Topics

31

Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / FIlling voids with a contrasting color.

« on: May 03, 2016, 08:19:37 am »

 I have an idea to make american flags using walnut for the normaly blue background for the white stars.  I have a leather tooling tool the shape of a 3/8" star that I use with a sharp blow to put an indent into the walnut.  I then fill that void with baby powder mixed with white glue and it looks great until, after it dries and I sand off the surface the walnut dust gets into the white.  Same results by scraping instead of sanding.  I have done things like this a lot with great results but using white seems not to work for me.  I have tried using exoxy or finishing resin but they become pretty dark looking, even before sanding.

     Does anone have any ideas to solve this problem?  A different material?  A different glue? All I can think of, I have tried, but others may have a better idea/solution.

 

     Yes  I am here to pick your brain.

32

General Scroll Saw Talk / She may want 500 of them.

« on: May 01, 2016, 07:50:24 pm »

Still figuring out exactly what is needed, but this is one idea.

      I am making a few different items for consideration by a customer for five hundred Christmas gifts for a large organization, to give out to donors, I think.   About five inches tall.  Painted star and stained cedar.  Hope this works out.  It is a work in progress but just in the planning stage so far. If this works out it will keep me busy throughout the summer I bet.

33

Brag Forum / Band saw boxes

« on: April 06, 2016, 09:14:12 pm »

After making over two thousand boxes with images inlaid into the hinged lids I decided to try making band saw boxes.  These eleven are my first attempt.  Made of cedar, maple and walnut.  Most measure nine inches by four inches tall and four inches deep. 

34

General Scroll Saw Talk / My last sale of the year was great!

« on: December 05, 2015, 09:09:56 pm »

I make and sell cedar boxes with images of maple inlaid into the hinged lids.  I attend about twenty-five sales a year and this was my last one today.   I sold thirty-five of these boxes plus a few other items. (star and toys).  My best this year was thirty- nine and my average is about twelve so this was a great ending to a busy year.  My next scheduled sale is in mid June 2016

35

Toy Makers / Doll Cradle and pick-up truck

« on: November 18, 2015, 10:06:21 pm »

24" long cedar doll cradle and Pine truck with one inch wheels.  I just made another 125 of the trucks for our club's Christmas give away.  I made just the trucks not the trailers this time.

36

Brag Forum / Walking cane with Inlay

« on: September 10, 2014, 08:43:57 pm »

I made this walking cane for a retired police officer.  Walnut with Maple inlay in handle.
           

37

Brag Forum / Wedding Couple inlay

« on: August 09, 2014, 06:20:57 pm »

This is a 16" tall wall hung plaque, made to order. 3/8" Cedar and maple and lettering is Mesquite.  The angel was tricky to do but I did get it on the first try.  I put the lettering inside the smaller maple heart so that I did not have to swing the larger heart all around while doing the inlay of the letters.

38

Toy Makers / Toy wheel sizes?

« on: May 10, 2014, 05:43:28 pm »

Does anyone know of a source for information regarding minimum wheel size on toys according to the new rules on toys.  I have read it mentioned somewhere that the minimum size is 1 1/4".  I would like to find out. 

39

Brag Forum / Inlay I finished this week

« on: May 09, 2014, 08:44:25 am »

The buyer ordered three of these.  His design and his idea to put the year on the front panel of this 11 x 8 box.  I may make some local school/collage logos on box lids with 2014 inlaid into the front panel like this.  I think it would made a nice graduation gift. Cedar box with maple and oak inlays.  These boxes are to be awarded to the officers of a Masonic lodge who served in 2013.

40

Toy Makers / Small toys for toddlers

« on: April 27, 2014, 11:50:45 am »

Our wood working club makes and gives away 5000 toys a year to local children's hospitals and to The Salvation Army.  These are some I have been working on this past week. Pine, Cedar & Mahogany

41

Brag Forum / Compound cut.

« on: April 27, 2014, 11:06:10 am »

I made these using my scroll saw and my band saw.  It is patterned after a local similar piece that is made of metal and about nine feet tall.  I have made a number of these using just my scroll saw that are three inches tall.  These are six inches tall and made of Mahogany.

42

Brag Forum / Cross/fish compound cut.

« on: April 10, 2014, 11:17:47 am »

3" tall made of Mahogany.  Made in less than 1/2 hour including spray finish.

43

Brag Forum / Small cross

« on: March 25, 2014, 09:25:33 am »

I made ten of these 4 1/2" x3/8" crosses to be hung on a rear view mirror.  Folks here in West Texas collect crosses so these should sell easily. I was given a small piece of Lace-wood so I used it to make these. Tung oil and spray on clear finish.

44

Brag Forum / Inlay

« on: February 22, 2014, 05:41:28 pm »

Many people here in West Texas collect crosses to display in their home, so I made a few that I hope to sell this summer at the street fairs and festivals I attend. 18" tall , 3/8" cedar with maple inlay.

45

Brag Forum / Inlay in cedar trunk

« on: February 18, 2014, 08:57:24 pm »

I just finished this trunk with maple inlays. 26" long 15" wide and 18" tall.  I have made over fifty trunks similar to this one but this is the first one with inlays on it. Four sixes is the name and brand of a local  horse and cattle ranch