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Title: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 17, 2010, 07:54:33 pm: Hello
my name is sandy I had been doing advanced fretwork Clocks and other woodworking for many years but because of illness had to stop 8 years ago. I sold my whole workshop lol stupid move. Hubby asked what I wanted after finally getting better and I told him I wanted my workshop back so he made my wish come true he just got me.

New dewalt 20 in scrollsaw
18inch sand-flee complete with chuck, mops, and all cottonbacked sandpaper I will ever need.
New 12inch drillpress
New spindle sander
Only thing I will need is A router and router table for my freehand table routing.

Many times thru illness we did not know if I would make it but guess what after many surgeries I am back doing what I love.

Guess you could call it my bucket list as I can hardly wait to start Fretwork clocks for all my grown Children.
I am so looking so forward to this forum and getting to know all you folks.

Sandy
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 17, 2010, 08:11:26 pm: I forgot to add that I have 4 grown Children and 13 Grandchildren. Hubby and I have been married for almost 40 years. Our faith is verry strong and is the reason I am doing so much better

Sandy
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: Intarsia92 on October 17, 2010, 08:36:16 pm: Welcome from another person from So. CA. I'm sure you'll find a lot of friendly people here. Feel free to join in.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 17, 2010, 08:40:58 pm: Thank you so much I live in Lake Arrowhead so nice to see there are others from our neck of the woods.
sandy
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: chief on October 17, 2010, 09:02:05 pm: Welcome from another SOCAL person. I live in SD, well for another month and then I move to WA. Glad you got your tools back and are able do enjoy the hobby.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: Russ C on October 17, 2010, 09:10:45 pm: Glad you found us. Hi I'm Russ from Florida. Welcome to the Scrollsaw Forum. A project a day will keep the doctor away LOL... 8)
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 17, 2010, 09:16:04 pm: Thank you Russ. I will be hiding from Doctors. Lol My hubby made all my new toys he got me seem like Christmas early bless his beautifull heart he made me cry in a happy way.

Sandy
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: dgman on October 17, 2010, 09:47:24 pm: Hey Sandy, I'm Dan from Moorpark, Ca. I grew up in Riverside and know Arrowhead and Bigbear very well!
Your's is a very inspiring story! Welcome to the forum. We are here for you, just as I'm sure you will be here for others!
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 17, 2010, 09:55:01 pm: Thanks Dan I have lived up here since 1987 but lived in Riverside in the Woodcrest area for a couple of years. I had to move up here it was so hot in Riverside. I will live on this Mountain forever I love it here. I just hate the wildfires started by others. This has been a good year as we got more rain.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: Intarsia92 on October 17, 2010, 10:12:08 pm: We've had our place at Arrowhead since 1965. Love it up there.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 17, 2010, 10:38:26 pm: Intarsia so nice I have a neighbor on this forum. Right now we are getting fogged in.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: julief on October 18, 2010, 06:06:45 am: Welcome from Texas. So glad you are better. Bless your hubby for understanding and replacing the shop. Scrolling is my therapy. I feel better after spending the day at the saw. Looking forward to seeing some of your clocks.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: heiko rettberg on October 18, 2010, 03:27:51 pm: Hallo Sandy, welcome to the board. I'm Heiko from Germany. Nice to get your shop back. Shows us some of your earlier projects. I am curious about it.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:10:56 pm: Heiko I am trying to upload a couple but files are too big.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:22:11 pm: Trying again
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: heiko rettberg on October 18, 2010, 04:22:54 pm: you can make files smaler with Irfanview ( freeware) or other picture programs. At Irfanview you save a picture as jpeg, than you can compress the file. but save it under an other name otherwise you overwrite your orginal picture. Perhaps the other programs will work as well.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: heiko rettberg on October 18, 2010, 04:24:27 pm: Wow, an excellent Job.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:26:02 pm: The above fretwork was done about 9 years ago before I got sick. It was cut from 3/4" Oak and bout tore my shoulders out doing it. Lol I will be taking one of my fretwork clocks off my mantle in a couple of weeks to reset it for daylight savings and at that time I will take a pic and post it.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:27:27 pm: Thank You cutting thick oak is a real bear!
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:41:03 pm: basket1
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:42:09 pm: As you can tell from the last 2 pics I love to cut fretwork.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: dgman on October 18, 2010, 04:50:01 pm: Beautiful Sandy!
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 04:57:03 pm: Thanks Dan
this last basket was one of many done years ago also. I sold alot of my work fretwork clocks more than anything else. I love to do the big ones. I did many of the wildwood large clocks they are so pretty when finished. I think I will maybe do some intarsia also. I am waiting for my Sand-flee to get here this week I bought the stand for it also but info does not say which sand-flee it is for hubby bought the 18" sand-flee so I hope the stand is the right one.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 05:14:10 pm: I also love to carve and burn.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: Judy Hunter on October 18, 2010, 08:35:07 pm: Welcome from North Dakota. You have a great husband! that exact basket was one f my first peces. My story is that I found scroll work to take the place of being a fine detail artist. I had a stroke and can't paint anymore.
So what a great MEDICINE scrollwork is. And this bunch is the greatest.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 08:58:15 pm: Hi Judy
yes that is one of my favorite pieces if memory serves me right I think it came from a berrybasket book. Its been so many years now. I gave the book away so I am not sure. Do you remember where the pattern came from I would like to have it again.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 09:08:12 pm: Judy I just realized that you may be talking about the small fretwork basket and not the big one cut out of 3/4" oak on the first page of this thread. ???
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: GrayBeard on October 18, 2010, 11:15:37 pm: I'm getting in here kinda late but WELCOME from Missouri (St. Louis area)....

Your work looks wonderful and puts a high bar for a lot of us to reach!

Glad the Lord blessed you with a return to health and that great hubby!

HUGZZZZZ from the MidWest!

~~~GrayBeard~~~
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 11:20:56 pm: Thank You GrayBeard
my hubby and I have been glued at the hip going on 40 years I guess I'll keep em. I am going to be rusty when I first start running this saw its been a long time comin. Lol
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: Judy Hunter on October 18, 2010, 11:38:05 pm: yes, I was talking about the small lidded basket. I changed mine a little.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 18, 2010, 11:56:53 pm: I love that little basket fun to do also.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: jimbo on October 19, 2010, 02:42:46 am: Welcome from down under love your work
Jimbo
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: hackergranny on October 19, 2010, 11:53:55 am: Thanks Jimbo it is so nice to hear from so many folks.
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: Dawie on October 26, 2010, 09:28:47 am: Hi Sandy,
From the north of the Netherlands, I would like to welcome you. So glad you can get back to what you love doing. You made some great things, bet we could learn a couple of things from you. Enjoy the forum.
David
Title: Re: Hello from the Mountains of Southern California
Post by: KYCustomScroller on December 16, 2010, 05:04:18 pm: Hello & welcome to the Forums From KY