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Brag Forum / Re: 2 Bowls and a Mug

« on: October 31, 2015, 08:53:08 am »

The bowls look nice but I like the mug.  I may have to make one.
I can see it is made of rings is there a easy way to line them up for gluing.   
 

The way that I made this one was I carefully cut the centers out so that they were as close to exactly the same as possible then after gluing them together I cleaned up the inside, glued the bottom on and shaped the mug and put the flat spot on for the handle.

DW

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Brag Forum / 2 Bowls and a Mug

« on: October 31, 2015, 12:41:53 am »

This first bowl is a dual bowl and was inspired by BrianA from another board.  The woods used are Holly and Sapele.  It was finished with tung oil.






This second bowl is also a dual bowl however I changed the smaller bowl so that I could put a "dip" bowl in.  The bowls were cut from 3/4 ( 19mm) BB then stained a walnut and finished with shellac.








As I get thirsty at the craft shows I make a mug or two and use it at the shows.  This mug was cut from pine and finished with tung oil.




DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Home Made Tool

« on: October 29, 2015, 08:29:30 pm »

I have always wanted a small saw mill.  I have looked at several including several that would be Build Your Own.  Great job on that glad you can do that.  I do not have the room to store the cut lumber for several years while it seasons.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Boomerang Box

« on: October 28, 2015, 08:11:05 am »

Nicely done and an interesting contest Don.  Thanks for sharing these with us.


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The Coffee Shop / Texting while Flying

« on: October 27, 2015, 11:56:09 pm »

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General Scroll Saw Talk / Re: Sanding help.

« on: October 26, 2015, 10:39:16 pm »

Depending upon the detail  they make sander inserts for the scroll saw.

DW

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The Coffee Shop / Re: camera help

« on: October 26, 2015, 07:14:37 pm »

First off Kodak has stopped making cameras as of several years ago.

www.hsn.com are selling Kodak now.

I know that they went part bankrupted a few years ago now they are trying to come back.

Actually Kodak is NOT making cameras and camcorders anymore there is a company called JK Imaging, a Los Angeles-based company that is producing the new Kodak-branded PixPro cameras and camcorders under a licensing agreement with the Eastman Kodak Company.  I hope that it survives as I liked the Kodak cameras ... I have one of their small handheld ones.

DW

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Brag Forum / Re: Holly and Sapelle Bowl

« on: October 26, 2015, 02:55:06 pm »

Love that word....Lovely....  And another Wonderful looking bowl. 

why a #9 blade?                     Danny  :+}

Danny due to the thickness of the walls of the bowl I could use the #9UR and not have any issues with grain or thickness.  I could have cut it with a #3UR however a #9UR is easier and a bit more aggressive.


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Intarsia / Re: Hoot-snowman

« on: October 26, 2015, 08:16:39 am »

I guess it is that time of year almost.  Great job on the snowman.  Glad it was not Olaf   Thanks for sharing this with us.


DW

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Intarsia / Re: christmas puppy

« on: October 26, 2015, 08:15:18 am »

That is very cute.  Well done!  Thanks for sharing this with us.


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Intarsia / Re: horse & colt

« on: October 26, 2015, 08:14:27 am »

Very nicely done Brian.  Love the wood choices.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

DW

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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Packing Tape

« on: October 25, 2015, 04:02:49 pm »

You can wrap tape around the whole project or you can hot glue them together and then only tape one side or you can double sided tape the two together and tape one side.  It really is user preference. Personally depending upon the size of the project will determine if I put a layer of tape on the back side.  If the project is reasonably sized I take a wrap tape across the edges so the half the tape width is on the top and half the tape is on the bottom.  I get it secured that way and then just put the tape on the top surface.  Plan your cutting so the the project remains together until you are completed.  Of course these are just a few of the way I have used so take your pick there is nothing set in stone on how to do it.


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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Packing Tape

« on: October 24, 2015, 10:02:51 am »

Hmm.   have not tried the blue tape.  Do you put it all the way around the board you are cutting?
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Most of the time putting it on a single side, the side with the pattern is what I do.  Unless I am stack cutting then I might wrap it around the whole project however normally this is not the case.


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Tutorials, Techniques and Tips / Re: Packing Tape

« on: October 24, 2015, 03:29:32 am »

I have followed your suggestions about using packing tape on my patters.  My question is there a good\easy way to get the tape off once the pattern is cut?  I find it difficult to remove the tape on the back side of the pattern.

A lot of us use that blue painters tape and put it directly on the wood then glue the pattern to it.  Some go the extra step of putting clear packing tape on top of the pattern after gluing it to the blue painters tape.  By using the blue painters tape, which is designed to be easily removed with little to no residue, you can get a clean pattern removal.  The cheapest blue tape I have found has been from harbor freight.

DW

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Pattern Requests. / Re: Airplane Wherliegig

« on: October 23, 2015, 08:05:15 pm »

Those are real easy to make.  Steve has a plane pattern http://www.stevedgood.com/fighterplane.pdf which you can easily modify to make one of the whirlygigs.  You may need to make the propeller bigger and determine the center point so that you can make it pivot in the wind.  This however is a good start.


DW