Thursday, August 29, 2019

Easy Animal Puzzles Scroll Saw Patterns


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This pattern book contains ten puzzles of five animals. Each animal has a standup and a tray puzzle.

I painted the tray puzzle. Please use child-safe paint if you plan to give this to any child young enough to put it in their mouth. Do a Google search for "child-safe paint" and educate yourself on the subject. Here is a link to a video discussing a child-safe paint technique.

The standup puzzles are a good example of the discussion I had the other day about selecting scroll saw blades. I cut the standup whale from 1" thick walnut but I used a #3 blade. A #3 would be considered a small blade for that thick of material but a larger blade would have made the pieces too sloppy for a good fit. Even a #3 is a little loose. I want it a bit loose for small children.

When you cut thick wood with a small blade you have to be careful not to let the blade flex in the cut. If you do the pieces will not slide apart easily. Add plenty of tension to the blade. Let the blade to the cutting. Don't feed the board faster than the blade can cut. Use a new, sharp blade.


When you finish cutting the standup puzzles sand all the sharp edges smooth. You want the puzzles to feel good in the child's hands. I did not apply any finish to the standup puzzle.




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$12 per sheet of 12 coins plus $3.50 shipping
Inlay with a 1" Forstner Bit.
The perfect way to sign your work.
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Every Scrollsaw Workshop Pattern from 2007-2018 in DVD


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This DVD has over 2,600 patterns published from 2007 thru 2018.
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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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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  


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