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Wood: poplar
Finish: wipe-on poly

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)


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Peter O

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posted 712 days ago

Wow, these are really nice! About how big are the stars? I think the font is very cool.

She paints walnut, she varnishes poplar. What is the world coming to? :)

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --

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MsDebbieP

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posted 712 days ago

hahah now that is funny…

CHIP—ignore Peter’s comments… I’m sorry.. I’m sorry about the walnut..

the stars are 4”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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CharlieM1958

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posted 712 days ago

Nice, Debbie! Don’t worry…it’s okay to be different. LOL!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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cajunpen

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posted 712 days ago

Somebody is going to have a well decorated Christmas tree. Your star is really nice. Hmmm, painting Walnut, varnishing Poplar – you just may have become a “free spirit” MsDebbie :-)). Oh, BTW Chip – I made that up about painting the walnut – nobody would really do that.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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MsDebbieP

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posted 712 days ago

oh that’s good, Charlie… ‘cause I’m always walking to a different drummer

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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MsDebbieP

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posted 712 days ago

hahaa Bill.. that’s funny.

Yah, Chip.. he made it up… all in the imagination… didn’t really happen ;0

Free Spirit. That’s a nice compliment!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Chip

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posted 712 days ago

These are just great Deb. Beautiful work. The only thing that might have made them look better is if you had made them out of… oh, nevermind, I just remembered that you used up all the walnut on that painted piece. arrrrg ;-)

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 712 days ago

hahahaa lol lol :)

you are too funny “I love walnut and apparently Deb does not…) hahaha
I do love walnut; walnut is my friend… but not on a scrollsaw. I made my grand-daughter’s puzzle out of walnut and it was SO hard to work with.
It did work nicely on the bandsaw though…. for .. well, some other project that I did…

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Brad_Nailor

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posted 712 days ago

Very nice Debbie…Don’t let these guys give you a hard time …your not the only one thats ever put a finish on Poplar…I have lacquered it! But for the record I would never paint Walnut! ;@)

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

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MsDebbieP

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posted 712 days ago

oh you are bad!!!!! lol lol

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Karson

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posted 712 days ago

Great Debbie. Did I read that you are going to paint your Christmas Tree?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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MsDebbieP

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posted 712 days ago

lol good one, Karson..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Sawdust2

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posted 711 days ago

Debbie

I think you are in great company with painting walnut.

Remember my project http://lumberjocks.com/projects/935

I don’t really think I have recovered yet, but my wife loves it.

And you are the star of this site.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 711 days ago

oh yes… I remember that paint controversy!! :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Thos. Angle

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posted 711 days ago

Nice one, Deb.

-- Thos. Angle

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cheller

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posted 710 days ago

Excellent work. I see a lot of exquisite scroll work in your future.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

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MsDebbieP

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posted 710 days ago

thanks :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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KevinD

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posted 697 days ago

Great job Debbie!!!! Sorry for the slow post, it’s been wee-bit hectic for me. So….are you hooked yet????

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MsDebbieP

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posted 697 days ago

the scroll saw was my tool of choice when I started this exploration of woodworking last January.
I had fun making my first projects and then I took on some more difficult projects and I’ve had fun… and now, I find myself going back to the scroll saw. The right wood and the right thickness for my abilities really makes it a pleasurable experience. (The piece of poplar I picked up was heavenly to work with. )
Yes, I think I’ll be doing more and more work such as this.
So now, I just need to find some more wood that is right for me and get myself some more patterns. (as soon as I finish my little fern box that is…)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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JasonH

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posted 697 days ago

Great looking star! Don’t forget that you can do just about any pattern that you can print just by tracing onto the workpiece…

-- Living on the square...

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MsDebbieP

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posted 697 days ago

yah.. I just have to find something that catches my eye.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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mrtrim

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posted 697 days ago

well deb i think its a fine lookin star !! however a little yellow latex ….... lol

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Mark A. DeCou

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posted 696 days ago

I agree with Mr. Trim, it is a fine looking star. Now, I have to go read the details in the blog!

Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

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