669 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Now that everyone has their patterns applied to the wood, we are finally ready to turn on our saws and do some cutting.
Since the practice patterns that I have given you have no inside cuts, we are going to learn some practical ways to start and finish our cutting lines. I call this ‘casting on’ and ‘casting off’ the wood.
Most people – especially when starting out – just aim for the part of the design that is closest to the edge and start cutting. ...
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660 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Now that we have had a chance to practice casting on and off, we are going to practice a bit more on cutting outside curves.
Cutting curves is probably one of the easiest things to do on a scroll saw. Most designs consist mainly of curved lines, with occasional straight runs from time to time. Once you get used to cutting curves and turning corners accurately, you are well on your way to being a great scroller.
One thing that is important to remember is that the blade is stationa...
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463 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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It snowed last night. Not quite the storm that they were predicting, but then again it never seems to be. I think that is how we become complacent and then when we are least expecting it we get hit. I can’t really tell how much yet because it is still dark out, but everything is white and I haven’t heard the scraping of the plows against the pavement yet. So I expect it isn’t too much. I am thinking that I would like to take a walk in the woods today. I haven’t d...
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197 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Today is one of my favorite days of the year. Those of you who read know that I frequently wish that my days had more hours in them, and today is the one day of the year that my wish actually comes true. A 25 hour day!
Now how I am going to use that extra hour is hard to decide. There are so many wonderful directions that I am heading in right now that I could choose from a variety of tasks.
Yesterday was a very productive and happy day for me. All week I was working on a new ornament ...
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294 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Ok! So I dropped the ball a little! I honestly forgot that I was posting these videos here in the class. I suppose that there was a bit too much going on, and then I took a short holiday and it completely slipped my mind.
I suppose I don’t earn the prize as the smartest kitten in the litter, do I?
But hopefully, you will all let bygones be bygones and we can continue on from here in our little adventure.
Let’s see . . . where were we?
We had our pattern applied t...
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450 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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While simple, this latest project took a little figuring out. As I stated yesterday, I wasn’t really happy with some of the things that I initially drew and like many of the projects I design, it took some revisions to get it how I wanted it to be. I know sometimes people think I just draw, cut and I am done, but lots of times there are some little things that don’t go together quite right or feel right and I have to tweak things just a bit and re-cut or remake them. Other times...
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44 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Well, guys and girls – I can tell you already that this is going to be a short blog today. Every time I do something here on Lumberjocks (add a photo, comment or blog entry) it is taking me about five minutes for it to do so. I am happy that I don’t have a lot of pictures to share today. There are days the site just gets like that, and today I have too much to do to wait for it to “wake up!” :)
Yesterday I switched gears and Keith and I did some of the ‘prod...
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59 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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I spent the day yesterday sorting through bunnies and taking photographs for the MUD bunny pattern packet. In all, I had made 6 sets of 10 bunnies. I made a couple of extra sets because I wanted to add them to my “All Season Tree” for the spring months. As much as I loved the look of the polar bears and penguins and the soft ice blue beads, I knew it was time to change over and have some spring and summer items on it.
I suppose that is part of the fun of having a tree up all...
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927 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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I am writing this blog last night because we decided to high tail it to Halifax in the morning for probably our last trip into the city before winter hits.
Today, we went to a new wood place that our friend Bernie recommended today and got some incredibly low priced and high quality hard woods. Among our finds were some nice ash at $2.00 per board foot, some flaming birch for $3.00 per board foot and some curly maple which was also only $3.00 per board foot. We didn’t get a lot bec...
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38 days ago
by Sheila Landry (scrollgirl) |
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Today I have more pictures than I will post. Little by little everything is coming together and I keep going from one project to the next to the next as things are drying. But things are beginning to come together now and I am seeing the finish line on most of the new things that I am creating. I don’t want to overwhelm everyone, so I will only post pictures of two projects today.
The first project that I will show today will be the “Butterflies are Free” candle tray. ...
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