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You don't do that to the whole piece but in this case the ring. It adds a bevel, that really accents things. it does not take much. Think of it as doing what a router does, just not as fancy.

I was using 1/4 for backer boards but found they warp way too easily. I moved to 3/8 for my backers now, and have less warpage. Pretty much I am doing most of my work in 1/2 inch, with the exception of my toys which are 3/4 and sometimes 1 inch.

THank you Yes, it is from Chiplwood. Serhan is from Turkey, and his designs are very good and the way he lays it out is even better. I have a few more of his designs I am going to execute.

From the description, it says he has "magnets behind." I would drill a small hole deep enough to take the small magnet, but not deep enough to drill through the square. Of course, you would do the same thing with the playing piece, just have the opposite polarity. It would be a lot of drilling nearly 100 holes! The seller (Serhan) is from Turkey. I forgot if it was Istanbul or Ankara. Nice guy, his scroll saw plans are great and priced very reasonably too. This is what I use for magnets on my projects. I get a pack of 60 Mini Magnets for $6. https://amzn.to/3O7Zekd

In order to cut, you will need "too many" pieces, otherwise your A's and P's will be weird. You can scale this JPG to size.

Here is the latest project I am working on. A key rack for my sister. I got the design from ChipilWood on Etsy. His designs are really good, he not only gives you the full design together but breaks up all the pieces individually, thus saving paper. I just finished cutting the horse on the right, got the carving and shaping done on the left. Dry fitting now. Sadly, my flex shaft broke on my rotary tool today, so I have to wait until the replacement part comes in tomorrow before I continue with my power carving.

I got this off of Etsy. Six wheeled animals in the plans. This is a recent set I cut out. Not sure if these are too simple for a 3-year-old, but the 2-year-old my wife babysits for loves them. I made a set for my grandson (but he's too young right now), and I have been making more to give as gifts to people who are just having kids.

I was working on my Intarsia project today, finally finished cutting the horse on the right (see below), and started some of the power carving. Sadly, the rotary flex cable broke as I was working, so I need a new part. Only $13 and it comes in tomorrow, but it set me back on that project. It is a key rack, that will be a birthday gift for my sister. Needless to say, I wanted to occupy my time today, so I cut this out. About 5 hours of scrolling for this. A bit of detail work and pierce work (Drill and cut inside). Still need to profile the edges and give it a good sanding, but wanted to fit the clock mechanism to make sure my tolerances were good. I had to make some on the fly design changes while cutting. I am reworking the design now for future pieces. I was asked if I would sell this, but I do not think I could justify the price. 7x8" @$1.5/inch would be about $85. I know I have $20 in it. And so far about 5 hours of my time. I cut slowly as I am anal about nailing my pattern lines. Plus I had to do some on the fly while cutting design changes. BTW, this is my current Intarsia project. It will be a gift for my sister. Currently finished cutting it out, shaped the left horse, now on to the right horse.

Alex has some great patterns. I am amazed that he is still producing things as he comes from Ukraine.

Newbie here at SSV. I use clear shelf liner as it comes off my piece cleanly with virtually no residue. Add me to the 3M 77 spray. Since my work is mainly for gifts, saving a few pennies does not matter much to me. I will say recently, I adhered my stencil directly to my backer board to see what would happen. I knew I could always sand or use MS to clean if needed, but I got most of the paper off as I did not leave it on too long as I was doing the quick outline of my project.