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Pattern Requests. / Script writing request please

« on: May 28, 2016, 09:34:07 am »

Hello everyone.

a friend of mine asked me to make her a sign to hang outside at her house. she asked if I could make her a sign reading :  PAULA'S CAFE

in a nice script writing with a steaming coffee cup on it...the only restriction I have is that it can only be 20 inches long. the width doesn't matter just the length...

I'm thinking of using a couple of steve's coffee cups since he has numerous ones on here that I can intergrate into the sign. my only problem is making the word art part that is a nice script that I can cut on the scroll saw.

if anyone could help me out I would be really grateful.

thank you

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Pattern Requests. / photo to pattern request please

« on: December 13, 2015, 04:11:52 pm »

Hello guys and gals,

I just finally got a picture of my wifes grandmother who passed away years ago. this picture is from when she was younger and a nurse in WWII. I got one of her grandfather from that time finished up for xmas and I was hoping that one of you great pattern makers could help me by making this one into a pattern please. just let me and I can send the picture to any of you guys..

thanks,

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Pattern Requests. / can someone modify a welcome sign pattern for me?

« on: June 17, 2015, 06:57:32 am »

hello everyone,

I am looking to modify one of steve's welcome sign patterns. I would like to take the "welcome" part out of it and put in "The Rucchin Familly"

if any of you awesome pattern guys out there can do this for me it would be absolutely wonderfull !! I am not sure if I am allowed to post the welcome sign template that he has so I will just describe it...it is the one with the small deer on the bottom, rabbits in the lower right corner, a coupe trees, and maple leaf's across the top...if you guys think it would be possible to modify it I would love to see ppl's ideas on how we can do this...

thanks everyone ..

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Pattern Requests. / another sign request

« on: March 05, 2015, 05:49:40 am »

I was wondering if I could request another one from you guys?? can you possibly convert my personally owned business logo into a scrollable sign for me? with or without the phone number..that part does not matter...actually probably without the phone number would be better please......you guys are sooo darn talented it's amazing

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Pattern Requests. / hanging sign request

« on: March 04, 2015, 09:19:57 am »

Hi gals and guys,

I had a request from someone I know that owns a farm asking if I can make this sign for them but instead of "the andersons" to have it say "The Thorne's"

I was wondering if one of you awesome designers might be able to adjust this for me to show their name in it. and help with changing the letters as necessary so they can be cut out on the scroll saw for me. if the font has to be changed that is fine they said but they would like to keep the style very similar to what is shown

I would really appreciate it ..

thanks

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Pattern Requests. / WW II portrait pattern

« on: December 28, 2014, 06:10:59 pm »

hey guys. I just found this old pic of my wife's grandfather who recently just passed away. I've been trying to get the perfect picture of him to transpose into wood. I think I finally found that picture...what do you guys think?? think someone can make this into a pattern for me??

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Pattern Requests. / personalized sawblade clock

« on: November 20, 2014, 07:24:07 am »

hello there, a fellow woodworkers wife just came to me a week or so ago and asked if I could make her a gift to give to her hubby for xmas....she asked if I could make a wooden saw blade with the word "WOODWORKING" rounded at the top of the blade and words "BY WAYNE" rounded at the bottom of the blade.  any of you guys have any ideas? I can picture it in my head exactly how it should look but unfortunately I do not know how to use any kind of editing programs or anything like that so I am very limited to what I can make for her...if you guys can possibly help me out it would be awesome ...

thanks

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Pattern Requests. / another veteran request

« on: November 18, 2014, 11:09:19 pm »

I thought I would surprise my wife with a after picture of her grandfather who was in the war who just passed away a few months ago. I would love to give the family a picture of him in his war uniform (which I really appreciate everyones efforts to make up for me) but I also thought that a picture of him and his wifes 60th anniversary would also be a GREAT addition as well. after all 60 years of marriage is not heard of to often these days. him and his wife met in the war, she was a nurse . once they met they never left eachothers side! their story is amazing one of love and commitment. of course many people met and married because of the war and this is just another one of those amazing stories with only the pictures left to tell the tales...

thank you ahead of time for taking the time to help me out. I really appreciate it everyone

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Pattern Requests. / WWII veteran photo to pattern request

« on: November 06, 2014, 08:48:52 am »

attached is a picture of my wifes grandfather who just recently passed away of a stroke. he was a honored veteran with our Canadian airforce.

I would like to request a pattern of this picture if possible if someone could help me out. I would like to make 4 of them .  for my wife, her sister, their mother, and aunt

if this picture cannot be done I will try to get a couple other pictures that can try to be used....

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Pattern Requests. / anyone with a tonka truck pattern. for wall not the toy

« on: August 21, 2014, 09:16:58 pm »

a friend of mine asked if I could make her a wall piece for her 2 year old grandson.. she asked if I can make a picture of a Tonka truck (or something like that )and incorporate his name into it...
 I was thinking that the character "chuck the truck" would be an awesome picture for a 2 year old...

his name is Jack

anyone have any patterns available or can help me out with one and help me put his name into it?

thanks everyone

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General Scroll Saw Talk / PLEASE HELP with mao shan scroll saw

« on: August 17, 2014, 11:36:18 am »

so I've been using a crappy old mastercraft pin end scroll saw for years now. my cousin had this mao shan pinless scroll saw sitting in the corner of his shop for years that he had only used a couple times so he thought it would have a better home in my shop !!! whoooo hooooo....I looked up this scroll saw name and it appears a pretty good name that has made products for grizzly and a few other companies in the past...anyways....my problem is in the pinless blades and the clamps ...no matter what I do I cannot get the blades tight enough in the clamps to hold them...even when I take a pair of plyers to hold the clamp then reef on it with an alan key to tighten it it still wont tighten enough to hold the blades.....there must be something i'm doing wrong here..but I just can't figure it out...I was sooo excited to get this good heavy duty saw and I just am dying to start using it..but I need to get past this issue first lol...the saw itself is like 10 times the weight of my mastercraft and very well built of out cast iron! here is a few pics of it and the clamps that I just can't get tight enough.....please please help guys !! lol...

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Pattern Requests. / photo to pattern request please

« on: May 23, 2014, 09:17:46 am »

Hello guys. i was wondering if someone would be able to please change this photo in a pattern for me. me and my wife got married almost a year ago and we are going back to where we got married for our first anniversary in a week today. i dont think i'm going to be able to have this completed by then but i would like to surprise her shortly after we get back .  i'm hoping to make this a pretty big piece for her

thank you in advance.

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Pattern Requests. / outdoor name plaque

« on: April 11, 2014, 03:18:36 pm »

Hello again everyone,

i'm looking to make a couple outdoor name plaques for some friends of mine. i really like this pattern that steve posted : http://www.stevedgood.com/newwelcomesign.pdf

however i would like to change the "welcome" to someone's last name. can i get your guys and gals recommendations on the best way to do this please.

would i just find a font that i like and print it off and set it ontop of steve's pattern and try to match them up together as best i can? or is there a program that i can upload his design into and change the pattern to show the name i am looking at inserting? it would be nice to have some kind of program or pattern that is kind of generic that you can change the names for different people...is this possible at all?

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General Scroll Saw Talk / outdoor signs

« on: April 03, 2014, 08:58:26 am »

Hello everyone, i've been a long time lurker here at the forums and have learnt a great deal from all the people around here with so much knowledge...i'm not one for usually posting but i can't find the answer anywhere around here for the question i have...

i am going to be making a outdoor sign for a friend of mine. they would like a nice scrolling fretwork piece to hang at their camp. my question is do you guys think i can make this out of the normal baltic birch ply i use or should i go with a different kind of wood? i would like to stick with the BB if possible. also i love to use danish oil, i use it for pretty much all of my work...can this be used for a outdoor project?

this is what i was thinking....do my piece, finish it with danish oil. but where i'm stuck is what kind of finish to put on it after the danish oil i.e. lacquer, varathane, etc. etc.   after applying that i was thinking of some tompsons outdoor water sealer that is used on decks ? think that would work? if not any other ideas? what would hold up to the rain, humidity, and weather???

i would tell my friend to bring it inside for the winter since we are up in northern ontario canada and our winters are brutal..

thank you all for any and all suggestions....

dan