Allen levine

I'm not keen on scrolling patterns as I prefer intarsia but I do like one day projects

Brainstem not brainstorm

Before leaving for Tennessee and nc this week I had no intarsia patterns at least no new patterns so I went into Steve goods catalog and after making 2 for my daughter my best buddy saw the best teacher ever piece before my daughter picked it up and asked me if he could purchase 2 for his daughters both teachers and of course I'd never charge him he's been my go to person whenever I needed help lifting anything heavy as he lives near me i made these two unfortunately he never saw them He had a stroke in April and was put into a coma until he recovered months of therapy he came through 100 percent not allowed to drive but we were making plans for a road trip in November as long as doc gave him ok he was forced to retire 3 months early his retirement party a huge bash at his daughter house they rented a tent had 4 servers catering the whole nine yards I was getting ready last Saturday to go to his bash when a neighbor told me there's an ambulance in front of his house inrushed down there he came out with medics he looked at me and said great timing huh? it was an hour before his party he had a brainstorm hemorrhage at hospital and his brain died they kept him alive on machines for 24 hours to make sure no possibility of him surviving he's gone but I'll give these to his kids friday sorry about the back story it's torturing me he was so healthy never sick a day in his life really 66 years old and then I made another piece today and shop is closed

So sorry to read this as new as I am to this site I knew him from another woodworking site for years god speed Paul of you read this

I have trouble with a 5 blade using 3/4 inch hardwoods i mostly use a 7

Nice piece the only tiger wood I ever had was decking I purchased from advantage lumber In buffalo New York 500 miles from my housr i went for ipe but got some of that also ectremely dense and hard what did you cut it with?

That's exactly how I feel let them deliver it to my doorstep

When I was a teen the magic number was 420

Prolly right but my 5 year old grandson as well as his playground buddies love this stuff I think they feel it's a big boy thing I showed my grandson and his friend and they asked for one for each kid don't recall names why not I say the contrasting wood was from the last big intarsia hidden forest I used it as background and had alot of cut off pieces glad I didn't toss them

67 doesn't mean anything it's a joke to all the kids

Might be a good project for those that do craft fairs 67 keychain or back pack zipper pull dont ask me why but my grandson and all his friends want them and I'm making one for each of them these are just two I made quickly less them 30 minutes but I'm sure stacking can make 6-10 an hour use up every piece of scrap you have

Oh boy with the rest of the hat parts on

Looked at his page yesterday and saw this was on his latest page my grandson got his hands on it and painted the flowers I stopped him but had to color it up

condolences to the family.....sad, sad news.

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