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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Dav on October 28, 2010, 12:59:27 pm

Title: puzzles
Post by: Dav on October 28, 2010, 12:59:27 pm

what wood do you most often use on your puzzles

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Merlin on October 28, 2010, 03:42:13 pm

Simple answer: BLO
I was told by an older gentleman a number of years back "A child wood have to eat the entire truck before the effects of BLO bothered them" Now I think eating the toy wood be a bigger problem than the BLO.


***Merlin***

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Dawie on October 28, 2010, 04:31:26 pm

BLO ??? ??? Please tell me what that is? ::)
David

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Dawie on October 28, 2010, 04:32:06 pm

I use childfriendly paint on mine.
David

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: chips on October 28, 2010, 04:49:45 pm

BLO stands for Boiled Linseed Oil.

Pete

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Russ C on October 28, 2010, 04:49:57 pm

David,
BLO: Boiled Linseed Oil.  8)

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: jimbo on October 28, 2010, 05:04:31 pm

The only wood I wouldn't use is tantalized as it has arsenic in it, as for finishes most oils are OK and as paint I use poster or acrylic apint
Jimbo 

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: dunk on October 28, 2010, 07:19:56 pm

I think OP was asking what type of wood we use for making puzzles.

I use hardwoods, if they are going to be painted I use poplar.

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Judy Hunter on October 28, 2010, 08:11:15 pm

I use maple for stained pieces, Aspen for painted pieces

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: dgman on October 28, 2010, 09:04:57 pm

I use what ever hardwood I have laying around. Mahogany, Walnut, Maple, Alder, poplar and cherry.

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Rapid Roger on October 28, 2010, 11:19:03 pm

I would use plywood or what ever hard wood that suited me and finish it with anything I felt like using.
If it is for a child that might chew on it, I would NOT use walnut (some people are aleargic to it) and I would finish it with shellac as it is considered food safe for anything.

Rog

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: julief on October 29, 2010, 07:15:43 am

If it is going to be painted - I use pine or poplar.  Any other hardwood with a pretty grain will do for the rest.

Title: Re: puzzles
Post by: Dawie on October 29, 2010, 07:48:33 am

I make most of my puzzles from MDF and then paint them. If I want something special I see what is available in this neck of the woods.
Thanks guys now I at least know what BLO means and as it is have that on my shelf.
David