Scroll Saw Blog

Here’s some pictures of another person’s version of the Diana tray.  Cathy used some special beads that have some family significance for the beads in the central oval. She didn’t say, but I’m guessing it’s made from mahogany and lacewood.  The cutting is good–it can be difficult to get those mortise/tenon and box joints cut [...]

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I noticed that Scrollsaw Workshop has the video for the beaded tray on their site.  A link to the page is here. Jenny liked the video, and it is neat to see something you made in a professionally done video.
The only thing I’d do differently would be to use a tool to press the pin [...]

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I noticed the Spring 2010 issue of Scrollsaw Workshop arrived while we were gone.  It doesn’t seem real, but the article is really published.  Dirty little secret: The fingers in the article are Jenny’s . It was easier to pose her like I wanted and take the picture then describe how the picture was [...]

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We got the proof version of the beaded tray article.  It’s interesting to see what parts they kept for the article and what they cut out.  In the guidelines they tell you that it’s easier to cut information than try to put it in.  The article is a “How-to” type, with pictures showing the various [...]

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Looks like we may have another magazine article in Scrollsaw Workshop next year.  Again, I’m going to be a little fuzzy here to make sure I don’t break any rules, but it’s another one of the beaded projects.  Jenny’s excited–after all, it was she who pushed me into this (even though she claims she didn’t [...]

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The latest issue (”Holiday 2009″) just arrived here at Tuliptree Crafts today.  If  you have a copy, please turn to page 77, and look in the upper right, under “In our next issue…”. The “Beautiful fretwork tray embellished with simple bead work” is my article !  This is the Diana tray that Jenny [...]

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We finally finished up (well, almost finished) the project we’re doing the magazine article on. There’s still some touch-up work to do, but that should only take a few seconds on the belt sander.  I’m about 2/3 the way through writing the article, and there’s some more pictures we have to take and re-take.  I’d [...]

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As I’ve mentioned a couple of times, I’m under contract to write an article for one of the scrollsaw magazines. I’m finding out the biggest problem is getting pictures.  They want a set of pictures showing how you atually make the item.  With tools showing.  With hands showing!  Do you know how hard it is [...]

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Maybe… I’ve been talking with one of the magazines, and they’ve shown some interest in one of my patterns. Since I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to blab (don’t want to get cut down right away ), I won’t go into much detail now. If things work out, or if not, [...]

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