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Brag Forum / 9 Inch 6 Lobed Pine and Appleply Bowl

« on: November 05, 2014, 09:59:44 am »

The perfect bowl for passing the chips / popcorn / trail mix. The bowl is 9 in. in diameter and has convenient handles. Cut from 3/4 Pine and 3/4 Appleply. Sealed with Tung Oil and shellac and top coated with lacquer.

DW

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Brag Forum / My latest Projects for my November Shows

« on: November 03, 2014, 05:34:08 pm »

This puzzle was cut from 1/4 Baltic Birch and has over 150 pieces ( did not stop to count them )

This bowl was cut from Sapele and poplar. It is 6 inches long x 6 wide. Finished with Tung Oil and Shellac.

This is a Steve Good pattern. I cut at least one every year for my November shows. The wood is Sapele and Pine. Sealed with Tung Oil and topcoated with Shellac.

This ornament was thought of by Harmony on the Scroll Saw Woodworking and crafts forum. There is no pattern I saw it asked Harmony for permission to use the idea and made this one. Cut from 3/4 pine the bird is from Diane Thompsons birdhouse patterns but enlarged to fit the trailer. The perch and tongue leveler are bamboo skewers. Finish is Shellac.

DW

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Brag Forum / Bread Basket - Protoype

« on: October 21, 2014, 12:01:52 am »

Cut from 1/2 in pine. The dowels are poplar stained a mahogany. Finished with a satin lacquer. I know ... I know not a whole lot of scrolling. . . . yet. The end cap pieces have enough room for some design work. I have not yet decided what I need to put there. The basket is 10 1/2" long x almost 6" wide.

DW

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Brag Forum / Some more 2014 Christmas items

« on: October 17, 2014, 10:10:09 am »

Cut from 1" Sapele finished with Tung Oil.

Cut from Cedar and Douglas Fir. Finished in Tung Oil.

Cut from pine. Finished in Tung Oil.

DW

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Brag Forum / Part of the 2014 Christmas cuttings

« on: October 10, 2014, 09:49:05 pm »

Woods used: Yellow Cedar, White Pine, Bamboo, Mahogany, Baltic Birch
Metal used: .039 Brass

Cut from a block of Mahogany - 3/4 thick 1 1/2 wide. Shellaced

Cut from 3/4 Yellow Cedar. Sealed with tung oil and top coated with Shellac.

Cut from 1/2 in Bamboo and shellaced

Collapsible basket cut from white pine. Shellaced.

Baltic Birch Tree topper - awaiting decision on how to finish it.

Cut from .039 brass - Cut for an Aunt to use as a coat zipper pull

Cut from 1/2 in. Bamboo flooring - Shellaced

DW

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / basic no frills frame making

« on: October 08, 2014, 06:42:32 pm »

This is a way to create a frame with out the use of power tools other than your scroll saw.
First decide on what size you want your frame.... in this case the frame will house an 8 x 10 picture and the frame will be 1.5 " wide and .5" thick with a .25" channel. This means that you need to cut 2 each of the following:
12.50" x 1.50" x .25"
10.50" x 1.50" x .25"
Since I do not own a table saw I used my miter saw to cut to length and to put the 45 degree angle on the pieces.

I created a jig that helps me hold my pieces at the necessary 90 degrees

I create the frame in pairs then glue the pairs together making sure that they are still square.

Notice one of the pieces has some gouges in it, this is not a problem as they will be covered up in the up coming step.

Once both pairs are glued together and you have ensured that it is square you are half way done. What you have created is the face of the frame.
Now is the time to start to lock the frame together. This is also the time that the channel is created. To do this you will need to cut one board that is 12.50" x 1.25" x .25" and glue it along one of the long sides of the frame. It will overlap the 40 Degree joint on both ends.

Continue to cut and fit lengths of 1.25" wide board all the way around the frame making sure that you get a good fit.

Congratulations if you have followed this along correctly when your glue dries you will have a frame that will hold an 8x10 picture that has a 1.50" wide frame with a .25" channel and is only .5 thick. Hope this helps explain how I make most of my frames.

DW

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Making Halo's for the compound cut Angel Ornaments

« on: September 30, 2014, 08:23:29 am »

I have found an easy way to make the halo's for those compound cut Angel Ornaments that folks were doing a little while back.

1) a piece of 3/4 inch in diameter ( 19mm ) dowel rod 4 inches long
2) a 1/2 inch ( 13mm) Forstner bit.
3) a 3/4 inch ( 19mm) forstner bit.
4) an X Block
5) drill press
6) a piece of scrap wood to make the tool to find the center of the 3/4 inch dowel.

Chuck up the 3/4 in. forstner bit in the drill press drill 90% of the way through the scrap piece of wood. Make sure that you do not go all the way through with the bit or you will have to start again. Using a smaller bit drill a hole in the very center of the hole you drilled with the forstner bit. The insert the dowel into the hole and mark it with a pencil. It will look like this:

I made an X block a while back. For those that are not familiar with what an X block is it is real simple. Take two 3 inch by 3 inch boards that are 3/4 inch thick and find the centerline of each. Cut a 3/4 inch wide slot 1/2 way across each of the blocks so that you have something that resembles a fat square C. glue and fit the blocks together so that you have 90 degrees on each side and it looks like a big fat plus sign. You will need this or something similar to ensure that your dowel is perfectly vertical when drilling it with the forstner bit. It will look like this:

Take your 4 inch long 3/4 inch dowel and place it in the x block like this and clamp it in place then carefully locate the center of the dowel and drill it as deep as desired with the 1/2 in. ( 13mm ) forstner bit:

Then it is just a matter of cutting the halo's from the dowel at the thickness you wish to use.

Hope this helps folks

DW

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Brag Forum / Hex Ribbon Box

« on: September 08, 2014, 08:27:31 pm »

The box is cut from 2 - 3/4 pine sections glued together. The ribbon is 3/8 pine sandwiched between 1/4 in cedar. The box inside is flocked with a kelly green flocking. The box it finished with shellac.

DW

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Brag Forum / Completed 10 Piggy Bank with Brass Nameplate order

« on: August 24, 2014, 07:21:28 pm »

Finished one of my largest piggy bank orders this morning. A grandmother wanted bank with brass nameplates for each of her grandchildren. The banks are ~ 10 inches long, 4 inches wide and 7 inches tall. The name plates are 1 inch wide, 4 inches long and cut from 0.029 inch thick brass. Sealed with tung oil and then finished with shellac.

DW

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Brag Forum / Brass Nameplates

« on: August 12, 2014, 07:46:50 pm »

Cut from .022 inch brass plate. The plates are 1 inch high and 4 inches long.
Cut with a #3 jewlers blade.

DW

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Brag Forum / My Latest Projects

« on: August 04, 2014, 11:44:51 pm »

This sign was an order from a family friend for their camps trailer. The state is pine the red is cedar and the names are mahogany. Sealed with tung oil and then top coated with Spar Varnish as it is going to be outside.

This is my latest shell. Cut from Mahogany, Poplar and Pine. Sealed with tung oil and top coated with shellac.
The stand was cut from 3/4 pine to support the shell for display.

DW

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Brag Forum / Corian Panther

« on: July 23, 2014, 08:59:59 pm »

This is a Steve Good Pattern and it is about 14 inches tall. The corian I used was a sink cutout from a kitchen install. The corian is 1/2 inches thick. I used a #9 ultra Reverse blade to cut the pattern.

DW

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Brag Forum / Pine and Paduk Scalloped Bowl

« on: July 22, 2014, 06:26:21 pm »

Created this bowl from pine scraps and a 1/8 in hick leftover piece of paduk. Sealed with tung oil and top coated with shellac. This bowl is 5 1/2 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long and 3 inches tall. The walls of the bowl started at 3/8 inches thick and were sanded to around 1/4 inch.