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Title: Puzzles - several
Post by: DobiePaws on July 31, 2010, 03:15:03 pm

I've been scrolling away since I finally got a new reliable saw so I thought I'd share, mostly puzzles............

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Post by: Dawie on July 31, 2010, 03:37:14 pm

They look great, what blade do you use. I love puzzles and have made a couple but am still not to happy about the blade sizes I tried.
David.

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Post by: Tim2beupinAz on July 31, 2010, 04:02:18 pm

Great job. I like them alot.

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Post by: Barry on July 31, 2010, 04:47:46 pm

Nice work on the puzzles.  I have always found that cutting any type of puzzle is great practice and makes me a better all around scroller.  

Also the right tool (saw and blades for us scrollers) makes any job easier.

Thanks for sharing.

Barry

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Post by: dgman on July 31, 2010, 05:13:39 pm

Hey DobiePaws, They all look great. Tell us what woods and blades you used.

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Post by: ufgator on July 31, 2010, 07:23:04 pm

Great job! Love the motorcycles.

Happy Scrolling
     Bill

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Post by: MadHatter on July 31, 2010, 07:42:43 pm

those are cool. i havent tried any puzzles yet, but plan on it soon. thanks for sharing.

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Post by: jimbo on July 31, 2010, 08:19:28 pm

Hi Dobie I do a lot of puzzels and yours look great have to do some swaps some time if you wish
Jimbo

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Post by: Russ C on July 31, 2010, 09:04:11 pm

Nice job, I like it. Thanks for posting your work.  8)

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Post by: northie66 on August 01, 2010, 12:24:58 am

Nice job!  I've never seen the horse pattern with the heart before.  I like how the heart is red.

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Post by: Judy Hunter on August 01, 2010, 06:01:19 pm

Those are really nice.  I do the free standing puzzles.  I would love to trade patterns sometime.

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Post by: cherie on August 01, 2010, 06:14:06 pm

I really need to cut some puzzles too.  Please the questions everyone else asked, I am asking too.  Nice job and thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Russ C on August 01, 2010, 08:20:53 pm

Patterns for free ???

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Post by: DobiePaws on August 03, 2010, 08:17:38 pm

Questions???? Okay - my wood of choice is 3/4" pine, only becasue it's what I'm used to and inexpensive. I've tried harder woods and thinner woods, but I seem to loose control of my work when I switch woods (can't stay on the line as well) so I stick with the pine. I used a 3 reverse cut blade, pretty sure it was Flying Dutchman. These Puzzles do stand up on their own, which is part of their charm. I coated it with clear acrylic spray, personally I like wood untreated. Here's some more I did previously, the bears are an original design inspired by an actual bear sighting ;o)
Thanks for the kind words ;o) Pattern Exchange sounds like a great idea to me.

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Post by: dgman on August 03, 2010, 08:39:06 pm

Hey DobbiePaws, Try using a larger blade for 3/4" hardwoods. I would go with a #5R or a 7R for woods like oak or maple or cherry. Also slow down you blade speed and you should be able to control you blade better.

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Post by: cherie on August 04, 2010, 09:23:35 am

The bear is soooooo adorable.  Thanks for showing us more of your work.