Tools and Supplies

How To Design Scroll Saw Patterns

August 18, 2011

Awhile back, I created a classroom series on how to design your own scroll saw patterns using GIMP and Inkscape. This class was freely available on Scroll Saw Village in the Village University forum. It included a video tutorial along with written instructions. Recently, I started working on a new website; How To Design Scroll [...]

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Child Safe Finish For Toys

July 28, 2011

With all the news of toxic chemicals in toys made over seas, child-safe finishes have become a hot topic.  Cynthia Lewman from Toymaker Press put together a really nice tutorial on how to make your own non-toxic, child safe finish for toys.  This finish will display the beauty of the wood, but won’t hurt the [...]

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I Take Plastic

July 21, 2011

As crafters and artists, we get to the point where we start selling our work.  Either at craft fairs, or word of mouth.  But, since most of us don’t make a living at selling our work, options like accepting credit cards is practically non-existent.  Until now.  Square is a really neat credit card processing service [...]

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Wood Toxicity Chart

February 24, 2010

As woodworkers, we are in awe of exotic and unusual species of wood.  We scramble to find the right project for this wood.  However, not all woods are safe to use.  Many species can trigger allergic reactions when exposed to these woods.  Wood allergies can range from minor discomfort to life-threatening reactions.  Here’s a Wood [...]

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Making Scroll Saw Patterns with Inkscape – L3

September 8, 2009

We’re moving right along with lesson 3 of our classroom series as we learn to use Inkscape to make our own scroll saw patterns. This lesson we learn to align our objects. This lesson plays a huge role as we need precise positioning of our objects to create our pattern. First, we talk about layers [...]

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Latest Projects

July 14, 2009

This episode is all about sharing my latest projects.  If you can’t see the video below, please go to Scroll Saw Goodies and check it out there. Wood Deals Online – I wanted to share a project that I’ve been working on over the last few weeks.  What started out as a tool to make [...]

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Scroll Saw Portrait Patterns using GIMP – L6

May 21, 2009

Now that we have our base pattern, it’s time to clean it up and get it ready for scrolling!  This will be lesson 6 of 8 as we learn to use  GIMP to create our own scroll saw patterns.  The pattern is really starting to take shape.  This episode we talk about using brushes, then [...]

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Scroll Saw Portrait Patterns using GIMP – L5

May 19, 2009

We’re rolling up our sleeves and starting the pattern making process. This is lesson 5 of our ongoing classroom series on creating scroll saw portrait patterns with GIMP. Today we’re learning about layers and their benefits, then we begin creating our base pattern; the foundation of our scroll saw pattern! Be sure to check out [...]

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Scroll Saw/Lathe Wonder Tool

March 6, 2009

I love my scroll saw, but there are other tools on my wish list too.  Like a lathe!  Wouldn’t that be fun?  It would be awesome if there was such a thing as a scroll saw/lathe combo.  Nah.  That’s just too good to be true.  Or is it? And if we make this wonder-tool ourselves, [...]

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Homemade Spray Booth

February 20, 2009

My wife hates it when I spray finish my projects indoors.  She doesn’t like the smell and she worries about what’s floating around in the air.  Most of the time, I have to wait for her to go shopping.  Then I bolt downstairs with my spray can in one hand and an arm full of [...]

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