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    I have been collecting different woods for about 35 years. I was a logger for 17 years. All told I probably have 10-20 thousand dollars' worth of wood stuck back. My family has sawmill that I get my local hardwoods and when I travel, I look up and visit people with sawmills. I also visit different wood stores in my travels. Luckily for me, I also have a friend that has a local woodwork store that stocks exotic woods. Whenever I go to east Tennesse I always visit Jeffries Wood Works and buy a load as well. Never can have too much wood.
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    Another photo of the island cove intarsia piece that I recently finished. It was presented to its owner this last Thursday 6/29/23. The original design came from Bruce Worthington and I changed it some to get the look I wanted. Since I've had numerous people ask what woods I used, I thought I would post it again with a list. 1. African padauk- Red top half of background 2. Cherry-Brown lower half of background and frame 3. Western red cedar-Different shades for beach, background behind trees, sailboat mast and around top of boat. 4. Walnut-Palm trees and shadow inside boat. 5. Maple-Refection of boat in water. 6. Beetle killed pine-Water 7. Poplar-Different shades for vegetation around base of trees. 8. Catalpa-Palm fronds. 9. Spalted hickory-Gathering storm clouds 10. Aspen-Sail and body of boat.
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    Another one of my color filled shield eagles that I cut from cherry. I filled this one with purple resin. It’s looks bluer in the photo.
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    Thank y'all!!!
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    My newest Tree of Life. Cut from 1/2 inch cherry. It went to it's owner Friday.
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    One of my newest Intarsia pieces. A Bruce Worthington design that I changed up some. 9 different woods, all natural colors.
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    I've been a scroller for 38 years. I've had plenty of minor cuts, but you would have to be really dedicated to lose a finger on a scrollsaw, lol
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    I've been using the table top
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    This may help.
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    Looks great! That came out a lot better than my first attempt.
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    The green one is stormy
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    It's no where near perfect. I tell people that my woodwork is like my ex-wife. It looks better in photos......................
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    I use a cheap hair dryer and pour 1/2 inch. Haven't tried any deeper than that. I have used a torch in the past and got the resin too hot and it dried and split in places. It's important to have a dryer on your air compressor so no moisture gets into your cuttings.
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    I live in Fort Smith Arkansas. Here's a tutorial I recently posted.
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    Thank you!
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    Just planed down the newest Tree of Life. This one is a custom order and made from cherry with a dark green and gold color fill. I'll start the sanding and finishing later this week.
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    A couple of photos inside my cluttered shop
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    Your fretwork and your plates look awesome! Hope having both in the same photo won't get you in trouble with the photo police...............
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    Thank you Marg!
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    Back when I was doing a lot more scrolling than I am now, some of my designs were featured in a few magazines now and then. Some of the readers saw a couple of old license plates on my wall in the photos that were in the articles that I wrote and started sending me old plates that they had. Now I have plates from every state and several other countries displayed in my shop. My oldest is a 1910 from Pennsylvania. When I have vistors stop by they always enjoy seeing them.
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