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Pretty!

Charlie, what a great idea....plus an excellent quote! Very nice job on cutting that font!

Do you know if it would fit on this thing. We sell these at Woodcraft....https://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/KX11307/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-qi_BhBxEiwAkxvbkKAaRhETwHOmhlum9PI8Z5VS47TNw304hwFkbYuYlx0jnyveLGrpdxoCVLMQAvD_BwE

Paul do you mount it on a drill press then as well?

Fantastic! Great job!

Very cool! I love Willie....also, nice truck! I had a red one like that and wish I never traded it in.

Yes they do. I think I just got lucky and a bit compulsive obsessive I just kept turning it back and forth and then when I got it... I marked them with a pencil.

I love them all but I do feel that dragon fly box is my favorite. I love how you did the wings. What kind of wood did you use for the wings anyway? Holly?

Thanks Dave. So regarding the glue up....It would have been difficult but after I cut out the inside hole first and did not cut out the outside oval, I glued the bottom on (it was just a rectangular piece of wood) (I also pin nailed it in the corners that were going to be thrown away) let it dry over night. Then I cut the sides with the bottom all at once. I did the same for the top. Does that make sense?

Judy, could you post a picture of your wood. I am not familiar with that species. Thanks

Thank you! great glue up! When I make it I can put it in my drum sander which usually works pretty good on flattening as well because my glue ups usually do not turn out as well as yours!

Excellent! I too would like to make one as well. Hopefully this year... Where did you get your pattern for this one?

Wow! really nicely done. Amazing!

Thank you Charlie, so I decided to do the ribbon cutting because I am trying to figure out a way to do something similar with the Celtic Heart you sent me....but I cannot yet figure out how to do that. I have a couple ideas...I need to hurry up since their anniversary is coming up. Thanks again.

I think it would be a bit difficult for a brand new scroller because the ribbon is a pretty thick cut so you need to be careful not to let your blade and wood drift. It wouldn't hurt to try though... @artisanpirate who is a member on the village shows his Jig which is similar to mine in this video: Hope this helps. mc

Nice Charlie, What kind of finish did you put on it? That really is a pretty Ambrosia Maple. We sell that wood at Woodcraft but it doesn't look quite that dark. Very nice.

Pete, did you make any of the other boxes in the book? If so, which one....mc

Thanks so much Barb, coming from you that is quite the compliment! Thanks again

Thank you so much! You really should make one once you are back on your feet. It was super fun seeing it develop and you are so talented that it wouldn't be difficult at all for you. I did use flocking on the inside. I work for Woodcraft and we sell alot of colors in our store. But sometimes it is hit or miss. I was lucky to get purple. I bought a used book for the pattern and instructions. She is really pretty good at describing the steps. It was interesting that she was a cake decorator prior to being a woodworker so she had a good idea of how to make ribbons out of frostings ....Here is the book I used: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/creative-wooden-boxes-from-the-scroll-saw-28-useful--surprisingly-easy-to-make-projects_carole-rothman/3293769/item/58617746/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=pmax_high_vol_scarce_%2410_%2450_17400876848&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwytS-BhCKARIsAMGJyzpI6Foa32hGFXiidQ8ziy-dKftGxSScXvg2qW1lzHqzqucJScGHuR0aAvZFEALw_wcB#idiq=58617746&edition=7974845

Peter, Thank you! I gave it to her today and she really couldn't believe it. It was well worth seeing the smile on her face when I gave it to her. She was more excited about the box than she was about the expensive necklace and earrings I put in the box.

Mark, thanks so much! It really wasn't very difficult. I made a jig to hold my piece together during the compound cuts. That also helped me to not cut myself. I think the hardest part was cutting the pieces of wood really thin using my band saw before gluing them together. I have a Laguna 18" 5 HP monster bandsaw so resawing those little itty bitty pieces on that seemed a bit scary. I ended up gluing bigger pieces of scrap wood to them to hold them while I cut them into thin strips. Hot glue works great for that as I can heat it up with a heat gun and they come apart easily with out breaking the thin pieces if that makes sense. The blade I used was a #9 I think Pegas Reverse tooth?....I used my Hawk G4 26 which allows me to tighten the blade crazy tight to reduce drift, plus I practiced all my "stop drift" techniques I learned from all of the folks on here . Cutting the ribbon didn't take too long really. I did go through probably 8 blades though because of that darn purple heart. I am not really sure how long the entire ribbon took me though because I had a bunch of interruptions. Thanks again. mc

Thanks Paul, It was good to get back on the scroll saw. I was planning on coming down to your neck of the woods this coming Wednesday and was going to ask if you and Patti would mind if I stopped in....However, It looks like it might be the following week. I will let you know and see if you are going to be around. I did all my scroll work for that box on my Hawk...I really do like it. Thanks again

I have seen this done on here before so I decided to give it a try. I am celebrating my daughter's birthday tomorrow and I needed a box to put her jewelry in. It really was a fun project to do. It is a Carole Rothman pattern. I used walnut for the box and Holly, Purple heart, Canary wood and Bloodwood for the ribbon.

Very pretty. That is amazing how those dogwood flowers turned out! Very well done as usual

Ralph, those are really nice! I really like the colorful birdies!