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Yes nice and pretty. I have the 26" version. Right now it has a #1 pegas mg blade installed.

I have 2 projects not finished. Over 2 years now. 1) Probably 2 or 3 days of work to fix it. 2) Maybe 2 days to get it done. and 2 more projects just starting.

Seth welcome to the village. I joined here about 4 yrs ago and learned so much. These guys and gals helped me through some interesting problems. They like pictures a lot. Ask question, share pictures, and teach us new stuff. I am Mark, from California.

ooh, nicely done with the cholla spikes. Is that also a young Joshua tree ? I was wondering how to do Joushua trees. Yes. it resembles the arizon flag.

So my work in progress on my hat rack is under question. here is the link to that post. I have decided to make a 20 mule team on the front of the rack. The flat panel is 35 inches long 4 inches high. I want to make this more of an art piece. @FrankEV I printed a good old picture on line of the 20 mule team in action in the desert. I glued this the the wood. The problem with using old photos and a long object is detail. But this will work well on my piece of wood. The picture has a slight angle that shows a 3d effect on wagons and mules team. Question... To enhance this 3d feel I want to either add the pieces to the flat wood, OR should I just cut the pieces to emboss (relief) the animal and wagons. The size of the wood prevents me to true angle cut to do the relief. I would need to only angle the left and right parts of the objects. the second and 3rd picture shows the add on pieces technique. This has a 15 degree angle cut to try to show they mules are going away. All wood is 3/8 thick. I plan to stain the animals and wagons to make then stand out even more. Ok now for open end questions. What else can I do to enhance this project? The mules can be painted instead of stained. This adds a lot of work to try to get the harnesses and ropes. Painting will also be able to get the human details. I traced a real horshoe and cut 2 of them for possible ends. All suggestion welcome. Even the 20 mule team can be thrown out for a better idea. Me. Mark Eason

Nice cutting. The bloodwood is really hard. That does look like 3/4" thick. Thanks for saying 20 to 30 min per blade. What protective finish did you will do on the "bloodwood"? Shop question: Did the insulated garage door help? My door face south and they are not insulated. Me. Mark Eason.

Now thar is a nice looking ship / boat. I like how it shows the crosswinds. All flags and smoke seems to be consistent.

Welcome to village. There are some great tips and tricks all from the experts. There also some great artists hanging around here. I am a visual only Backyard astromony. Also read "cloudy nights" forum a lot. Me. Mark Eason in California

with the bad edge is could be rounded off. so you don't have to plane it down.

Hi villagers... I finally decided to do something. But I ran into some small hurdles. Those hurdles were really small because I remembered some tips I read in the village. I wanted to make a joint that slides into another wood. This one is is at 45deg. So I remember someone saying single bevel cut, you can only do with spiral. So you cut without spinning the wood. Using all sides of the spiral blade. Here is the fit check. It is too tight need to sand it. Here is my scrollsaw sander / file. The other tip was great , another piece of this project was longer than my 26" C arm . . So I remember to turn the blade so it cuts backwards. No picture. But a great tip. So it was a simple project but I am not done. A simple towel rack. But it won't be holding towels. I had to do a size check before I continue. Actual placement on the wall. I have to shape the corners and decide what fretwork to add. Suggestion for fretwork are welcome.

fraud. stop talking these guys.

nice and clean cuts. good southwestern feel.

one of my favorite characters. He had the best lines. For your project it looks great.

New ideas, if I remember your buddy is young. To keep his interest try to tap into his imagination. Cartoons he watches. Disney characters? What toys does he have. Can you add a toy something to enhance other toys? Toy story movies are based on old toys from us old guys era. what would story story be 30 years from now? What would the Woody character play with now? Have you seen people and pets scrollsaw theme? Simple and cute. Olympics are coming up, maybe do some events with the same type of people. Search for bandsaw boxes. Those will get your wood imagination going. Scrollsaw boxes are better than bandsaw boxes. For outside of the box, not for youngsters , the tattoo artistry is another way to get ideas. My dad would make up stories about road signs "Falling rock". It was an Indian looking for his horse named "Falling rock". He had side stories about life lessons. Make up a character, have your buddy name it and draw it. Then run it through the scroll saw.

I am a Titebond III user. Rarely do I use other titebond. Yep the nozzle can get clogged. I takee a needle nose pliers to pry up the cap. Then I unscrew the top and use same pliers to pull the dried glue out. I have been tempted to try the silicon brush applicator set from rockler. But I think that it won't help with Titebond III. I might try keeping the bottle upside down. As suggested above. But I won't change glues. My hats have 1/8 inch in butt joints only. They have survived 3 summers. I even experimented and left it in the car in the desert on a 107 deg day. It also survived 2 rain day experiments. I might try this... https://www.rockler.com/rockler-precision-glue-applicator-bundle

inexpensive but , Fabulous and fancy also frilly

for me, lack of ideas. or lack of decision of what to do next.

Finished project..

It turns out there is another part of this project that my daughter in law wanted. A tree that she goes to on hikes. She sent a tree picture. So I had some lacewood that the grain patterns now looks like leaves. The height of this wood is 4 inches. Thickness is 1/2 inch. All cut with spiral blades. I mixed #2 with #00 to help with contouring of branches.

my brother has been in woodworking and was a Rockler store manager. He told me to check "General finishes" out and try them on my wooden cowboy hats scraps. I tried water based general finished side by side with oil based finished from "General finishes" Arm R Seal is oil based wipe on wipe off. The oil based is so much better to bring the magic of black walnut. When I did the tiny feet drawers I tried the Osmo (oil based) hard wax. side by side with Arm R Seal. Both look great. The wax Osmo won't be as durable be it will make it feel like furniture polish. Kid toy safe. I also did this side by side on the recent feathers I did. All 3 feathers were different wood. I went with Arm R Seal because of the softer wood Butternutwood I wanted it to be stiffer. Osmo is very expensive but it does not need much. It is also considereal toy safe. Kids can chew on it.

Arm R Seal or Osmo

I also hear the the song free bird.

tattoo images are a great inspiration. fantastic artist. It looks good on your wood. I might do that with olivewood. With the olivewood having a peaceful meaning.

good idea , keep a bigger base to show off black walnut grain.

Hi villagers.. I just got done with a small 4 inch logo. My daughter in law has set up her practice for therapy called "Three Feathers Therapy". This her logo.. This is my small 4 inch plaque. Made from Butternut wood. Wow that is soft wood. 2/0 spiral blade was used. She did not mind to add a bit of tint to the wood. I played with my green and orange transtint dye. Butternut wood did pretty well with green and orange. The middle feather I used water-based stain Provential brown. Very diluted, just to get the tan effect. The 3 bigger stand alone feathers : ( left to right) are oak, olive, canarywood. The oak did not do well with green dye after the finish darkened the oak. Olive is so pretty no tint was needed. Canarywood is orange enough with no stain. The off angle pic has a better angle to show green tint. This angle also shows that I added texture to the edge of the feathers. Spiral blade with slight pressure changes left to right. Lessons learned: Butternut wood is soft. Leaves fibers behind. Breaks easily. "feothors" now has a definition. Scollsawyers need therapy when using butternut. Olive smells like olive oil when cutting. Olivewood is my favorite wood due to smooth creamy patterns. It is hard to find good uses for olivewood to show off the grain patterns. Canarywood wood smells fruity. Nice orange color after an oil based finish. Nice to play with. Me. Mark Eason