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Miscellaneous

Easel Mirrors Saddle Salad Forks Fish Wine Bottle Holder Guitar Stand Scroll Figurine Rose Wood Jewellery Tools Knife Holder Instruments Scroll Tree Cutting Board

Knife Block I spotted an advertising for a knife block in a magazine and decided to make a similar

one for my daughter.

Basically I laminated three 4/4 pieces of Maple together, then cut them into wedged,

ran dadoes along the bottoms of them, and rounded the edges. The wedges were then

glued together and finished the block.

WOOD: Maple Mineral Oil

Cutting Block Some leftover strips of wood were glued together then cut into 16 cross cuts. Every

other one is flipped end for end and they were glued together. Mineral oil was soaked

into the top until it seeped out of the bottom. Somehow the middle was shorter then the sides which resulted in curved ends. To

make it look better I curved the sides.

WOOD Maple, Walnut, Cherry Mineral Oil

Christmas Tree This is a simple scroll saw project. Cut from one piece of wood following

a pattern from a magazine. The blade is set on a slight angle so the

pieces stick when separated. It is a good exercise in making tight turns

with a small blade. WOOD Alder Watco oil finish (2 coats)

Jewellery A set of tree jewellery pieces

(broach,ear rings, necklace) They

are shaped like feathers. They were

cut out on the scroll saw then

carved. The backs are hollowed to

lighten them. WOOD rose wood Watco oil finish (2 coats)

Tools I have made several of my own tools.

From the left: Curved knife caragana, lacquer Dead blow hammer blood wood, black wood, urethane Bench knife Curly maple, urethane Smoothing plane Oak, urethane Scraper Blood wood, Maple, urethane Chamfer plane Blood wood,black wood, maple, urethane

Mirrors I have made several hand mirrors as gifts.

A purple heart and yellow heart mirror/box

set, walnut with carved initials,

Guitar Stand My son plays a guitar so I designed and

built a floor stand for his instrument. It is a

serpentine shape and cut outs. it rough

shaped on the scroll saw then sanded.

Wood walnut, oak, urethane

Artist's Easel My father-in-law took up painting after he retired. I designed and built a collapsible

easel for his birthday. The back leg hinges at the top and connects to the vertical member via two slotted

slats. The vertical member is slotted to allow height adjustment. The main

triangular frame is mitered and glued. The brass screws were added for looks.

The painting shelf and top support were made from Mahogany. Three groves were

milled in the lower shelf to hold paint brushes.

The blood wood finished up very smooth with a great coloring and grain pattern

but working with it sure produced a lot of slivers.

WOOD: Bloodwood, Mahogany Watco Oil

Wine Bottle Holder A leaping fish balancing a wine

bottle was made from a nice piece

of Jatoba (Brazilian cherry). The

wood is moderately hard and

finished well. I made the fins from

Mahogany and the eye from Black

Africa Wood. WOOD: Jatoba, Black Africa Wood, Mahogany Tung Oil, Bees Wax

Saddle Pen Holder Many years ago my father made

and carved this leather saddle. I

made piece to display it on a desk

top pen holder.

WOOD: Diamond willow, walnut, lacquer

3D Scroll Saw Figure This is a neat trick. The two images are of the same figure, from

adjacent sides. The figure is cut

out from one side then the pieces

are taped back in and the adjacent

side is cut out. WOOD: bass wood, no finish

instruments The one is a series of pen holders

with a marquetry image in both

ends and a cloak and thermometer

set into the ends. wood; maple,

oak, watco oil The lower one is a plaque with a

barometer and thermometer set

into it. Wood; curly maple,

ebonized walnut stringing, lacquer

Salad Fork A set of salad forks glued, cut out

on the scroll saw curved on the

sander and then hand sanded.

WOOD: maple, mahogany, mineral oil

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Intarsia
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