what kind of wood do you prefer for making picture frames? I noticed that ,before you hit the purchase button,they have a box for customer comments or requests regarding the wood you are about to buy. For instance do you want heartwood or sapwood. ( 2 ) does anyone here have a preference as far as heartwood or sapwood for picture frames? Also any other insights about their products and how to save money when you buy from Ocooch. Thanks in advance......forrest

THANKS to everyone for the replies. Seems like # 5 or # 7 size is going to be The go to blades for my project. I'll have to study up on the styles. Thanks again....Forrrst....By the way, those are some nice pieces shown above.

I got a beautiful 3/4 in thick piece of purple heart from Ocooch hardwoods and want to cut the outline of my home state.( Texas ) I figure it's going to be a chore and may require more than a few blades. I use FD blades and am wondering what size and style might be best. Any recommendations would be appreciated./.. Thanks.....Forrest

Another good one by Scrappile. That eye looks to be a challenging cut.

WOW.... Kris that is good work.

That is a beautiful projector. Outstanding work.

Good job on the wolf. If you're going to change color of the eyes you might consider yellow. Very good cutting .

Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

WOW...YOU HAVE A GREAT RANGE of TALENT...

I love your cuttings. They are generally very intricate, especially the African animals.

I like jim's Americana series and enjoyed cutting the subject as well as making the frame. I stack cut 3 out of 1/8 in. BB ply using a Pegas # 3 scroll reverse blade. I made the frame out of 1 1/2 wide poplar and filled in the channels with black epoxy resin. Thanx for looking.

As far as the sled goes, the construction was good and true to the specs given. The sled has worked well on past projects. However, I goofed on the execution of making the frame. That's where ya'lls suggestions will help me in the future. Thank you for the replies. I think I may have salvaged the project.

Tell me more about these built in errors.

Wanted to say thanks to Hawk and JT for the replies. Upon further inspection of all 4 pcs. I saw that the rabbet on the top and bottom rails were not of equal length. I nibbled on the longer one a bit and improved my miter a little bit. I'm gonna go with what i have got will do better on the next one Here is a pic of latest miter and a pic of my 45 deg. jig. The jig looks rudimentary, but I swear it's accurate. JT, I read your reply several times and appreciate the depth of your advice. Somewhere in my process I was'nt paying enough attention to the details. ( my old dad would have said I was half-assing it.) Anyway' thanks guys. To Hawk If i would have stack cut the top and bottom pcs. I could have avoided 2 different length miters...

I've got a miter problem on my picture frame that i'm building, but before i do the glue and sawdust trick, maybe someone can tell me how i might fix it or where i went wrong. In the past, I have made 4 or 5 frames with mitered corners using the jig i made from watching the youtube guy "Woodworking for mere mortals". Jig works like a charm. Miters were perfect. On this frame, I added a 1/4 in and 1/8 in channel along with an inside cove and am going to fill the channels with epoxy resin. As the miter jig works well I'm wondering where i went wrong. Here is the process I used. Had a 2 1/2 in wide 6' long piece of poplar which i cut into 4 pcs. then i ripped each piece to 1 1/2 in wide. On my router table, I then cut my 1/4 in outside channel followed by an 1/8 in inside channel and lastly cut my inside cove. Anyway, my top and bottom rails are the same length as are the sides. The tops and sides are same thickness. I could'nt swear to this but maybe 1 piece is a 1/32 in wider than the rest. i'm gonna double check. I'm wondering if i should have cut my miters first. That gap in the one miter looks like i'm staring into the abyss. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how i might go about fixing this. Maybe i should have made my cuts in a different order? I'm not going to do anything to the frame until hopefully someone replies. Here's a couple of pics of my problem frame and a pic of one i recently completed, which turned out ok. Thanks in advance....forrest

I like that alot... cool little project....