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Brag Forum / Grace

« on: January 03, 2016, 05:03:07 pm »

This is one my favorite patterns that Steve has done.  It was one of my first attempts (I don't show that is ANYBODY! LOL) and here is my latest.  1/8" oak ply with a 1/4" BB ply backer that is painted black. 

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Brag Forum / Nativity scene

« on: December 02, 2015, 02:23:45 pm »

It is a pattern by Steve from a few weeks ago.  He designed it as a shelf sitter, I have made it as a wall hanging.  Stack cut 4 layers of 1/8" oak ply and a 1/4" backer painted black. 

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Brag Forum / Big Cat

« on: November 28, 2015, 03:50:05 pm »

This is a Jeff Zaffino pattern I found last year.  I stack cut two 1/8" oak ply, cut with 3/0 FD spiral blades.  Finish is BLO-Mineral Spirits mixed 50 x50.  In an 11 X 14" frame.
Jim

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Brag Forum / Eagle pattern by Steve

« on: May 25, 2015, 09:37:25 am »

This is probably my favorite pattern.  I cut it from 1/2" oak and put it on a 1" thick stand.  Used #1 and 3# FD blades for most of it and tried 0/2 spiral FD blade for the really small cuts. 
Jim

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The Coffee Shop / A joke

« on: May 22, 2015, 02:11:55 pm »

A lonely widow decides to buy a parrot so that she has some company.  She finds one on Craiglist that was owned by a sailor who needed the money.   She brings the bird home, puts it in its cage and it starts swearing a blue streak and will not stop.  This bothers her a lot!  To get it to stop swearing, she puts the cover over the cage.  This make the bird even louder as it keeps swearing.  The lady gets angry.  She takes the bird a throws it in one of the kitchen cupboards.  The bird goes crazy!  It is flapping around and screeching and swearing even louder.  It get some quite, she takes the bird out of the cupboard and pushes it into the freezer section of the frig, thinking the insulation will keep the noise down.  She can hear the bird still swearing at full volume.  After about 2 minutes it gets completely quiet.  The lady thinks ?I hope I didn?t kill it, I paid a lot of money for that bird.?  She opens the freezer door and the parrot quietly hops out and says to her.  ?I am very sorry for all the bad language.  I promise never to swear again.  I only have one question.  What did the chicken do to make you angry??

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Brag Forum / First 6 months of learning

« on: October 28, 2014, 12:58:23 pm »

Here are some of the projects that didn't end up as designer firewood.    Most are pattens by Steve Good.
The eagle is Oak, the butterfly is Cherry. The box is Walnut and Cherry.  The sign is 1/4" Birch.

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Introduce Yourself. / Hello from Wisconsin

« on: October 27, 2014, 08:30:13 pm »

Hello,  I am a new scroller, been at it about 6 months.  Bought a Craftsman in April based on Steve's video and learned a lot.  It died while under warranty, but Sears fixed it without too much of a delay.  Then I bought a Dewalt type 1 off of Craigslist and was impressed with it.  I still use the Craftsman as a kind of rip saw ? put a thick wood blade in it and cut things down to size for scrolling.  Anyways, I have a lot to learn yet, but thought some observations of what I have learned, (for those just starting out) might be helpful. 
Practice, practice, practice.  Use thick wood or stack cut a couple of layer of 1/4? ply to learn on.  It was really frustrating trying to learn by cutting a single piece of 1/4?. 
Speaking of wood, watch out for the ?birch? plywood at the big box stores.  Some of it only has 3 plys with a really thin top layer.  It can be sanded right off ? don't ask how I know.  The real Baltic Birch is much better.  You can buy it on line.
Relax!  This is supposed to be fun.  If you tense up (and you are up in years) you will have all kinds of neck and shoulder problems.  Only my Chiropractor was happy about that!