Compound Cutting

Making Wooden Hinges

March 17, 2009

Sure, you can buy hinges for boxes.  But if you want to add that extra touch of class to your next project, try making your own hinges!  Gary MacKay wrote a great article for Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts back in 2005 about how to create your own hinges with a scroll saw.  Don’t have [...]

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Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw

November 3, 2008

OK…now that Halloween is over, its time to get serious. Christmas is much closer than you think. Only 8 weekends away! Can you believe that? I know there are a lot of people on your list, so lets get started. How about adding a bit of dimension to your scroll saw Christmas. This week’s Book [...]

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Compound Scroll Saw Creations

August 26, 2008

This week’s Book of the Week comes from the queen of compound cutting, Dianna Thompson. Compound Scroll Saw Creations is a great book for those wanting to get started in 3d cutting. Those with more experience will find some great patterns too. Not sure if compound cutting is right for you? I’ve written an article [...]

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Double Vision

August 21, 2008

Here’s a fun site for you compound cutters! Bill and Kathy Coons from Wood Lovers Shop has a creative way of turning a generic compound cut figurine into something extra special. These figurines have two images, depending on which angle you look at it. They have a video of the figurine turning on their website. [...]

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Compound Cutting Chess Pieces

April 2, 2008

Monday I talked about the chess sets that were being created in the SSW&C forums. Chiz Wolfe from Wood’n What-Knots has a nice set of progression pictures on his website as he creates a chess set for his son. Each piece is compound cut with the scroll saw. He has 3 pages of pictures that [...]

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Scrolling Games

March 31, 2008

My other hobby is playing board games. I love ‘em! I have about 150 board games in my collection and its constantly growing. So I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to hear the latest issue of SSW&C has plans for a compound cut checker board set designed by Sue Mey. I’m [...]

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Compound Cutting Tutorial

January 4, 2008

Have you ever wanted to try compound cutting, but didn’t know where to start? Diana Thompson at Scroll Saw Inspirations will give you a hand. She has put together a great tutorial on how to cut compound patterns. Each step is clearly written and complete with photos. She has also included a free practice pattern [...]

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