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Brag Forum / Re: Wedding Portrait

« on: August 03, 2011, 12:50:38 pm »

Hi Ed,

I use Gimp for the portrait pattern then Inkscape to add the letters and numbers. It just takes practice and a lot of time. These videos helped me out immensely....

http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24&sid=f9bd7d3a0d01981db7532a3f632f9e8e

It's a lot of info, but to me it was worth the effort.

Good luck with your pattern making.

Bob

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Saw TABLE tops...let's review....

« on: August 02, 2011, 10:23:46 pm »

Different brand saw tables are made of different materials. Cast iron tables require more tlc than cast aluminum tables. My saw has a cast aluminum table and requires very little maintenance, I initially sanded and waxed it, since then all I have to do is wipe it with a rag once in a while.

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Brag Forum / Re: My nephew's 1st b-day

« on: July 31, 2011, 06:41:46 pm »

Marcel, Yes, I made the pattern.

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Brag Forum / Re: My nephew's 1st b-day

« on: July 30, 2011, 10:14:59 pm »

Thanks Dan, considering I really didn't even know what a scroll saw was in March of this year, I'm happy with my progress. Thanks to you, Steve and all of the wonderful people on this site, the learning curve was extremely quick.

Bob

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Brag Forum / Re: Holiday piglet fun

« on: July 30, 2011, 10:00:23 pm »

The piglets are just way too cute, the bonding with daughter and wife, Priceless! Keep it up!

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Brag Forum / Wedding Portrait

« on: July 30, 2011, 09:50:40 pm »

Commissioned Wedding portrait. 1/4" BB ply, frame is walnut (my first frame) BB backer stained Mahogany. The recipients were very happy with it. 

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Brag Forum / My nephew's 1st b-day

« on: July 30, 2011, 09:39:10 pm »

The pattern was cut on 1/8th" BB ply with UR-3 blade, Store bought frame (didn't have time to make one) Oiled with BLO and sprayed 3 times with semi gloss lacquer. Backer was a piece of black poster board. Gave it to the parents today, they were extremely happy with it.

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Brag Forum / Re: Fairy Shelf

« on: July 30, 2011, 12:53:43 am »

That's beautiful Dan, where do you get your Sapele from?

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Bathroom Sign Pattern

« on: June 23, 2011, 07:03:51 pm »

That's great Paul, wish I had your creativity.

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Pattern Requests. / Re: My Niece

« on: June 09, 2011, 08:49:51 pm »

Hey Ron good job, I've given her a couple tries myself and had a lot of difficulty with that pic. I'm glad you were able to get it done for him.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Sears Craftsman 16" profesional scroll saw

« on: June 06, 2011, 11:17:03 pm »

Bob, Steve did a thorough review of the Craftsman 16" saw to answer your exact question, here is the link:

http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2009_08_08_archive.html

Scroll down to find it.

If you are familiar with craigslist.com, there usually are several craftsman scrollsaws on there usually for around 60- 80 bucks, depending on where you live. Personally, I'd check Craigslist before I bought one new from Sears.

Goodluck

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Wolf cub

« on: June 06, 2011, 09:41:29 pm »

Very Nice!

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Brag Forum / Re: New Mailbox

« on: May 31, 2011, 11:59:13 pm »

Thats beautiful! I love it, great idea.

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Brag Forum / Re: Crying

« on: May 27, 2011, 06:21:35 pm »

I really like this one Will, I grabbed a copy. Thanks

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Fretwork Frog

« on: May 26, 2011, 07:29:08 pm »

EK, that came out great, I tried it yesterday, I'm just not into frogs, couldn't get it right, just wasn't inspired I guess, so I gave up. Nice job.