Sam's WW Projects

[danscot]

I was impressed with Ed's examples last year but I take my hat off to your industrious endeavors this year.

And consider yourself a cool dude - my 18 year old daughter just walked past the screen, spotted these & remarked, "those are sooo cool"

(and Ed, take a cool dude award too, by proxy. She just hasn't seen yours )

The Stars & Stripes design lends itself to the kite, I don't think our Saltire would work so well! And the weather on St Andrews day might not be kind to the kite either!:eek: So I'll maybe pass on a Scottish version

Happy 4th everyone!

[berry]

After a very good day, with a fair amount of frustration thrown in, I have put on a coat of Boiled Linseed Oil and it looks pretty good so far. Instruction said it would dry in 12-18 hours. I have never used BLO before, so am I done or is there more to do to get the best result?

Her it is with one coat
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And do I finish the insides? I used excess in rags to on them, but do not know what is norm. Kind of wish I had not split the top drawer into 2 parts, makes it hard to reach bottom.
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Pretty wood...who wood have thought Hackberry could do that?

I use BLO quite often. I pour some in a small plastic contrainer I keep for that and apply it with a old "T" shirt or soft brush if I'm trying to get into corners etc. I let the wood tell me how much it needs. I work in a good light so I can see if the BLO is immediatly absorbed or if some stays on the surface. Surface stuff I wipe off with a clean rag immediatly. I add a couple more applications, right then and there, if it's being absorbed. A few hours later I check the piece to see if any is bleeding out, I wipe any excess off. If I find bleed-back I keep checking until I don't see any. Once I don't see any on the surface I wait a minimum of a week before applying any other surface coating. If I put on something else I generally seal the surface with a 'spit' coat of shellac.

I'd be careful about finishing the insides of the drawers with BLO, unless you plan to seal it. It can evaporate from the surface for quite a while and the oder could attach to objects kept inside????

I always try to practice on a piece of scrap from the project, sanded the same as the project itself to see how different finishes look.

This is a great project and looks wonderful. I'm sure it will lead to more anniversaries. I was thinking for the eyes - what about about another wood or what about knots that could be glued into place?

If the inside of the drawers aren't smooth enough for you what about a felt liner or that felt spray material. I used that a couple times. Easy as can be.

[reible]

Last year Ed (reible) shared Stars and Kites Forever with us. I took it on as a good project to practice ripping on my new to me SS. I found out that I got more practice painting than anything else:D

Anyway with a lot of glitches and do-over's I have finished a set of them for my brothers' families, my kid's family, and nieces and nephews. Done in time for family gathering in Kansas on the 4th!!
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I just finished posting some video of the spinning here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipi-morZNSw

and here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN6L5POr6V8

Hope more of you watch the videos and give making a couple for yourself and who ever a try.

Hats off to you saminmn they look great!

Ed

[saminmn]

I use BLO quite often. I pour some in a small plastic contrainer I keep for that and apply it with a old "T" shirt or soft brush if I'm trying to get into corners etc. I let the wood tell me how much it needs. I work in a good light so I can see if the BLO is immediatly absorbed or if some stays on the surface. Surface stuff I wipe off with a clean rag immediatly. I add a couple more applications, right then and there, if it's being absorbed. A few hours later I check the piece to see if any is bleeding out, I wipe any excess off. If I find bleed-back I keep checking until I don't see any. Once I don't see any on the surface I wait a minimum of a week before applying any other surface coating. If I put on something else I generally seal the surface with a 'spit' coat of shellac.

I'd be careful about finishing the insides of the drawers with BLO, unless you plan to seal it. It can evaporate from the surface for quite a while and the oder could attach to objects kept inside????

I always try to practice on a piece of scrap from the project, sanded the same as the project itself to see how different finishes look.

This is a great project and looks wonderful. I'm sure it will lead to more anniversaries. I was thinking for the eyes - what about about another wood or what about knots that could be glued into place?

If the inside of the drawers aren't smooth enough for you what about a felt liner or that felt spray material. I used that a couple times. Easy as can be.

Thanks for comments. I cannot get it away from her now. She's very happy with it just like it is. My problem now is what to do for this year. September is not very far away.

[saminmn]

I just finished posting some video of the spinning here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipi-morZNSw

and here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN6L5POr6V8

Hope more of you watch the videos and give making a couple for yourself and who ever a try.

Hats off to you saminmn they look great!

Ed

Ed,

Thanks again for the idea. Provided me lots of practice and learning.

The good news is that that they were so well received So, in a way, you have added to my family's enjoyment of life:D

[saminmn]

My first scroll saw project took care of 2 needs. I needed more practice and my daughter wanted napkin rings that were each different so napkins would not get swapped around between meals. Project 20 in “Learning to use Your Scroll Saw,” by Joanne Lockwood was a fun project and the geese came out reasonably well formed. They did need quite a bit of sanding. I used the router to round-over the geese centers. They are made of Mahogany. The geese are finished with 3 coats of Minwax Tung Oil and a coat of wax.
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