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The Coffee Shop / Psychometric Test

« on: July 24, 2010, 03:51:29 pm »

See if you can solve this one.

Facial expressions are an important part of the respected Mayo Clinic psychometric test.  In the following pictures, you see women with a range of facial expressions.

Click on the link and study the expressions, and try to imagine what single act each is experiencing.

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Now scroll down to see the answer.


























They are all about to sneeze!

Now click on the link.

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The Coffee Shop / Inspirational Lesson

« on: July 23, 2010, 02:54:58 pm »

Today's  Inspirational Lesson



Never irritate a woman who can operate a backhoe...

Thus endeth the lesson.
 Women are Angels...
And when someone breaks our wings...
We simply continue to fly....on a broomstick...
We are flexible like that...
 

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The Coffee Shop / Actual Police Officer Comments

« on: July 21, 2010, 12:09:06 pm »

These are actual comments made by 16 Police Officers. The comments were said to be taken off actual police car videos around the country:
                       
1. "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through."
                       
2. "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."
                       
3. "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."
                       
4. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."
                       
5. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."  (LOVE IT)
                       
6. "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"  (MY FAVORITE)
                       
7. "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"
                       
8. "Warning! You want a warning? O.K, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."
                       
9. "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"
                       
10. "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."
                       
11. "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."
                       
12. "In God we trust; all others we run through NCIC."  ( National Crime Information Center )
                       
13. "Just how big were those 'two beers' you say you had?"
                       
14. "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."
                       
15. "I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."
                       
AND THE WINNER IS....
                       
16. "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't.. Sign here."

Submitted by Chase

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Intarsia / Oak Leaf Plaque

« on: July 21, 2010, 11:59:40 am »

This is Oak Leaf Plaque. 

Inspiration was a drought pic (attch) from the net, a ceramic plaque we picked up at a flea market for a buck, and the leaf; compliments of Mother Nature.  It is my first segmented design although the leaf inlay should be called intarsia.

Two woods; African Mahogany and Caltalpa (caltalpa speciosa) also called the Indian Bean Tree.  None growing around here in Virginia.  This piece came from NJ. 

Finished with Deft.  Cut from 5/8? stock, size approx 11 x 13.

Pic 1 is draught pic.
Pic 2 is the plaque.
Pic 3 is to see how the leaf was elevated.


This is the project.  Whadayathink?

As always, comments welcome.

Chase

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The Coffee Shop / Enlightenment

« on: July 19, 2010, 07:42:47 pm »

Confused
   
I  became confused when I heard the word 'service'  used with these agencies:
 
  Internal Revenue  'Service'
  U.S. Postal  'Service'
  Telephone 'Service'
  Cable TV 'Service'   
  Civil  'Service'
  Federal, State, City, County & Public 'Service'
  Customer 'Service'

  This is not what I  thought 'service' meant.
 
   But today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of them said he had hired a bull to 'service' a few cows.
 
 SHAZAM!!!  It all came into focus.  Now I understand what all those agencies are doing to us.   
 
  You are now as enlightened as I am.

Submitted by Chase

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Intarsia / Oak Leaf Wreath

« on: July 14, 2010, 11:38:51 am »

After seeing some of the original intarsia stuff other members have done, I offer this project which, I must say, pales by comparison.

Here is the ?Oak Leaf Wreath? project.  This is my first intarsia pattern and it is done with appreciation to nature for furnishing the leaves.  I also want thank J Roberts and K Wise for some ideas I used in this project.  I used actual leaves I picked up on my walks in the park to make the pattern.

The 4 different leaves were harvested from the same oak tree.  The same thing must go for leaves as snowflakes; no two are the same.

On another forum, I requested a bow pattern.  Two folks responded with some fine bow patterns.  However, they admonished me to do my own.  Well I got on the internet and fund several.  Used this one (which was clip art) for the project after doing some tracing and hand drawing.
 
The wreath is about 16? in diameter.  The woods used are cherry, mahogany, oak, walnut and poplar.  The bow is poplar, stained red.  I used cherry stain on cherry, mahogany stain on mahogany, etc. on some of the leaves (the rest were left natural) to get some contrast between the natural woods.  ?? MDF for a backer and finished with satin Deft.  Discovered Old Masters gel stain on this project.  Nice product.

When I posted this on another forum it was suggested that the backer showing through between the leaves was a distractor.  I?m going to figure out a way to correct this by cutting away all the backer that shows.  Another thought is to use my now famous colored balls in the spaces.  Suggestions please.

As always, comments and questions are welcome.

Whadayathnk?

Chase

Pic 1 is the wreath.
Pic 2 is one of the leaves.
Pic 3 is the bow before assembly and staining.

Click on the pic for full view.


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Intarsia / JGR Wreath

« on: July 07, 2010, 11:57:05 am »

This is a pattern from JGR.

I've cut this 4 times as gifts. Except for the bow, many pureists wouldn't call it true intarsia.

This time I used padauk for the bow.  Leaves are walnut, oak, cherry, mahogany, and the balls are maple (I think).  I colored my balls with H2O stain.

Backer is ? MDF.

As always, comments are welcome.

Whadayathnk?

Chase


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The Coffee Shop / Corn Maze for Blondes (humor)

« on: July 02, 2010, 04:20:28 pm »

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Plaquerd's Pigeon

« on: June 30, 2010, 11:58:59 am »

OK folks here it is.  This is the final version of Plaquerd?s Pigeon.  I posted it to another forum last year.  Some of you may have seen it.  Its from Issue 33 of SSWC.  The pattern was done by my scrolling buddy Dave Snyder (his handle on another forum is Plaquerd, hence the name Plaquerd?s Pigeon) and he certainly did a great job on it.  I was somewhat disapointed that I couldn?t get the glue lines to disappear.

This was an interesting and challenging project.  It was cut from 1? mahogany (beak is walnut) with there are 115 of the feather inside cuts. WOW!.  I?ve included a pre-assembly pic for you so you could see the pieces involved before assembly and finishing.

Dave and I may be the only scrollers that believe in using the smallest blade possible. However a 2/0 FD Penguin Silver he he used for his 7/8? mahogany wasn?t enough blade for 1? mahogany. Had to order some #1 blades from Mike. Great service from Mike (as usual) and they did the job. They did however seem to break a lot during the threading process (not during cutting). Maybe I?m dressing the blade too much.

Pic 4 is the pieces.  Pic 1 & 2 are side views and Pic 3 is the front view.

Finished with Deft laquer.

As usual, comments are welcome.

Whadayathnk?

Chase

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General Scroll Saw Talk / 12 Days

« on: June 27, 2010, 11:26:32 am »

On my last post, Rick mentioned the 12 Days of Christmas project.  Some of you haven't seen it so here goes:


This is a schwibbogen stand (or pedestal).  It is 20? long by 5? wide by 5? tall.  You can see from the inside pic it has 15 mini-lights.  The top and base are Aspen.  It is glued to a ?? MDF base.  At first I was gluing little pieces to the panels so I could keep the openings clear for the light to shine through.  This wasn?t working too well and, SHAZAM!, I had (not an epiphany, but close) a BFO.  [BFO = Blinding Flash of the Obvious]  The solid base was sanded to give openings for light and screwed to the Aspen base.

Pic 1

I call it ?12 Days of Christmas? and it?s designed by me from a Speilman plan from one of his books that a fellow scroller (Mike Dingas I think--  thanks Mike) turned me on to.  This was a tough project.  I?ll make some changes if I do it again.  Since I stack cut the panels, I have three more sets so that will happen.  As Steve once said, ?The first time you learn, the next time you know.?  At least I think it was Steve, it may have been Cherie.

Front and back views, with and w/out schwibbogen. The 1/16 space at the top is for heat dissipation.

Pics 2 & 3

On top is a schwibbogen called Nativity IV that I designed  from a Volker Arnold pattern featured in SSWC some time back.

Project w/illumination

Pic 4

Click on the pics to enlarge.

As always, comments and suggestions welcome.

Whadayathnk?

Chase

PS  A special thanks to Steve Beard who turned me on to doll house lumber, the corner molding I used for the corners.  



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General Scroll Saw Talk / You Don't Need A Scroll Saw

« on: June 24, 2010, 01:22:21 pm »

I submit this post as evidence you don't need a scroll saw to do wood work.  Just a sharp blade (Xacto knife).


  I posted this to another forum I frequent a few months ago.  It is something I did that is not in my album.

Back about a thousand years ago (actually 1987 or 88) during what I call my Xacto Period I did this inlay for the bannister in our home. The main veneer is Cherry and the inlays were purchased from Constatines. I purchased one inlay of each type to see how they did it, then made my own patterns with several modifications. I remember dipping the edges of the veneer in sand I had heated in a frying pan to get the shading I wanted. I also used dyed black veneer from the same source.

The bannister was about 9 feet long and they (Constatines) used to sell (maybe still do) what they called Monarch length veneers. That is how I got it in one piece.

The project was made cutting the inlays with my trusty Xacto knife and a veneer saw, then, with the Xacto knife, inlaying them into the sheet of Cherry veneer. The sheet was glued to a piece of 1 x 6 or 8 and the Cherry veneer edges applied.

As I remember the really big job was getting it on the banister using contact cement. Had some help from WHN (my pet name for wife--WHN = What's Her Name) in handling such a big piece. I also remember using a lot of paper veneer tape.

Whadayathnk?

Chase

PS Since I see some C'mas decorations, it was probable finished in December as an C'mas present for WHN.


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The Coffee Shop / Man/Husband of the Year Post--Last of the Series

« on: June 18, 2010, 09:41:22 am »

OK ladies here is the 5th candidate.

This is the last nominee.  Now its time for you ladies to vote. 

Whadayathnk?




As always, comments welcome.

Chase


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The Coffee Shop / Man/Husband of the Year Post 5

« on: June 17, 2010, 10:22:36 am »

OK ladies here is the 5th candidate.

Who does this look like?

Whadayathnk or better yet, who is this one?




As always, comments welcome.

Chase



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General Scroll Saw Talk / Fonts

« on: June 16, 2010, 01:31:23 pm »

I just purchased a disk called MacFonts 3. It has over 1000 OpenType? fonts. They make a big deal about the OpenType fonts. I am used to TrueType fonts.

OK you experts,....

What are OpenType fonts and why are they better?

Chase

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Sand Inlays

« on: June 16, 2010, 11:37:11 am »

Thought I'd let you folks see three treatments of the same pattern, all using my sand inlay technique.

I do scroll in addition to submitting humor.  LOL


Pattern by Carolyn---AKA Tulsa Scroller in one of the scrolling mags.  Some mods by Chase.

This was an interesting project.

Pic 1
First I mounted Walnut and Cherry veneer to 1/8 BB panel.  Then I inlayed Cherry into a Walnut panel using the double bevel technique, then cut the rest of Carolyn's beautiful pattern in to the Cherry.  Next I applied my sand inlay technique. 

The next photo (Pic 2) is Cherry with the rose cut out and glued to the Walnut panel.  Also with the sand inlay.

The next one (Pic 3) is cut from Baltic Birch, mounted on a MDF cut out and that mounted on a BB panel then framed.  Also with sand inlay.

As always, comments welcome.

Whadayathink?

Submitted by Chase

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