Then I got into make this project on the scroll saw and it’s been taking longer than expected. It’s a box with a turtle shape. It’s a birthday present and just one of those deals where it would have been nice to have read ALL the magazine article on the project before starting. sigh…

I glued too many layers together at one time and cutting the main box has been a pain. The scroll saw blade like to bend on wood this think and it’s far to easy to get a concave cut. And it burnt the wood where I got impatient. Well it’s been a great learning experience and next time I’ll be better prepared.
Here are a couple of pictures of where I am on this one:

Most of the wood in my living room is red oak so I am thinking of making this out of red oak ply with a solid wood face frame. Okay, not fine furniture but it will work in the space. More importantly I’ve got a chance of actually making something like this in a weekend.

I still need to bit of refinement on the details. So far I am happy to report that the plan has received preliminary approval from my wife.

Here’s a couple of quick shots of the plan so far.

Here’s a picture of what it looks like today. I’ll post better pictures when it’s completed – my wife took the photo and we were afraid to turn it to get better light on.

It’s almost done.

This is a basic band saw box but I put some marquetry on the top:

And here are some Christmas tree ornaments we’re making. I cut out the shapes an my wife painted them:

That’s it for today – all the cutting has set my tendonitis off so I’ve got to rest it up and stop typing in this computer.
More project pictures in a couple of days.

Mostly I am doing small things that I can cut out on the scroll saw but even that is time consuming.

Today I had a good day and completed one project and made progress on three others.

But I don’t know if my body is going to let me keep up with my plans. Today I’ve been having some tendinitis in my elbow and even with my brace I’ve had to cut back on how much I am doing at the scroll saw.

Well, I have had this before and know the drill – rest, brace, ice and some advil. I know if I called the doctor she’d just say, “Rest is the best thing.” But I can’t rest it – I’ve got gifts to make.

sigh…

Well in my next post I’ll have some project pictures.

Here’s tonight’s progress:

Here is the last one to be painted. I still need to make the doors on this one:

It was good to get out in to the shop and get my hands on some power tools.

The only disappointment was the battery in my wife’s camera died so she didn’t get all the pictures she wanted of the process. Guess I’ll just have to build another one…

Life’s tough sometimes. ;)

Might not sound like much but it the first back to work after the surgery.

But I hope to get back to it soon.

No pictures today. Next time.

Today I did some trimming of the side pieces on the table saw and tomorrow I need to set the router table to refine the rabbets for the bottom pieces.

Here is a picture of one of the bottom pieces. Next blog entry will have a picture of the sides.