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Honest to goodness I do not know what was harder, cutting these two puzzles or trying to get a decent picture of them. I do not know why I was having such a hard time getting a decent picture of them but I was. I prefer to use room light when I take pictures of my projects and almost always do, however believe it or not all the fires and all the smoke and all the real crappy air we have here in these parts, (I live in northern Ca) damn near made a decent picture impossible. Well actually it did make it impossible . Sooo this is the best I could do.
So here they are , finished. At this moment I only have a coat of oil on them. It is kinda hard to put a spray or any other kind of clear coat on them , because obviously just the slightest bit of build up inside would keep them from fitting back together again. Also I might add, that I have no plan on actually having these be a toy/puzzle etc, however any children that may be visiting may not see it that way and you sure don’t want to apply anything that would be harmful/poisonous on it just in case that were to happen. Honestly I could tell you a story about a Jeremiah who broke the camel’s back!
“My grandson on my picture here.”
And believe it or not this greener of the two is the true real color, Why I simply could not catch the color on the grasshopper I am not sure. But this piece of green poplar is REALLY green. It’s the prettiest and greenest I have ever worked with thus far!
-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!
17 comments so far
Kerux
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posted 463 days ago
Those are nice. Are you planning to make any other animals?
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SteveKorz
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posted 463 days ago
Very, Very cool! This looks like a terribly fun project… I bet the kids will love’em…
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
miles125
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posted 463 days ago
Those are too cool!
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TedM
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posted 463 days ago
Wow! Cool!
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Sac
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posted 463 days ago
Very nice work Allison. I could only hope my scroll saw skills will be anywhere near yours.
-- Jerry, Set in the foothills of the Smokey's
trifern
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posted 463 days ago
Fun project. Thank you for sharing Allison.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
teenagewoodworker
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posted 463 days ago
very cool!
CharlieM1958
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posted 463 days ago
Allison, I love these! Did you use a ready-made pattern or design them yourself? Either way, it’s great scrollwork.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Roper
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posted 463 days ago
very nice al. puzzles are great for kids, keeps them busy and they have to us there brains.
-- Roper - Master of sawdust-
Dennis Zongker
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Excellent work!!! I love the grasshopper one.
-- Dennis Zongker
joey
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posted 463 days ago
Very nice, I just finished reading your tutorial on your blog http://www.wood-alley.com/2008/07/scrolled-grasshopper-and-alligator-wood.html ,excellent job I been thinking doing something like this on a train for my grandson for Christmas this year He loves trains and he’s just learning to read so I thought combining the two.
Joey
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Jiri Parkman
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posted 463 days ago
Alison,
that is nice. I would be hardly able to give it together.
-- Jiri
Russel
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posted 463 days ago
Those are just tool cool. That’s some remarkable work Allison.
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odie
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posted 462 days ago
Looking good you puzzler ….......
-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)
GaryK
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posted 462 days ago
Pretty cool Allison. I’m going to have to make a few of them for my daughter.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
ThePickledZebra
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Those are gorgeous and cool!
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great job
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