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We’re playing with the blog servers, so the scrollsawblog may be up and down for a bit…. We’ll be back….hopefully !

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I cut out the horse shelf last night/this morning. Despite the horrendous color, that’s really cherry.  And I haven’t blown out the dust so the holes are kind fuzzy.  This one took about twice as long to cut out as the Deer Shelf.  Part of increase was due to complexity–there’s just more holes in the [...]

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Just had a chance at picking up a real good spot at the Canton Flea Market. Unfortunately Verizon didn’t get me the voicemail until 3 days later, so I lost the spot. Not very happy with Verizon right now……..

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And it’s Finished! I got it oiled this afternoon, and test-displayed it on the slatboard.
This afternoon I adapted another shelf pattern–this one is a horse-themed shelf.  The goal is to cut it out of cherry tomorrow. Jen wants me to adapt the iris pattern into another shelf.  I’ve got it partly done–the iris middle portion [...]

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The parts for the old Porter-Cable micropinner came in today.  Wonder-of-wonders, I was able to put them right on ! Anyway, with a little trepidation and images of exploding power tools flashing in my mind, I shot out a few pins, and IT WORKED!!!
As to the Harbor Freight $25 special?  Well, I didn’t have [...]

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I was able to get that deer shelf mentioned in the previous post put together this morning. I ran across a few issues that need to be addressed in the next shelf though.
Below is the assembled shelf.  It’s all made from 1/2″ sassafras. The shelves are 18″ x 6″; to get some idea of the [...]

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One thing I’ve been meaning to try for a while is a set of shelves with fretwork sides.  The problem: How to hang it?  I don’t like the traditional picture hanger. You need two of them, they have to be put in at a precise distance while keeping them level. Another method is to use [...]

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Now that I have boxes for the barrettes, earrings and other jewelry, I need to make a display to hold the boxes that can also display them. I’m working on the first attempt; this one will hold 3 rows of 6 boxes each, or a total of 18 pieces.  I drew the design in Coreldraw, [...]

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This is the ongoing saga of Pedro’s “Garden Box” from his www.finescrollsaw.com website. Both sets of long sides are cut, as is one set of short sides. The next step is to cut the second set of short sides.
I was out getting a piece of stained glass for the flower boxes, and was thinking of [...]

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