I received an email today from a wood craft artist from La Ceiba, Honduras. His name is Nimer Alvarado. Nimer lives is a place where the scroll saw is not a common tool. He was not able to find a saw that accepts plain end blades and I'm not sure if he even has an electric saw yet. He has been looking but the shipping from the U.S. is more expensive than the saw it's self.Nimer has been reading my blog waiting until he could find a saw. One of the projects he decided to make was the comb pattern I published a couple weeks ago. I'll be the first to admit that some of my patterns are just trinkets and don't have much artistic quality. The comb pattern was just something to tinker with in the shop. That was until I saw what Nimer did with that simple pattern.
He had a problem where the teeth were too brittle so he decided to make the comb from two pieces of wood with the grain of the teeth running perpendicular to the handle. Not only did this improve the strength it took a very plain pattern and in my opinion made it a piece of woodworking art.
This just goes to show how something so simple can be so beautiful. He was kind enough to let me modify the pattern to include his technique. Now why didn't I think of that?
Thanks Nimer.
