Scroll Saw Blog

The hard drive is replaced, and the pictures downloaded. I’ve been talking a bit about the Christmas ornaments that hang from a holly branch.  Here is a picture of the custom order I just finished. The pattern I use contains the holly hanger and the heart/’09.  I use an arial font for the name, which [...]

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So far it’s been a full day.  We had the “Heart of Ohio” scrollsaw club meeting this morning, at which I was able to deliver a Poodle dog box. We then went over to Rita Caz in Yellow Springs to deliver our first inventory. After a quick bit of ice cream at Young’s Dairy we [...]

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While at the Canton flea market I got an order for some custom work.  It was a Christmas ornament with a person’s name on it, a heart, and the year.  The ornament hung from the end, which was holly leaves and berries.
I made an adaptation of the idea, and cut out a prototype tonight from [...]

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Today it was “all about Scotties”. I made a pair of Scottie boxes (still on the oil rack, so no pictures tonight), and lots of Scottie beads. I also took some pictures of the already-made Scottie earrings for the commerce site. Here’s a couple of them. As you can see in the close-ups, [...]

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Yesterday I cut out most of the modified dog pattern (same outline as the standard dog, with customized letters).  Today I did a pair of completely new patterns.  These were taken from pictures we either took of the dog (the lab), or where supplied by the dog’s owner (the Irish Setter). These are a bit [...]

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Today was the day of the custom dog puzzle.  I cut out about 5 or so custom puzzles, along with a couple orders for Shepherds and Dragons. Here are most of them on the bed-of-nails:
Most of the custom puzzles were Aussies, but the one in front (”SABRINA”) is a Shepherd.  A OTCH golden retriever also [...]

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Below is my latest Dog Box lid.  This one is a Beardie (Bearded Collie), specifically a dog named Miller.  The person running one of the dog shows sent me his picture for the lid.
Drawing this pattern took quite a bit of time. First, I’m new at this, so there is that learning curve issue.  I [...]

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Along with the sawing  I spent a bit of the day getting a new clutch for the truck (preventive replacement–I’m going to be traveling through Illinois, and things always tend to break while going through that state.  It could have gone several more thousand miles, but a bearing had seized up and was slowly destroying [...]

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It’s looking more likely that we’ll be going to St Louis for a dog show.  To make it worthwhile, we need to have a good bit of stock.  And having some specialized dogs would be nice as well.  One suggestion was taking the dog’s name out and putting in words such as “Agility” and “MACH”. [...]

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Another area I’ve branched into is custom bookmarks.  At Artistry in Wood I had a local businessman come by and ask for bookmarks with his company’s logo on it, along with an apple.  Since these will be Christmas presents, I’ve blurred the actual logo.
After he sketched out the intent, I drew it into a pattern [...]

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