FrankEV

I'm joining you in the 80's club in May. Not sure I can even remember what a "school day" feels like, but I do still learn something new almost everyday...most of which I forget by the folloing day . Yep, I ususally check in every morning, mid day a lot and often just before bedtime as well. And, "I can't get to sleep after a midnight pee call", will result in me checking in also. Haven't had the pleasure of knowing any of you in person, but everyone here feels like a friend, that is for sure.

Not quite the same. These are solid core 5/32" or 1/4" thick ply, not vaneered mdf. Only one size:12" x 19.5" However, I do agree that the edges do not finish well and panels should be framed. IMHO, all plywood needs to be framed or trimmed.

I think you will like cutting those panels. I almost use the Maple exclusively and/ or Walnut when a dark contrast is needed. These panels cut fairly clean with both regular and spiral blades. Do sand the panels well to 600 grit before applying the pattern mounting material to prevent grain tear out when removing. When the maple was out of stock for a while I ordered Birch. Still nice but I like the looks of the maple much better. OK for painted work.

Me too...it is me and that is why it sits prodly at my desk.

That tool is the Guinevere Flexable Finisher from King Artur's T\tools that I use with a flex shaft. Probably 20 + years old. Operates at 3600 RPM. I use it with various rough gouge carving bits and I mount my Mops in it. I works great. In general, I do not have any problem with using the mop on delicate fretwork. Of course you must be careful and not to apply tooooo much pressure. Here are a some pics.

A few of my recent post in Bragging Rights were of some solid wood projects. There was the Heart Box, the Cat, and most recently the Kokopelli Band. In comments back and forth specifically regarding the Heart Box, some were amazed that I did most of the sanding using my Dremel plus a lot of hand sanding and that I did not have or use a spindle sander. My shop is very tiny and bench type Spindle Sanders are quite large and I just do not have the room to add one to my shop…at least that is what I thought. Doing a lot of research, I found that Tritan and Wen both make a small portable unit intended for handheld operation. Both are orange and look almost identical with the only apparent difference between the two is the name and price tag. The Tritan sells for over $150 while I was able to purchase the Wen on Amazon for under $50. Although both are designed for handheld operation, both offer a set of L-bolts that allows it to be clamped to a bench in a spindle-up position. The base/worktable of the unit is quite small, but I think it will be adequate for the type of projects I will be making. Rockler offers a plate that can be mounted to make a larger table, but I’m not sure if it will be needed. I was able to mount the unit to my already existing Sanding Station, so it does not take up any additional shop space. Here are some pics.

I needed a fourth statue to fill an open box in the cabinet next to my desk and have been meaning to cut a Kokopelli for a long time. I have a few different Kokopelli patterns on file, but for this Statue I needed something different. I did find many images on-line and did use two different Kokopelli images I found, to use for the basic outline. However, I added my own designs and put two together to form this Statue I call Kokopellie Band. My final version is 13” tall and 11” wide cut from ¾” Red Oak. I added tenons to the feet of the statues that fit into mortises in the Base. I used my table saw to make the tenons about a half a blade width narrower than the ¾” thickness of the statue. Cutting was relatively easy and done with Pegas #5 MGT blades. The base is about a 3 ½” wide x 11” long x ¾” thick oval with about a four-degree perimeter bevel all around eased at the top with a small round over router bit. All statue edges were eased with my Dremel using sanding drums followed by a good deal of hand sanding using 200 grit up to 1500 grit final sanding before finishing. Finishing was my typical multiple coats of clear gloss Deft Spray Lacquer. As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

Oops, thought the second pic was of a "Potty" chair . Nice cutting!

Very nice, your grandson will love it, I'm sure! Would love to be able to see it in more detail, but when the pic is clicked on it opens in the same size as the one in the post. Don't know why this happens to some posters. I crop and save my pics in Photos, Then I just drag and drop ihem into the post. When the pic is clicked on in the posts it opens full size in a separate window.. Much easy to see the detadils.

Cutting of both is fanominal!! However, unlike most others, I have a little difficuty with the Cherry. The pronounced, somewhat diagonal, straight grain seems to detract from the symetry of the cutting. I supposed if lying on a table under a pot or the like it would not matter, But, if it will be displayed as decorative piece it bothers my semces. Cherry is beautiful wood, but it it seems hard to make work in a lot of projects. I find Cherry needs to embelshed with stain to brighten it in most projects. Trivets in general, as these are, do not seem to need a strong grain but look better in wood with a lack of visable grain. Remember, this is just me comenting.

Very nice. Just a thought. If you had stack cut two layers, say Acacia and Maple, you could have a two sets when assembled. One dark, light, dark and one light, dark, light.

Really, really nice job on the cutting and your friend did a great job on the painting. Also nice work on the Frame, if I assume you made it! Sending pryers for your sister and family. I'm curious, if you don't mind. What kind of fund rasing event is the the Auction going to be part of. Is it a live Auction or a silent Auction? Will this be the only item or is there going to be many others?

Wonderful work! Pattern and cutting.

Nice job. Yep, needs the Backer!

I was being a wise A... But in truth I don't understand way anyone would cut something that small with no apparent usefulness. However, from orther comments it seems it is just the challenge of doing it. So, I guess that is OK if that is what trips your trigger, but not my thing,

Yep , like all, I was having withdrawal symtoms! Glad SVV is back.

Why?

Probably, just not sure how soon.

600, also light 600 between coats.

I purchased a set of three Cat statue patterns from Richard Myrchak I found on Pinterest. I modified this one slightly to resize it to 7” wide x 14” tall and added tenons for mounting into the base. This piece is cut from 3/4” thick Maple. Cutting was done using Pegas # 5 skip tooth blade. I tapered the perimeter of the base about 6 degrees. I use a small cove bit in my table mounted router to ease/round over all edges. I applied a coat of Lacquer Sanding Sealer then sanded using my Dremel and lots of hand sanding (I don’t have a spindle sander which would make this kind of project much easier). Finish is multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer. I’m thinking I may cut this pattern again, using a less expensive piece of wood (maybe Poplar), and finish it with High Gloss Black Lacquer. Comments and critique always welcome.

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I have a home made glue-up panel clamp made from two 3/4" x 18"x 24" plywood panels that have ribs glued to the top and bottom and uses 6 pre-installed bolts to provide a uniform clamping action. This clamp was made to work with my flat pprtrait panels, however I works with thicker items using squeeze clamps. When I cut a pattern out of a blank I drill a hole near the pattern perrimeter so the waste part of the panel remains intact, After cutting the two stacks I glued up the body parts in two glue-ups of 3 and 2, using the intack waste perrimeters to hold the stacks alligned while clamped in the Glue-up clamp. Gluing the two stacks together was a little more difficult to make sure they don't slip, but with the glue-up clamp I can carefully apply the clamping pressure uniformally to prevent any slipage. Simerally, Gluing the body to the bottom was done the same way, but centered basically by eye. Hope this info was helpful. I did a posting about the clamp I made and use, but I cant find it.

My version of Dave Monk's "Box for Valentines Day. I made it for my Lady. Wasn't sure I wouild get it finished for this Valentines Day, since I got a late start, but made it just under the wire. Lacquer drys fast so I was able to get the pic's for posting.

Back on January 24th, Dave Monk posted “Box for Valentines Day’ (https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/45253-box-for-valentines-day/) made from Maple and Padauk. I liked the box and asked him if he would share his pattern so I could make one for my lady, which he graciously did. A big Thank You to Dave. I did not have the necessary Maple and Padauk wood on hand and decided to order it from Ocooh. Delivery took some time and other priorities intervened, so I got a late start and had to tell her that her Valentines present would be late. Well, I got it started and the lacquer finish is drying as I write this. So, she will get it tomorrow, Valentines day. I modified Dave’s pattern slightly. My box is cut from blanks that were 8” square so the box is about 7 ½” tall by 7 ½” wide. I also decided to use five 3/8” layers (Padauk, Maple, Padauk, Maple, Padauk) which made my box 1 7/8” deep, allowing me to cut two stacks, a 3 and a 2. I use 1/2” Maple for the top and Bottom. The Top inset Heart detail was made from a stack of cut-outs from the body (Padauk, Maple, Maple) which produced a 1 1/8” glued up stack. When I cut the opening in the top for the Heart detail I undercut it slightly and sanded it to get a nice tight fit. The glued in inset piece projects 3/8” below the Top to act as a stopper for the Top into the Body and 1/4"above the top to provide the raised Heart detail. Dave has the advantage of having a Band Saw and a spindle sander which I do not have room for in my tiny shop. I eased all the edges with a round over bit in my Router and did all my sanding using my Dremel and a lot by hand. That is where I ran into some difficulty. Not the sanding but with the Padauk dust!!!! The Padauk sanding dust acks like a stain when it gets on the Maple. You just cannot wipe it off clean with a tack cloth. I even applied a coat of Lacquer Sanding Sealer to try and control the staining, but It did not really do the job. Like Dave, I finished the box with multiple coats of Clear Gloss Lacquer and added a Red Felt to the box bottom. I like the way it came out, but not happy with the Red staind on some of the Maple. Lacquer drys fast so I was able to sneek and take these pic's before she gets to see it. As always comments and critique is welcome. EDIT 2/14/22: My lady was very happy!!!!

Amongst the many, many, ‘Tree of Life’ patterns that pop up in Pinerest, this one is always there. The pattern is very simple and took very little work to convert it into a scroll saw pattern. I sized the circle to a 10” dia so it would fit nicely on a 12” x 12” backer. I cut it out of solid core Maple Ply but decided to stain it with Krylon rattle can Rustic Brown Stain to get the dead tree look. Cutting was done with Pegas #2/0 and #0 spiral blades. The backer is Solid Core Birch left natural. After mounting the finished panel was given multiple coats of Deft Lacquer. The Frame is my typical 1 ¾” wide Poplar finished with Minwax Mission Oak Poly/Stain. Comments and critique always welcome.