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Brag Forum / Re: Polymer clay inlay.

« on: May 01, 2010, 12:14:51 am »

You can just push the clay in with your fingers. You want it to be too full anyway so you can sand it flush. The polymer clays come in many colors and can be mixed to make all kinds of colors and fake marble effects. There are even tutorials on the web to make wood textures with the clay. You could make an inlay that simulated wood.

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Brag Forum / Re: A la demande de Janet

« on: April 30, 2010, 02:00:24 am »

Translation:
Janet asked me a photo of one of my work, here's one! ...


Beautiful clock.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: WOOD! Newly cut Walnut!

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:52:07 pm »

I'm far from an expert here but I think without a kiln the logs will need to dry for about a year. You will need to control the rate that they dry to prevent checking. You will also probably need a moisture meter. You might ask over a lumberjacks.com. There are several guys over there that have experience in that area.

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: What do you consider the ONE most important thing in using a scrollsaw?

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:47:15 pm »

Tough question. probably will get a lot of different answers. I think for me it is learning how to make the blade not cut. Learning to make quick turns while not letting the blade continue to cut. Learning to use the side and back of the blade to pivot while the blade is not cutting is one of the last skills that most new scrollers learn. As a matter of fact many scrollers just start doing it without even recognizing what they are doing. Once you have this skill your control gets much better.

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Brag Forum / Re: Polymer clay inlay.

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:40:31 pm »

Hi Russ, the thicker the wood the better but I have used it on 1/4" thick wood. Just make sure you over fill the cutout. You can then sand it flush. You may also have to bake it for less time. The thinner the wood the more likely it might burn quicker. Practice on a few test pieces first.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Another Font Question

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:31:25 pm »

Hi Becky. it was a font named Rockwell Bold. I went ahead and changed the pattern for you. You can download it from the link below the picture. Is this what you were looking for?


Download link
http://www.stevedgood.com/retirementfund.pdf

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: hey steve i got an idea

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:09:46 pm »

GrayBeard, I like the whole rich concept. Got any ideas.  

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Blade selection

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:06:46 pm »

Thanks for the kind words Doug.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Your puzzlw patterns

« on: April 29, 2010, 08:03:11 pm »

If you send me an email I will make one the size you need this weekend. Just send me an email to remind me and let me know how long you think it needs to be.

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Brag Forum / Re: Polymer clay inlay.

« on: April 29, 2010, 07:52:54 pm »

Hi Janet, You want to bake the clay before you add any finish. There is very little shrinkage. Not enough to make the clay loose. After it cools I sand, dip it in lemon oil and finally spray it with gloss acrylic. I have one mirror that is 5 years old and looks as good as the day I made it.

There are a couple different brands of polymer clay. FIMO and sculpey. I have used both and I don't see any difference. Michales Crafts store and Hobby Lobby both carry polymer clay. There a lots of places to buy it online. It's 2 or 3 dollars a pack. The mirror I just made took about half a pack of clay.

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Brag Forum / Polymer clay inlay.

« on: April 29, 2010, 01:47:38 am »

Here is the latest project I just posted on the blog. I have used polymer clay for inlay before and it works great. I wanted to make a hand mirror for myself. My wife don't like it when I use hers. I like the way the walnut and bright red clay contrasts with each other. The mirror and clay are baked at 265 degrees for 30 minutes and the clay is hard and ready to be sanded flush

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Ode to the Scroll Saw

« on: April 27, 2010, 08:01:36 pm »

That's too funny. Come on one of you people must play an instrument and can sing. Let's hear it. Ill publish it on the blog for sure.  

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: Blade selection

« on: April 27, 2010, 02:15:40 pm »

Hi Doug, it is recommended that you use spiral blades for portraits. There are no rules that say you can not use a regular blade but it is more difficult to do so for most portrait style patterns. The more intricate the pattern the better idea it is to use a spiral.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: patterns to share

« on: April 27, 2010, 12:14:04 am »

I am still trying to decide if we can do something like that. Opens up a can of worms that I need to think through first.

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Ask Steve a question. / Re: software for patterns

« on: April 26, 2010, 05:33:57 pm »

That is one I have not tried. I have used their photo editor "PhotoPlus". I have looked at the features of DrawPlus but could not get a good feel for it without a trial version. For some reason they don't seem to offer a trial version.