Toys and Games

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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Easter Puzzles

March 11, 2008

Well, I thought I’d jump into the Easter spirit too and design a new pattern. This time, we’ve got two bunny puzzles and three Easter egg puzzles. They’re pretty quick project. For a more festive look, dye the wood with watered down acrylics or leather dye. I’ve provided the pattern as a PDF. For those [...]

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Simple Bunny Puzzle

March 6, 2008

OK. So you’re not much of a painter, but you still want a bunny puzzle for Easter? Here’s a simple little puzzle that should make the child in us smile. This pattern is provided by Better Woodworking Guide & Directory. They also have a few more free scroll saw patterns available too. They’re quick and [...]

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Painted Bunny Puzzle

March 5, 2008

Easter wouldn’t be the same without an Easter Bunny! Here’s a fun painted puzzle pattern from Trish’s Crafts. This would work really well on some MDF or some scrap wood you have laying around. The pattern is in JPG format for easy scaling and the instructions include a painting guide. Check it out!

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Heirloom Puzzles For Children

February 15, 2008

While looking through YouTube, I came across Ceal Pedersen as she demonstrates how she makes unique wooden puzzles for children. The video is very interesting. I especially like how she mounts her artwork to the wood. Very informative for any puzzle maker out there. Check out her YouTube video here. And while you are at [...]

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Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Patterns

February 14, 2008

I’m a sucker for the fantasy genre. I love wizards, dragons and evils that must be vanquished by a group of unlikely heroes. Naturally, I’m always on the lookout for fantasy based scroll saw patterns When I came across Fantasy & Legend Scroll Saw Puzzles, by Judy and Dave Peterson, I knew I had to [...]

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Wooden Model Cars

January 11, 2008

We’ve all seen them at craft shows. Those really cool wooden models of old cars, big semi trucks, and dirt moving tractors. Toys & Joys sells a number of pattern and kits to get you started. They have everything from trains to golf carts. If you are looking to tackle one of those models yourself, [...]

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Puzzle-Cutting Video

December 12, 2007

I wrote a while back about Carter Johnson. He is the resident puzzle-making master in the forums. He has made almost 600 full-size puzzles (400 of which still reside in his basement), 700 Christmas card puzzles and nearly 2000 stamp puzzles made from 1 cent stamps! This guy knows his stuff! It’s no wonder why [...]

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The Piano Man

December 11, 2007

Well, Steve over at Scrollsaw Workshop did it again. He knocks out so many great patterns, its hard to keep up with. So I usually only write about the truly unique items and this one takes the cake. This time it’s an Automata pattern. A what? Automata is a mechanical toy that mimics some sort [...]

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