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General Category => Pattern Requests. => Topic started by: justsomeguy on November 20, 2014, 07:24:07 am
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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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Here's my try.
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Inkscape can put text on a curve on your drawings. So if you get the circular saw outline (say 10") and put a circle around it, you can flow the text on that circle. It's a little trickier on the bottom, but it's doable.
Here's a printable copy (but it's almost 12"x12"). In Inkscape, it is made from a saw blade image, circles, hand drawn curves, and text, so it can be modified in Inkscape as needed. If you want to look it over, I can make some modifications to match what you're looking for. For example, did you want the text outside the blade or cut into it? I showed it outside, but still used a scroll font so if you cut it, close the scroll bridges and bridge the text to the saw teeth. If it should be inside the blade, I'll reduce the circle sizes and the text will re-flow, then cut the text out as the scroll font.
Let me know what you need.
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wow...both of these look GREAT!!! thanks guys.....EIEIO, my plan was going to be to have on the inside edge of the blade just like tdub4ever made for me. then I was also planning to cut out the space between each letter instead of just the letter it self. (make sense?_) the size is great!
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There are some saw clock patterns on Steve's free pattern site under tools that may give you some ideas.
http://stevedgo.ipower.com/cat/?page_id=170 (http://stevedgo.ipower.com/cat/?page_id=170)
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yes that is the look I am going for :) just didnt' want to actually post anything because the first time I tried to request this the thread was taken down right away. I figured it was because I asked for a modification or something along those lines. so I figured I would just go the round about way ....lol
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thanks for all the help on this one guys. here is what I ended up coming up with ..thanks tdub4ever. I took what you gave and changed a couple things...turned out ok I suppose. there was lots of the cutting that I wasn't pleased and this was in no way anywhere close to my normal cutting skills. but the person is very happy with it so that's all that matters I suppose.....
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Nice result. Will they be mounting a clock movement on it?
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yes I have a clock movement for it already. but had to put a finish on it before I put the clock in
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That turned out great. Nice cutting.
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Great pattern and great just of cutting.