This dish was designed to hold keys, watches, change and other pocket items. It's nice to have a handy spot to drop pocket items when you get home. This dish is just the right size for these items.
I used a one-inch thick board for the interior of the dish. I cut five of the interior pieces but you can cut as many as you like to make the dish deeper. If you only have 3/4" thick boards then cut seven interior pieces.
Make sure you get a good glue up. Also, try to avoid glue squeeze out. It's hard to clean even with all the sanding we will be doing.
This project is all about the sanding. The more accurately you cut the less sanding you will have to do. Do 90 percent of the sanding before you add the front and back of the dish. The interior needs to be sanded smooth with no ridges left between the pieces. Us power sanding if you have it available. Hand sanding a project like this will take a bunch of work.
After everything is nice and smooth glue on the front and back and again sand everything flush.
Cut and apply the leaf applique. Use the finish of your choice to complete the project.
Alex Fox Fretwork Ornament Video: This is cool.
I know that some of you are familiar with Alex Fox and his beautiful scroll saw patterns. For those of you who have not come across his work let me introduce you.
Here is a link to his website. You will find beautiful patterns for sale.
Here is a link to his YouTube channel. Do yourself and Alex a favor and subscribe to his channel.
Alex Fox is actually a screen name. His real name is Alexandr. Alexandr is from Ukraine in a city named Kherson. Alexandr is a graphic designer and scroll saw enthusiast. He combined his two passions and we get beautiful and interesting patterns.
The video above is a is a demonstration of one of the patterns he has available on his site.
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Scroll Saw Pattern Design Tutorial: DVD
Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Let me teach you to create a beautiful wooden portrait pattern. I will show you everything you need from start to finish. The video will show you the free software program you can download for Windows or Mac OS. I will show you how to install the program and configure it for best results.
Then I will show you the technique to take your photograph and make a pattern from it. When the pattern is complete we will go in the shop and cut it.
The DVD is $10 plus shipping. This is a data DVD that you will use on your computer to watch the video tutorial
Every Scrollsaw Workshop Pattern from 2007-2017 in DVD
Purchase the entire Scrollsaw Workshop pattern catalog for offline access.
This DVD has 2,300 patterns published from 2007 thru 2017.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
The DVD is $20 plus shipping. Ships to 60 countries around the world.
If you use the DVD on a Windows PC there is a simple viewer program to browse through the patterns.
The DVD also works fine on a MAC. The viewer program is not MAC compatible but there is an included PDF with all the patterns shown as thumbnails for easy viewing.
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