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by berry
Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:34 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Competed two new canes
Replies: 7
Views: 8946

Re: Competed two new canes

I hope when my day rolls around I can find a helper that nice.
by berry
Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:44 am
Forum: Beginning Woodworking
Topic: Keep it or sell it???
Replies: 10
Views: 16021

Re: Keep it or sell it???

Wow! How many years did it take before you could produce artwork like that? I have little to none artistic talent. :eek: My wife, who was born in Wales, wanted to carve Welsh love spoons. She took a course at the local Lee Valley store. She would find designs in books and on line and then modify th...
by berry
Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Need Suggestions on making a display item
Replies: 8
Views: 9987

Re: Need Suggestions on making a display item

I kept reading, and rereading your post and kept thinking, "What birds is he talking about?" After opening your attachment they became clear. What program did you use to convert the image to an outline? All I did was open the jpg they sent me and place it on the desktop. Then after writin...
by berry
Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:35 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Need Suggestions on making a display item
Replies: 8
Views: 9987

Re: Need Suggestions on making a display item

I kept reading, and rereading your post and kept thinking, "What birds is he talking about?" After opening your attachment they became clear. What program did you use to convert the image to an outline? All I did was open the file (jpg) they sent me and place it on the desktop. After writ...
by berry
Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:33 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Need Suggestions on making a display item
Replies: 8
Views: 9987

Re: Need Suggestions on making a display item

Hey Berry! So it looks like from my messing around anyway - that logo would be about 33"x33" square, and the "F" would end up being roughly 26" by 24" wide. So my scaling and yours seem to line up. It might be interesting to make a ~2.5 dowel that you can use to make t...
by berry
Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:29 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Need Suggestions on making a display item
Replies: 8
Views: 9987

Need Suggestions on making a display item

I do volunteer work for a local non-profit. Each year they have an event to raise funds. The event entitled Power of the Purse includes an auction. The director asked me to make a display of their logo to use as a centerpiece. See image. So the display will actually have a real purse hanging off the...
by berry
Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:17 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail
Replies: 17
Views: 21136

Re: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail

Very nice work indeed. As far as removing and re-doing the maple strip, how about using a small trim router or dremel type tool? Some cleanup may be required with chisels or knives to finish and get nice square corners, but a guided power tool may be more accurate for the bulk of the removal. It ma...
by berry
Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:48 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail
Replies: 17
Views: 21136

Re: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail

The boxes are beautiful. I have never done inlay, but what are the two woods here in the “Fail” ? It looks like the dark wood is oak with a stain on it. If so, couldn’t this be oil or stain bleeding from the dark wood to the top of the light wood in the inlay? First thing I would think of is someth...
by berry
Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:30 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail
Replies: 17
Views: 21136

Re: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail

Fail - I'm not completely sure if the maple was planed a little thinner at that end or I was pushing with more force or some combo....but it sure looks like crap. I think I'll try to remove it with a chisel but I've got to try and remove the string and replace it.
by berry
Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:18 pm
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail
Replies: 17
Views: 21136

Jewerly Box - the good one & the fail

Here's a couple of jewelry boxes. I actually started these some years back. The one is pretty good and the other, last pic, is a fail. Can't figure out how to save it??? (The good one is going to be in a silent auction for the non-profit I do volunteer work with.) The plans for these were from Woods...